- Aug 10, 2019
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Being about to dip my toe into big-screen HD waters (via, possibly, Samsung LE46F86 or PS50P96), I've been trying out movies on an upscaling dvd player on my girlfriend's brother's 38" Samsung (I don't know the model as neither does he, having bought it on a whim in a showroom - although my guess is, while HD-ready, it is not full 1080). I've noticed that movies broadcast on both freeview and Sky, along with the dvds (the discs sharp and detailed, but appalling in dark scenes) have this awful 'feel' that I can only describe as TV-like; there just isn't that lovely, almost organic feel of film, that you still see on dvds played on CRT or broadcast on digi. The interior of the Millennium Falcon feels like the Rovers Return - studio-based and video-esque; Lucas doing ITV - and I can't bear it. Forgive my lack of knowledge, or if I'm missing the obvious, but what is causing this? I don't know whether it is par for the course (surely not?), a by-product of upscaling and non-1080, or a feature particular to Samsung. Some off-site Samsung reviews - for the models i've described above - have talked of a 'camcorder feel', bereft of cinematic quality, and put it down, i think, to a motionflow feature; adding that the system works best with this disengaged (but would that then, in turn, pose other, motion problems?) My thanks in advance for any insight. (PS, on the lcd 46 and 50 plas front as above, which would you recommend? - blu-ray, sky sports HD and regular sky broadcasts will be its chief uses. In particular, can the plasma support 24frames.......)