This one should be a good one. Hoping for OAR but knowing it is HBO I will not expect it.

what is OAR ?




P....

Original Aspect Ratio.

No OAR. But WOW! to the openning scene.

it does look good.

I am seeing more details than the DVD. I haven't watched the DVD for a long time but I will put it on once this is over and compare. Just looking at their faces, you can see all the details... How does it compare to DVD? preliminary report --- better than DVD but wished it was OAR.

I am seeing more details than the DVD. I haven't watched the DVD for a long time but I will put it on once this is over and compare. Just looking at their faces, you can see all the details... How does it compare to DVD? preliminary report --- better than DVD but wished it was OAR.

there is a lot of detail, but imagine how much more detail there would of been if it were OAR! BOO HBO...BOO!!!

OK. I thought 16X9 was OAR for movies. Are you guys saying that if it were OAR, there would be back bars? On top and bottom or on the sides? How do you know it's not OAR

OK. I thought 16X9 was OAR for movies. Are you guys saying that if it were OAR, there would be back bars? On top and bottom or on the sides? How do you know it's not OAR

some movies are shot in an aspect ratio of 1:85 which will fill a 16x9 screen, and others are filmed wider in 2:35 which will have black bars on top and bottom. And yes if it were in it's original 2:35 aspect ratio, it would look much cleaner!

one of the things i like about this forum is the honest opinions. Over on AVS people instantly say that it doesnt look any better than the DVD anytime a movie isnt OAR. Right now they are saying "Im not impressed" with this movie. One would have to be blind not to see the increased detail in this HD movie compared to the DVD. I agree it would be better OAR, well, depending on my mood. sometimes a screen full of HD is kind of nice if you ask me.

That highway scene has to be one of the best when he got the keymaker and morpheus and two trucks collided... wow!

one of the things i like about this forum is the honest opinions. Over on AVS people instantly say that it doesnt look any better than the DVD anytime a movie isnt OAR. Right now they are saying "Im not impressed" with this movie. One would have to be blind not to see the increased detail in this HD movie compared to the DVD. I agree it would be better OAR, well, depending on my mood. sometimes a screen full of HD is kind of nice if you ask me.

As far as dvd, vs. HD goes HD wins hands down. Sure some HD movies are much more impressive than the DVD, while others may not be so overwhelmingly better. But those guys over at AVS are such pro OAR snobs that anything HD that isn't OAR just isn't good to them. I have the DVD, and reloaded (even without being OAR) is much more detailed in HD! I get so irritated by some folks on AVS, that I hardly ever post there anymore.

Well I made a joke about the movie not being in OAR over there, but it doesn't ruin my life ;)

I was finally able to compare this movie with the my sammy 931 dvd player, and I was pleased to find that my sammy's upconvert was pretty much the same with maybe a tad bit better to HBO, it was kinda hard to compare though because HBO was 16x9 but the dvd is OAR so i couldnt do the back to back comparisons

I take anything I read about hd over there with a grain of salt... If I like the pq so what if its not oar, be glad its not sd :D

I really enjoyed the movie and the PQ. It was great! It will repeat at 11pm on HBO-West tonight if you did not catch it.

Charlie's Angels: Full Throtle is on Cinemax now, the lucky voomers that have Cinemax HD can enjoy that movie as well, unfortunetly this channel is not compelling to dish :(

Wish I could...but I have not been assimilated yet :D

Wish I could...but I have not been assimilated yet :D

I was wrong about the time. It is going to be at 11pm EST on HBO HD West.


No assimilation...yet? :D

Almost went to the D* hd tivo side, till the best buy debacle unfolded :D instead bought a htpc for windows media stuff(hd tivo on backburner till I can hold it in my hands) but if V*come up with their dvr soon who knows...till then I'll fill up my replay :)

What is the "Best Buy Debacle"?

The preorder deal last week... maybe not a debacle, but rumor was they had them to ship last week. And they will probably be getting them next week. The hdtivo forum was going crazy at the tivo community.( like a feeding frenzy)

The wife and I watched it. She hasn't seen any of the sequels...and this movie really pissed her off. She apparently really enjoyed The Matrix, and feels like this film negated the original to an extent...I kind of laughed and thought, "she feels like that now, wait until she sees revolutions!"

I was wrong about the time. It is going to be at 11pm EST on HBO HD West.


No assimilation...yet? :D

I find more compression on movies shown on HBOHD west, than the east channel.
:(

Loved it and Im watching it again on the West. Had my Surround Sound turned up high and along with the great picture, had some loud sound. Makes you not want to go to the movies.

I took a look at the Matrix Reloaded DVD and my God is not even close. The HBO HD version was better all the way (except for OAR). No way! The HBO HD presentation is like night and day.

Matrix Reloaded:
5/2/2004 3:15AM 201 HBOHD
5/2/2004 6:15AM 202 HBOHDP
5/4/2004 7:30PM 201 HBOHD
5/4/2004 10:30PM 202 HBOHDP
5/9/2004 10:00PM 201 HBOHD
5/10/2004 1:00AM 202 HBOHDP
5/13/2004 7:00PM 201 HBOHD
5/13/2004 10:00PM 202 HBOHDP
5/14/2004 2:55AM 201 HBOHD
5/14/2004 5:55AM 202 HBOHDP

When will Reloaded be on in HD again?

Don't know the exact dates but it will be repeated through the month of May (I am sure).