Bad macroblocking during John Adams last night on TMN

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I'm a big fan of this series and the story is great and all. But I was watching it in HD last night and I could not look past the Macroblcking problems. There would be a scene outside that would look mouthwatering, almost DVD like. Then they would go into a scene inside the congress room, and I would see macroblocking EVERYWHERE, and I could just not ajust to it. Can anyone let me know if they were noticing the same thing? I have a 9200 receiver with a 57" Hitachi Rear projection TV.
 
I didn't notice any. Some of the inside and outside scenes looked a bit different, but I don't believe that's macro blocking. You generally only see macro blocking on action scenes.

-Mike
 
You didn't notice the extreme grainyness in the inside scenes? Are you with bell?
 
Yes, I'm with Bell. I agree the inside and outside shots looked a little different, but graininess isn't macro blocking. Keep in mind it's taking place in the late 1700's, so I think that grain is meant to be there. It helps with the allusion.

-Mike
 
Watched it on Evu and had no problems with microblocking etc. Quite often scenes are purposely shot in a grainy fashion which is supposed to be artistic. A good example was the new program Canteberry Law which had most, if not all, interior office scenes in a very grainy state. To my mind this defeats the whole concept of having HD television where one should strive for above average quality. In addition numerous segments are not reprocessed for HD in order to just plain save money on production costs.
 
That's weird. Because for example I find that the scene where it was raining it looked amazing. scenes otuside with bircks in the background looked amazing. As soon as they got inside Grainy in the background. I wonder if it's my tv. Because I find that with my 9200 regular def content is really grainy in regular view mode. But then I go watch the program on my 5800 PVR upstairs and it looks much better and that screen is a huge regular def screen. Could it be my tv, because I really only notice grainyness. When there is a solide color out of focus in the background. If there are plants or something else in the background it looks great ...
 
Graininess is often an artifact of film stock or digital cameras when used in low light conditions. Colour rendition, black level detail and contrast are also affected, resulting in a somewhat dull appearance with indoor shots. This is quite common, especially with location shots of large indoor buildings. Outside scenes benefit greatly from high light levels. That is why HD demos are usually outdoor scenes.

The producers may also have used different equipment for indoor and outdoor scenes, i.e. film vs HD digital camera.
 
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