2018-01-18, 00:33
I've been maintaining a jumbled guide for almost 3 years now. It's in my signature below. No, it isn't borked. No, it has nothing to do with the Windows HDR and advanced color switch. You want to leave it off and let madVR switch your display itself into HDR mode, automatically. PDVD is incorporated for 1:1 menus such as an iso. However, I personally do not have the specific hardware to use PDVD for (UHD HDR.iso) menus. All others yes, but not that. HDR.mkv's are fine with PDVD and other players such as MPC flavors. HDR.iso can play main movie with MPC which if you don't have PDVD required hardware is my choice. If I met PDVD requirements, I'd use it because I prefer menus. On the other hand, if after watching menus I prefer highest quality for the main movie, I'd switch to MPC on the fly. I often do this with everything non-HDR. HDR, I simply watch main movie only using MPC, madVR, and LAV Filters.
You see, I'm thrifty. I want to cover the entire gamut of everything there is as economical as possible. At the same time, I demand the highest quality for playback and start with the highest quality sources, usually in iso format. Iso's are not friendly but they are complete and require no further steps after ripping. They are truly a one to one backup of the original disc. The popular friendly stripped mkv is not. I would rather put in the seat time to put it all together by typing on my computer instead standing in line at a store handing someone money. Time is valuable for some and this really isn't practical for them. It's much easier to order something online and lower your standards and expectations for the convenience they just granted themselves. There's nothing wrong with that. It comes with caveats though. Your source you stream is not as high quality. Subscription based entertainment requires a complimenting device to decode and render to your TV. You see the limitations and problems discussed everywhere about them all the time. But from a convenience standpoint, most could care less and live with what they have or don't have and conclude it's good enough. Nothing wrong with that either. Just want others to know there are alternatives, who like myself, demand more for less. Sort of. A subscription and device costs. So do physical discs, PC hardware and compliments like a Harmony remote and/or X-10 switches. Personally, I prefer to 'invest' the way I do. Speaking of investments, DID YOU SEE THE NYSE TODAY!
You see, I'm thrifty. I want to cover the entire gamut of everything there is as economical as possible. At the same time, I demand the highest quality for playback and start with the highest quality sources, usually in iso format. Iso's are not friendly but they are complete and require no further steps after ripping. They are truly a one to one backup of the original disc. The popular friendly stripped mkv is not. I would rather put in the seat time to put it all together by typing on my computer instead standing in line at a store handing someone money. Time is valuable for some and this really isn't practical for them. It's much easier to order something online and lower your standards and expectations for the convenience they just granted themselves. There's nothing wrong with that. It comes with caveats though. Your source you stream is not as high quality. Subscription based entertainment requires a complimenting device to decode and render to your TV. You see the limitations and problems discussed everywhere about them all the time. But from a convenience standpoint, most could care less and live with what they have or don't have and conclude it's good enough. Nothing wrong with that either. Just want others to know there are alternatives, who like myself, demand more for less. Sort of. A subscription and device costs. So do physical discs, PC hardware and compliments like a Harmony remote and/or X-10 switches. Personally, I prefer to 'invest' the way I do. Speaking of investments, DID YOU SEE THE NYSE TODAY!