Good movie file to test TV out quality?

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Can anyone recomend some movie file that is good for testing TV out quality?
I'm looking for a high quality motion picture movie, not a static picture.
Sure I can download some DivX-file using Overnet/Kazaa/Emule, but if the
quality on the TV ends up bad, how do I know that it's not the DivX that was
badly encoded/highly kompressed? If someone can give a ed2k link (or
whatever their called) or an URL to a know good quality file, I would really
appreciate it!

Regards
Jimi
 
Can anyone recomend some movie file that is good for testing TV out
quality? I'm looking for a high quality motion picture movie, not a
static picture. Sure I can download some DivX-file using
Overnet/Kazaa/Emule, but if the quality on the TV ends up bad, how do I
know that it's not the DivX that was badly encoded/highly kompressed? If
someone can give a ed2k link (or whatever their called) or an URL to a
know good quality file, I would really appreciate it!
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Why not just pop a DVD into the DVD drive and play it while hooked up to the
TV? That would beat any file you download without worrying how it was
encoded.

-lyj
 
Can anyone recomend some movie file that is good for testing TV out quality?
I'm looking for a high quality motion picture movie, not a static picture.
Sure I can download some DivX-file using Overnet/Kazaa/Emule, but if the
quality on the TV ends up bad, how do I know that it's not the DivX that was
badly encoded/highly kompressed? If someone can give a ed2k link (or
whatever their called) or an URL to a know good quality file, I would really
appreciate it!

Regards
Jimi
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Finding Nemo is pretty demanding. The bright colours and sharp chroma
changes are a good test. There are also parts with very fast motion.

(I tried recording it on an old VCR and then playing it on a
different, newer VCR and viewing it on TV and I saw what seemed like
ringing in the chroma signal where it changes quickly but luminance
doesn't. It looks sort of like halftone dots in printing. It
probably wasn't the video card's fault though; I really need to run
some cable and do a direct hookup.)

Oh and as another poster said, go buy or rent a DVD and watch that!
The quality will be better and so it will be a better test of TV out.
No, DVDs aren't perfect and you'll easily find sites that talk about
artifacts on them but it's better than DivX.
 
LastYJ said:
Why not just pop a DVD into the DVD drive and play it while hooked up
to the
TV? That would beat any file you download without worrying how it was
encoded.
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hmm, I forgot to write about the fact that I don't have a DVD player in the
computer. Sorry.

/Jimi
 
hmm, I forgot to write about the fact that I don't have a DVD player in the
computer. Sorry.
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Maybe try Apple QuickTime movie trailers. I believe the trailers can be
played on TV.
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Boris said:
Finding Nemo is pretty demanding. The bright colours and sharp chroma
changes are a good test. There are also parts with very fast motion.
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I think I formulated my question badly. What I'm looking for is a tip of a
specific file, not a specific movie. If I download "Finding Nemo" I might be
getting a bad quality version. Thats why e2dk or an URL would be great, that
way I would get the exact same file (down to the very last byte).
Oh and as another poster said, go buy or rent a DVD and watch that!
The quality will be better and so it will be a better test of TV out.
No, DVDs aren't perfect and you'll easily find sites that talk about
artifacts on them but it's better than DivX.
Click to expand...

As I replied to that poster, I don't have a DVD player. Thats why I asked
for a high quality file to download. Preferably DVD-quality. I don't care if
the file is 4GB big, as long as I can download the first 100MB or so, and
output that to the TV out.

/Jimi
 
Boris said:
Finding Nemo is pretty demanding. The bright colours and sharp chroma
changes are a good test. There are also parts with very fast motion.
Click to expand...

I think I formulated my question badly. What I'm looking for is a tip of a
specific file, not a specific movie. If I download "Finding Nemo" I might be
getting a bad quality version. Thats why e2dk or an URL would be great, that
way I would get the exact same file (down to the very last byte).
Oh and as another poster said, go buy or rent a DVD and watch that!
The quality will be better and so it will be a better test of TV out.
No, DVDs aren't perfect and you'll easily find sites that talk about
artifacts on them but it's better than DivX.
Click to expand...

As I replied to that poster, I don't have a DVD player. Thats why I asked
for a high quality file to download. Preferably DVD-quality. I don't care if
the file is 4GB big, as long as I can download the first 100MB or so, and
output that to the TV out.

/Jimi
 
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