The Thread About Ponies, Logistics and General Weirdness (And Gilda)TV

[Minty]

Guys, I can't be throwing DB pages up because of the data limit thing...

so thank you for posting it all here.


I'll likely be faving the 🤬 out of all of it when I'm home tomorrow night and have the data to spare.

 

[MSTER232]

Thanks.




EDIT:

SHIRT!


I really want it...but I dunno if I should....

You can buy it, but prepare yourself for some weird looks if you're wearing it in public .

 

[Minty]

If I get it I'm wearing it to BronyCon this August.

I'd be all:

 

[MSTER232]

If I get it I'm wearing it to BronyCon this August.

I'd be all:

Well you might get less dirty looks then and more laughs. You should buy it if you're going there, will put a smile on loads of faces .

 

[Minty]

 

[Bopop4]

^

& that's in MP4 format. 1080P version comes in around 450MB area but the 720P looks identical so the 1080P is wasted space.

If you transfer the file over to a USB and watch it on a TV, then you definitely notice a difference.

 

[Spoil-t]

I have notice Zero difference. The colors are vivid & popping just the same with 720p. All the MLP DVDs come in 720p (also believe the show is broadcasted in 720p) so 1080p is unneeded.

 

[Bopop4]

What size TV do you watch it on?

 

[Spoil-t]

47" LCD Smart TV.

Researched: The show is broadcasted in 1080i which is no better than 720p so using the 1080p version off YouTube WON'T make the quality better in anyway so it's wasted space downloading 1080p files.

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

All the MLP DVDs come in 720p (also believe the show is broadcasted in 720p)

DVD is unable to support such resolutions, nor are standard-definition broadcasts.

The show is broadcasted in 1080i which is no better than 720p so using the 1080p version off YouTube WON'T make the quality better in anyway so it's wasted space downloading 1080p files.

1080p files often come from iTunes, which is uploaded separately. 1080i also offers improved sound quality, as well as picture.

 

[Bopop4]

I watch it on a 60' Plasma and I do notice a large difference, the 720 version starts to get a bit blocky.

 

[Spoil-t]

I'm talking in terms of YT files which are recorded from the TV. Also 1080i is visually the same as 720p. 1080i refreshes every other pixel line then goes back & refreshes the lines it skipped. 1080p refreshes every single pixel at once making the picture better.

I watch it on a 60' Plasma and I do notice a large difference, the 720 version starts to get a bit blocky.

There's your problem. LCD TV's have way better picture quality than Plasma TVs. My parents have a Plasma & it only goes up to 1080i. My TV looks better in 720p then that TV looks in 1080i.

 

[Bopop4]

You need to get yourself a better Plasma then, I've always found that LEDs and LCDs lacked the quality of the Plasma. 1080i is crap.

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

Also 1080i is visually the same as 720p. 1080i refreshes every other pixel line then goes back & refreshes the lines it skipped. 1080p refreshes every single pixel at once making the picture better.

I know, interlaced pixels makes it easier to transmit the data, plus creates a slightly smoother picture during swift motion. There is, however, a difference.

There's your problem. LCD TV's have way better picture quality than Plasma TVs. My parents have a Plasma & it only goes up to 1080i. My TV looks better in 720p then that TV looks in 1080i.

Plasma is scientifically proven to be better. LCDs always bleed a little light, and therefore cannot gain the contrast required of a decent, dark movie. They also lack the speed of a plasma,given their transmissive design as-opposed to an emissive like plasma.

 

[Spoil-t]

Most TVs operate at speeds faster then the human eye so LCD, LED, & Plasma are all the same UNLESS you have a cheap model.

I have a Vizio that's 120Hz & it has no issues with showing anything. It's just 1080p & 720p looks the same. Hell it makes 480i look amazing.

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

I sincerely doubt that. Plasma has far more depth to the picture than LCD.

 

[Spoil-t]

Unless there's a difference once you pass the 50" mark they look identical if not LCD better. Plus Plasma TVs will always be garbage until they can accept gaming consoles without burning up.

 

[Wiegert]

Oh lord, not another TV discussion in this thread.



Veggie shall put an end to this!

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Oh come on! There's even a TV in that comic! D:

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

Unless there's a difference once you pass the 50" mark they look identical if not LCD better. Plus Plasma TVs will always be garbage until they can accept gaming consoles without burning up.

