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Since your TV is 32" with a max resolution of (I'd assume) 1280x720p, you probably will not notice a huge difference. This is especially true in comparison to upscaled DVD. It will probably look a little sharper and more colorful. You'll notice a much bigger difference on a larger 1080i/p set. I'd recommend getting a decent upscaling player and waiting until you can buy a better TV. In regards to VGA vs. Component, this isn't an easy answer. It is dependant on your set. Many HDTVs treat the VGA input differently. Some settings are often disabled and the color space is usually different. VGA is technically better, but that may not be the right choice for your display. You could do some research to see what people that own the same HDTV as you have to say. I'd also recommend trying it out for yourself and compare the two with your own eyes. You may want to check out THIS thread on the AVS Forum for the best looking HD DVDs.

An HDTV can be quite true to it's source, and unfortunatley, the truth can sometimes hurt. Upscaling isn't necessarily hype. It can look very good. With the right player, it can be an improvement. I will definately say that the PS3 makes watching DVDs on a HDTV much less painful.

If your TV is a fixed pixel display, than it is upscaling (or downscaling) the video signal to your display's native resolution. Occaisionally, the TV can do a better job of upscaling the player, especially the cheaper ones. Some of the higher end players and video processors can do an amazing job. The 360, unfortunately, doesn't do a very good job of upscaling or deinterlacing. The thing to keep in mind, is that upscaling cannot add information that doesn't exist. All an upscaling player (or the TV) can do is add artificial lines of resolution to the DVD. This makes it appear "sharper". The detail of the picture is still the same. It can't add information that doesn't exist. There are limits to what upscaling can do. Even with upscaling, the larger your TV, the worse the picture of a 720x480 DVD is going to look. A well mastered DVD being upscaled can look good, but it can never look as great as true HD video.

Danth, a better player and TV may help with the interlacing problems. You did say, however, that it isn't so bad for most of your other DVDs. If your worst offenders are Manga DVDs, then it's probably due to bad mastering. There's always the Japanese versions. Lots of old anime are being remastered in Japan. The new Macross Plus set looks way better than the old Manga releases. If your TV and player are properly adjusted, then they shouldn't be as noticible. Even with a properly calibrated system, you still can't make up for crappy mastering. In the realm of HD media, 1080p would a good idea. Just keep in mind, you still may have problems unless the set can display video at 24fps (or multiples of 24 such as 48, 72, 96 and 120). Also, make sure it can display the full resolution of 1920x1080. Some TVs can accept a 1080i/p signal, but will convert it to the set's native resolution. Unfortunately, a good HDTV with all of these features could cost a lot. If you have the budget, however, I would highly recommend getting one (don't forget to do your research). I'm wondering if I should do some sort of HD FAQ in this thread. Would anybody be interested? BTW, I also believe Laserdisc is still a good format. I still collect and watch them. Nothing like DYRL? in PCM...

EDIT: Oops, double Post. I guess I will go ahead and address the subject of the soundtracks being too "loud". When the soundtrack is mixed in the studio, it is geared towards the theater. Since the acoustical difference between the cinema and your average living room are quite dramatic, the soundtrack is remixed for home video. Sometimes the same audio engineer will be the one to remix it, sometimes it's someone different. Also, the movies will at the theaters can have different mixes themselves. For example, movies can be released in Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS, and PCM. All of these can sound different from each other and are almost entirely different from their home video counterparts. I haven't even talked about things like DialNorm. What you hear at home will usually always be different from what you hear at the theater. Many newer recievers and players have what's called a "Night Mode" which will help compress the dynamic range of the soundtrack (I know the 360 has this feature). It can be very helpful if want to listen the dialog without going deaf from an explosion. The sound quality may suffer, but your ears won't. The higher end recievers will also allow you to adjust the volume and properties of the speakers individually. Calibration should also be considered. You may notice a difference if switching from a TV to a reciever.

