Still not there, IMO. The eyes continue to be a problem for AI upscalers, and this one seems to have obliterated too much detail overall. Everything is way too smoothed.
Color pops a bit more, but the detail still isn't there.
I just wish I could see it the same way. SD and HD has been a long discussion amongst my video editing major friends. And my eyes must be very bad (and they are) because I don't see the difference.
So, while I may be mad in a different sense, I'm mader still because I wish I understood it.
What I think is important to note is....
People in this topic care about this stuff. Literally 98% of viewers don't, really.
That doesn't mean most people don't care, it just means you need more discriminating friends.People in this topic care about this stuff. Literally 98% of viewers don't, really. Everytime I have a friend over and we watch something and I'm fussy about shit like this they look at me as if I'm a madman.
I'm not sure this IS the difference between a big mac and a steakhouse burger though. I'd certainly mind 4:3 stretched out to 16:9, or cropped, or with bits of lighting gear in the edges of the frames. I'd mind them editing what objects are in the picture, as done to TOS. On the whole, I'm happy with the DVDs and don't want to give busybody editors the chance to improve what was filmed too much.
That doesn't mean most people don't care, it just means you need more discriminating friends.
Jokes aside, I've witnessed much the same. I can't comprehend people who watch 4x3 stuff stretched out to fill a 16x9 screen. Do they not see, or not care? Either one is baffling.
If you give most folks a Big Mac and a top-tier steakhouse burger, they're going to tell the difference.
Because a lot more people care about food and can tell the difference.
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