What's your prefered resolution?

[Kitsuner]

I liked this thread better when the the topic was in all caps. It felt much more urgent back then.

I guess you're stuck using whatever settings FC lets you use.

Fall_Child is such a tyrant.

[ZephyrStar]

My preferred resolution is the one that is the correct aspect ratio and closest to the original source, so I'm not a huge fan of upscaling just to upscale.

This. All depends on the source.

[macchinainterna]

848x352 LIKE A BAWS!

[dreamawake]

Once I'm ready to add effects I will carefully upscale to 720p (either 960x720 or 1280x720) for use in After Effects.

You disgust me.

[l33tmeatwad]

Once I'm ready to add effects I will carefully upscale to 720p (either 960x720 or 1280x720) for use in After Effects.

You disgust me.

Not a fan of higher resolution to preserve more detail due to the lossy nature of distribution codecs?

[dreamawake]

Once I'm ready to add effects I will carefully upscale to 720p (either 960x720 or 1280x720) for use in After Effects.

You disgust me.

Not a fan of higher resolution to preserve more detail due to the lossy nature of distribution codecs?

Upscaling is always bad.

Always.

[l33tmeatwad]

Upscaling is always bad.

Always.

Not if done properly.

[l33tmeatwad]

Upscaling is always bad.

Always.

Not if done properly.

I will also add your computer "upscales" videos during playback when you play them fullscreen (without telling it to alter your monitor's resolution). Carefully upscaling before encoding with a lossy distribution codec you give yourself more quality control. The key here is doing it CAREFULLY. Poorly done upscales for official Blu-ray releases has left a bad taste for upscaling in a lot of people's mouths.

[dreamawake]

Upscaling is always bad.

Always.

Not if done properly.

I will also add your computer "upscales" videos during playback when you play them fullscreen (without telling it to alter your monitor's resolution). Carefully upscaling before encoding with a lossy distribution codec you give yourself more quality control. The key here is doing it CAREFULLY. Poorly done upscales for official Blu-ray releases has left a bad taste for upscaling in a lot of people's mouths.

ALWAYS.

[l33tmeatwad]

Upscaling is always bad.

Always.

Not if done properly.

I will also add your computer "upscales" videos during playback when you play them fullscreen (without telling it to alter your monitor's resolution). Carefully upscaling before encoding with a lossy distribution codec you give yourself more quality control. The key here is doing it CAREFULLY. Poorly done upscales for official Blu-ray releases has left a bad taste for upscaling in a lot of people's mouths.
ALWAYS.

I suppose you never watch videos fullscreen, nor do you ever watch DVDs on an HDTV, because THAT my good sir, would be on the fly upscaling ! If you do, you might want to go study the basics on this subject and learn the advantages you get from upscaling the video before playback vs on the fly upscaling.