You have one TV, I worked in a shop selling many. I think I know more about the lay of the land than you, sorry.

 

[Spoil-t]

I have a LCD, LED, Plasma, old tube type & a 480i TV in my house. I'm going off visual comparison. Unless Plasma TV's got an upgrade last time I checked, yes? no? They are expensive crap. *shrugs*

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

Spoil-T, I have better things to do than humour your uneducated opinion.

My internet's finally stopped lagging, so time to watch glorious pony in glorious 1080p. :3

 

[Spoil-t]

Spoil-T, I have better things to do than humor your uneducated opinion.

Remember what's on paper means nothing. Unless you have some Super Duper Plasma's over on your Island they aren't so great. They are expensive crap, the screens burn up, if something touches the screen it ruins, etc.

If you want to prove me wrong & rub it in my face then start slapping down hard facts & visual comparisons.

 

[CoffeeGrunt]

Remember what's on paper means nothing. Unless you have some Super Duper Plasma's over on your Island they aren't so great. They are expensive crap, the screens burn up, if something touches the screen it ruins, etc.

You ignored those.

I sold them, I demonstrated them. I know an awful lot about them.

 

[Azure Flare]

 

[eXtaticus]

> Returns to pony thread
> Talk about TVs

As part of the PC monitor master race, I laugh at the fact that you primitive peoples insist on defining monitor resolution by the y-axis only, and look down upon your silly "p" and "i".

*twirls moustache*

But seriously now; I have an office-grade Dell 1280*1024 LCD monitor from years ago, and it's more than good enough for watching ponies. That's what I've got and I'm happy with it, and what's "better" isn't enough of an improvement over what I've already got to warrant spending any money on it. Additionally, I've always personally preferred LCD to Plasma, but your preferences in the characteristics of the image and what you're going to use the TV itself for are entirely subjective matters in themselves, and there's no real "right" or "wrong" answer in the whole debate.

Also: most "720p" TVs aren't true 1280*720 anyway; they're almost always something above that, like 1366*768 or 1600*900. Almost every time I've ever tried connecting a PC to such a television, (even via an interface as simple as VGA) I've been able to access the extra pixel space and display a higher-resolution image than what one would call "720p". And because you get better image quality from downscaling a video file than you get from upscaling, you're better off with the 1080p version in this instance.

And finally, interlacing is bunk; iTunes rips are progressive scan as nature intended, and all the better for it. They're also bereft of the ad-break fade-outs, watermarks and dynamic range compression (a sound thing) that plagues the TV versions. Download a colour-corrected 1080p raw rip from Ponyship and you also get the 5.1-channel audio - but if you can live with a little bit of blocky-ness and a stereo-only soundtrack, the YouTube versions will suffice.

Argument over, nopony wins.

And you now have no excuse to not use the vastly superior iTunes rips. Thank me later.

 

[Wiegert]

Okay, now that the TV talk is finally over...



Those feeeeeels.




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[Spoil-t]

And you now have no excuse to not use the vastly superior iTunes rips. Thank me later.

I do.
1. YouTube usually takes down the iTUNE rips. (I never saw any on there & the videos that linked you to some got taken down)
2. I can't bit torrent anything because my ISP turns my service off ASAP if I do even if it is a legal download.
3. Don't have the money to buy the episodes off iTUNES.

All & all the YT TV recordings look identical (to me) compared to the iTUNE rips but with quieter audio. I have season 1 on DVD & it's LOUD compared to my Season 2 & 3 files but with my ears sounds the same when I blast the TV. *shrugs*

 

[Minty]

@Greg:




This TV discussion is silly.

I'll just wait for big screen OLEDs to be a thing. The I can watch glorious ponies on a glorious OLED TV. Even if it means I have to take a USB drive to Best Buy and load it on the TV right in the store.

 

[RACECAR]

Watched Episodes 11-13, gonna finish 14-15 later. Exactly how many episodes are there in season 1?

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Dammit, Kenny.

 

[Wiegert]

Watched Episodes 11-13, gonna finish 14-15 later. Exactly how many episodes are there in season 1?

26 episodes make up season 1, and other 26 for season 2. The third season only has 13 episodes though, but the quality of most of the episodes that have aired so far this season makes up for the fact that it's half the size of the previous 2, even though opinions are divided when it comes to the Crystal Empire episodes.




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WhiteDiamonds does it again :3