Fire down below part 1 BIG

Fire down below part 1

BIG improvement over the Tosh HD-DVD player. You can load a disc after less then 30 seconds, also an improvement over the Tosh. I also like that when its loading or thinking, you get a little onscreen icon to let you know, rather than just nothing. At least you feel like the thing is doing something. For whatever reason, the player defaults to 720p output via you have to go into the setup menu to select 1080i. Okay, so thats what I did. Now its time to look at my fire down below part 1 Blu-ray Disc. Naturally, my hand swerved towards The Fifth Element. The title was an amazing bit of reference work on standard DVD, and that Superbit version was awesome. Obvious choice, right? Should look amazing in HD. it should. But it doesnt. In Im not going to come out and say it looks like crap, but it is easily the worst looking high-definition title Ive seen yet, and Ive seen 30 titles now. The image is muddy looking, lacking in crisp, clean detail. The colors dont quite pop off the screen like they should. Just a mess. I will say it. It looks like crap. Sony should never have released this title like this. In fact, they should be embarrassed about this disc. Seriously, if you compare the upscaled Superbit standard-definition DVD to this, the Blu-ray Disc looks only marginally better. This should have been a reference title in high-def and its not even in the ball park. My brow furrowed in troubled surprise at this point. and not the good kind. Next, I tried The Terminator. A big improvement. This is easily the best quality Ive ever seen The Terminator looking before. its a little bit soft and gritty looking, but then its an older film and thats the nature of fire down below part 1 film stock used. The disc is very good looking, but not blow-you-away good. In fire down below part 1 case, this is probably not the best title to test the video quality of Blu-ray Disc, so lets move on. Now these two Lionsgate theyre much better looking. Crash and Lord of War have significantly improved clarity, crisp yet clean detail, vibrant theyre much more like what I expected Blu-ray Disc would look like. Both have a more film-like image. And There are some problems Im seeing right away with all of the Blu-ray Disc titles on the BD-P10 First, when I switch to 1080i, Im noticing some very obvious scaling issues that I dont see when the player is set to 720p. I also dont see anything like this on the Toshiba HD-A1 at any resolution, so this is specific to THIS player, which may be why Samsung ships it with 720p set by default. Second, Im noticing a very slight studdering problem.