Danth, JsARCLIGHT is right when he says that it is an interlacing problem. Even on good old regular 480i SDTV, jaggies can be a problem. They can be made even worse when the player or the TV tries to deinterlace the DVD. The video on a DVD isn't usually stored in progressive form. Instead, the video is encoded in 480i and "flags" are added to notify the player or TV (provided it can properly detect them) how to deinterlace the movie. Unfortunatley, some movies do not have flags or the flags are improperly encoded. Not to mention the player and/or TV may not deintrlace the movie very well, even when the disc is encoded properly. In regards to Laserdisc not having these issues, that statement is completely false. If anything, Laserdiscs are more prone to these issuses than DVD (the Star Wars Definitve Collection for example). Laserdisc also has chroma noise issuses too. That doesn't mean Laserdisc is the inferior format either. Unlike DVD, there aren't any compression artifacts and edge enhancement wasn't too common. That said, I really wouldn't want to get into the old Analog vs. Digital argument. That could get ugly... To answer your question though, danth, HD DVD and Blu-ray will not completely eliminate the afformentioned interlacing problems (at least, not entirely). Please allow me to explain. Although most of the movies released are encoded in their native 1080p24 format, some were either converted from interlaced masters (such as the early Warner Bros. titles) or they were filmed natively in 1080i (usually at 60fps). If you have a 720p/768p only display, the player will have to downscale the image from 1080 to 720/768 lines of resolution. This can cause jaggies. If you have a 1080i capable TV, and the movie you are watching was encoded in 1080p, the player must interlace the movie before it is sent to the TV. Since, however, most HDTVs are digital fixed pixel displays (DLP, LCD, Plasma, LCoS, SXRD, HD-ILA, etc.) and not CRT, they cannot display a true interlaced signal. The TV, therefore, must deinterlace the signal. Actually, many 1080i TVs could technically be considered 1080p. So, in essence, the movie is converted from progressive to interlaced to progressive. All of this processing isn't good for the picture is often a large source of jaggies and shimering. Then there is the is the issue of framerate. The majority of 1080i and 1080p sets out there will only accept a signal at 30 or 60 fps (or 25fps and 50fps). Most movies are filmed at 24fps. Obviously, it has to be converted for most displays. However, some HDTVs will accept a native 1080p24 signal. You then have to have a player that can send a 1080p24 signal, which once again, is something only a few players currently support (the PS3 is one of them). And if this device is connected to something like a reciever or a switch, it has to be able to pass the 1080p24 signal untouched. And Last, but not least, the mastering of the disc plays a part as well. Edge Enhancement, stupidly, is still occasionally used on the new HD formats. Also, as mentioned earlier, the master can be a lower resolution, interlaced source upscaled and deinterlaced into 1080p24. This was luckily just a problem for some of Warner Bros. early releases. I forgot to mention to turn down the sharpness/detail control on your set. Make sure there aren't any artificial picture "enhancements" enabled on your set as well. Quite often, this can help reduce problems with jaggies. Most modern CRT sets (both SDTV and EDTV/HDTV) shouldn't have sharpness turned all the way up. This is especially true when viewing HD materiel. The sharpness control should be turned down to a very low level or off. FIXED PIXEL DISPLAYS SHOULD NOT HAVE SHARPNESS TURNED UP AT ALL. In summary, the new HD formats could potentially reduce the occurence of jaggies, with the proper mastering and equipment. I'm sorry if I rambled a little bit. I have a tendancy to get carried away when discussing home theater. I hope this has helped answer your questions.

Okay, will do. Thanks for your help.

Sorry about that. This one should be it: 74.130.94.131

I believe it's 192.168.1.1

I have not been able to access the site from any of the computers on my home network for almost a month now. I got back from vacation on the 12th and have not been able access the main page or the forums. At first, I thought the site was down. When I used another computer at a different location, I found that to be false. I have only now been able to post using a proxy server. I didn't change any network settings before I left. I haven't had any problemsgetting on here for the past three years. I don't know what else it could be. Did my IP address get banned or something?

