Dark Picture

[adoeltala]

eey guys.
lately when i watch movies on PC or PC connected to TV the movies are very dark, like American Gangster or some other movies ( and no its not the quality cause its full retail ) the video smees dark , sometimes u arnt even able to see the faces of the people that play in the movie. so does somebody no a solution for it ? or is just the movie or some codec issues.. ? i googled it several times but didnt find anything.

thanks in advanced

[setarip_old]

Hi!like American Gangster1) Are you viewing the R1 version of this DVD, scheduled for release on 2/19, or the R2 version, scheduled for release on 3/08?

2) Were you PREVIOUSLY able to output a less dark image on your setup, with other DVDs, or is this the first time you're watching a DVD this way?

3) Is the image also too dark if you play the DVD on a standalone DVD player?

[adoeltala]

1) NTSC Retail dvdr.

2) it depends on some movies older movies are much brighter then the new ones i don't know why. but its different some of them are dark ( to dark like american gangster ) and some of them are just normal.

3) yes same quality on standalone.

[setarip_old]

I doubt that anyone will be able to offer you any insight until we/they can purchase "American Gangster" on its official release day.

Since you say it plays with the same image quality when played from a standalone DVD player on a television, I'd speculate that it's simply "That's the way the DVD is"...

I'd like to be able to do the same - How does one go about purchasing a commercial DVD a week or two prior to its official release day?

[Guest]

We need an answer to that question, adoeltala, before we can help you with this.

[Mug Funky]

perhaps adoeltala works for a distributor or other licensed party? doesn't seem the most likely though.

FWIW, "crushed blacks" are very popular in western filmmaking. not too sure why really, though sometimes it can look good i find it's probably better to just shoot higher contrast film then crunch things in the DI.