I noticed how red the red rising

This shot was taken from the 123” screen on a 3.2MP camera; notice the actor foreground and background have two distinct fleshtones and the shading on the foreground actor’s face. But more importantly than that take a look at the detail in his jacket, again this is a screen shot taken directly from a DVD on a 123” screen using no external video processor.
The DVD-2930CI was so good that I occasionally found myself forgetting to take notes and just got lost in the movie. As someone who reviews gear, sometimes back to back and for several weeks at a time in some cases, you will never hear a bigger endorsement for a piece of CE equipment than my comment above. All home theater gear is a means to an end and not an end itself; I don’t take any piece of gears ability to suspend disbelief lightly.
After snapping back to reality and realizing I had to put pen to paper, I shifted to the two-disc Pearl Harbor box set and skipped forward to chapter 22’s first strike. I wanted to get a feel for how the DVD-2930CI handled CGI in the attack sequence. Before I could get that far however I noticed how red the red rising sun on the zero’s were, it was a deep rich red as opposed to the orange’ish red in previous viewings.
I noticed the battle sequence was a bit easier to follow, being able to place all of the individual elements of the battle in their own space and time, definitely provided a superior experience over past viewings. I also noticed the sound effects seemed to have a better pace and rhythm with the action on screen
From Pearl Harbor we moved onto Kill Bill Vol.1 and chapter 14’s ‘The Crazy 88’s’. I noticed subtle details in the bride’s face I’d never seen before. Again I also noticed a certain ease or fluidity to the fight choreography that eluded me in previous viewings. As Beatrix back flips away from Go-Go’s mace I noticed newfound detail in the wood floor below. It was as if I was viewing the scene for the first time.
Skipping forward to chapter 16 where O’Ren finds out first hand, yes that is a Hanzo sword. The falling snow in the shot took on a convincing 3D effect that I most definitely hadn’t noticed in any previous viewing. Each flake of snow seemed to occupy its own individual place in the shot and made the presentation even more convincing.
Next I popped in the super-bit edition of ‘Hollow Man’ and skipped forward to chapter 9. Again as in all previous clips fleshtone was rendered with an almost eerie accuracy, fine detail and black level also excelled but it was with this title that I noticed something I wasn’t expecting, something that in retrospect I should have expected all along.