In general, blu-ray entusiasts fall into a few different camps with regard to desired video quality.
Understanding that these are generalizations, which of these most describes your approach to blu-ray video?
1) Purists. These guys will refuse to buy a blu-ray if they can spot any evidence of digital tampering. Might even start a letter writing campaign to the studio that produced what they consider an "abomination." They tend to like classic films, hate DNR and EE and enjoy seeing natural looking film grain reproduced on blu-ray.
2) The "Eye Candy" hedonists. These guys would love it if they never had to watch another blu-ray with film grain moving around on their screen. Heaven for them would be if every film was made by Pixar or was shot on digital like the HD Discovery Channel. They just want detail, pores, bumped up contrast, over-saturated colors and who cares if it is appropriate to the story.
3) Average Joe. These guys are happy that just about any blu-ray is an improvement over DVD and will look better on a larger screen. They're not trained to look for artifacts, don't tend to see them and would rather not learn how to spot them mostly because they've run across a few purists in their day and noticed how miserable they seem to be most of the time.
4) Combo Pack. This would be someone who is either some combination of the above or doesn't feel like any of the above describes his or her unique self. Especially if you vote 4, please explain below.
Understanding that these are generalizations, which of these most describes your approach to blu-ray video?
1) Purists. These guys will refuse to buy a blu-ray if they can spot any evidence of digital tampering. Might even start a letter writing campaign to the studio that produced what they consider an "abomination." They tend to like classic films, hate DNR and EE and enjoy seeing natural looking film grain reproduced on blu-ray.
2) The "Eye Candy" hedonists. These guys would love it if they never had to watch another blu-ray with film grain moving around on their screen. Heaven for them would be if every film was made by Pixar or was shot on digital like the HD Discovery Channel. They just want detail, pores, bumped up contrast, over-saturated colors and who cares if it is appropriate to the story.
3) Average Joe. These guys are happy that just about any blu-ray is an improvement over DVD and will look better on a larger screen. They're not trained to look for artifacts, don't tend to see them and would rather not learn how to spot them mostly because they've run across a few purists in their day and noticed how miserable they seem to be most of the time.
4) Combo Pack. This would be someone who is either some combination of the above or doesn't feel like any of the above describes his or her unique self. Especially if you vote 4, please explain below.