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Author Topic: HFR - the reviews are in and it "didn't look so good" Chuck McGregor Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Bremen, ME, USA Registered: Mar 2012 posted 08-22-2012 08:24 AM                     quote: Jim Henk The guy turned the feature on for me, and when I turned green... Oh my. It's worse than I imagined? Where I live it's a trek to get to a store where I could actually see this marvel of technology. However, I'd say the audio counterpart is all those wonderful audio "enhancement" settings one finds on home AV receivers (hall, jazz, concert, movie, et al). Every one of them sound dreadful. Mine is always set for A.F.D. (Auto Format Direct - like you don't know what that means). Imagine such settings being incorporated into cinema processors and in the hands of whatever passes for "projectionists" these days in digital houses. So...if I get a "Shit Vision®" TV I could set the playback modes for both "Video Suck" and "Audio Suck" !! Maybe this would make movies like Ed Wood's stuff, old Godzilla, or maybe even Monster A Go-Go truly memorable viewing experiences... In the world of PA systems there has long been a whimsical desire among mixing operators to outfit all mixing consoles with a "Suck Knob" or its inverse a "Talent Knob" -- as in, "I need more talent in the PA." My take on all this is that all this consumer-enabled processing has gotten out of hand. The notion of artists presenting their art to the viewer in some reasonably intact form is going out the window. I can see it now: instead of offering a carefully rendered print of, say, the Mona Lisa, you only get to buy a tiff file with a copy of Photoshop. Art appreciation becomes an oxymoron.  |  IP: Logged Jim Henk Master Film Handler Posts: 364 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 08-22-2012 09:05 PM                     quote: Chuck McGregor Oh my. It's worse than I imagined? Just that feature, and to my own opinion. BTW, the rest of the TV was just fine. Still have it today on my living room wall. Don't take my opinion for gospel anything. Go see things for yourself, and make up your own mind if I'm right, or if I'm weird. I think this is a standard caution shared here by most. Bottom line as always, your mileage may vary.  |  IP: Logged

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