Blu-ray has only three regions. Region codes are currently optional. Luckily, few studios have yet to implement any Region Codes. Also, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea are in the same region as the US. As for HD DVD, it does not currently have any Region Coding as a part of the standard. EDIT: Looks like JsARCLIGHT beat me to it. I will, however, go further by saying that HDTV is a new and seperate standard from NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. To my knowledge, the HDTV standards are universal and generally the same in most countries. Most movies should work without that many issues on an American TV and vice versa. This is because most movies are encoded on Blu-ray and HD DVD in their native framerate of 24 FPS (in progressive scan). The hardware will do the framerate conversion and interlacing before the signal is sent to the display. I'm not 100% sure about stuff filmed at 25, 30, 50, or 60 FPS though.

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately I don't have the PAL version. I'm stuck with the US version.

I knew that the movie had hard coded subs, but I was hoping to take a shortcut with the OVAs. Since I had to make new copies to play in my Region 1 player, I thought I might try to add the subs in the process. I don't think it will be that easy. I've got to create all new subs for the movie. Luckily, an english translation already exists. Thanks for the help, Zinjo. I'll try to do some more research and see if I can find some easier way. I'll post anything significant I can find in this thread. I'm sure others that have the new set would like subtitles as well.

Since the new boxset does not have subtitles, I'm forced to watch to it untranslation. Unfortunately, my Japanese linguistic skills are still limited. Inspired by the work Hurin has done for the DYRL? discs, I'm considering adding subtitiles to new Mac Plus DVDs. Macross Plus has been previously translated, so there shouldn't be a need for a new translation. I can't, However, seem to find much information on how to create subtitles. Furthermore, I'm not quite sure how to add the custom subs to the DVD. Would anybody know of a good tutorial? Do you think it would be possible to extract the subtitles from the US release of the OVAs and add them? Hopefully, if I can get them subbed, I may post the sub files and intructions here.

You're not the only fan of the Virtual Boy. I own three myself. The Virtual Boy was a decent system. Had it recieved the proper treatment from Nintendo, it could have succeeded. I'm still waiting for a sequel to Virtual Boy Wario Land. What is the Studio 2? I've never heard of it.

There was an Alien vs. Predator vs. Terminator comic. It took place after Alien: Resurrection. It was mediocre at best. They even had a Predator vs. Tarzan comic too. Also, AVP was actually quite successful at the box office. In fact it made more money than any of the previous Alien and Predator movies. And I'm sure DVD sales were quite profitable as well. Even though a movie may suck, people will still see it. I guess it could be worse...No wait, it couldn't... BTW, the dreamed about duo of Scott and Cameron on A5 was actually very close to happening. James Cameron said in an interview that he had an idea for the fifth movie and was talking to Ridly about it, but it never got farther than that. I have now completely given up on both franchises.

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I lost my original and managed to get my second for $50 a couple years ago. The prices really went up; $90 for a single copy!? Some website had the whole thing scanned for download. I wish I still had the link.

I'm not sure if it would pactical to keep uploading it to yousendit.com. I've got to find another way to put it up and keep it up. Any one have any suggestions? I let you know when I figure something. If only iMacross was still around...

Okay, I finally got it on yousendit. Here's the link: http://s61.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IPFAQ0...JN01M8UPOCSTUYZ It's already extracted. You only need to download one .RAR file. Enjoy.

I found the file and I will try to put it up on yousendit this evening. It that doesn't work, I might be able to put it on emule.

"Ya got me on my knees, Reraa! " I agree with Max Valk for the most part. I am by no means fluent in Japanese, but I do know some (my instructor also happens to be Japanese). In order for foreign words to fit in with the Japanese language, they have to be changed, as do other languages (luckily, English is fairly flexible, so we don't encounter it too often). However, we're trying to figure out the English interpretation of the Japanese interpretation of a Dutch (it is Dutch, isn't it?) name. It's bound to be confusing. Anybody have the Froating Head's e-mail? Maybe he could sort this out...

353469[/snapback] I'll see if I can find a way to upload them.

I haven't gotten around to trying to upload OPM 22 to yousendit, however the links for OPM 23 still work. 22 has the trailer (23 is the one with the demo.). I have the trailer on my computer. It may be easier just to find and upload that intead of the disk.

The last time I tried to upload them on yousendit.com, there was an error. I'll try it again when I get the chance. Unfortunately, after being downloaded a certain number of times or after a certain period of time, they take the files off. Does anyone know of any alternatives?