gamescentral compares 360'HD-DVD vs PS3 BR vs DVD

[Graham]

Currently the format battle is for mindshare, while they lower the price enough to hit the mainstream. Then the real battle begins.

 

[inefficient]

Since both versions of MI:3 use the VC1 codec, the video content itself is identical.

PS3 doesn't do any color correction to the image. If anything it's output is the closest representation of the digital data.

Any "advantages" in color he sees HD-DVD player connected over component has to be just signal degradation. Unless the HD-DVD player is artificially adjusting contrast or saturation. And that is the sort of thing a player should not do.

If he played it on a HD-DVD player with an HDMI 1.3 connection it should look identical to the PS3 output color wise.

 

[RobertR1]

Since both versions of MI:3 use the VC1 codec, the video content itself is identical.

PS3 doesn't do any color correction to the image. If anything it's output is the closest representation of the digital data.

Any "advantages" in color he sees HD-DVD player connected over component has to be just signal degradation. Unless the HD-DVD player is artificially adjusting contrast or saturation. And that is the sort of thing a player should not do.

If he played it on a HD-DVD player with an HDMI 1.3 connection it should look identical to the PS3 output color wise.

MI:3 is VC-1 on HD DVD and Mpeg2 on BR like most Paramount titles.

 

[JohnH]

Actually its not the codecs that caused the colour difference (although they could), its becuase he didn't calibrate the display device for two completly different input types (HDMI vs component, both set to default setting). Its also pointless doing a comparison of HD video with downscaled images.

Becuase of the above the interactivity stuff was the only useful bit of the review!

John.