Hello!
So after the upgrade from 1.0.5 to 1.0.7 fw and watching a bunch of videos (even from the same sources as previously), I have to draw that strange conclusion, that as the Imprex engine has gone throu some fixes (like the solution of black area ghosting), there's a new medicore weight problem that draws back -in my oppinion- the overall picture quality. In 1.0.5 fw both the Noise Reduction and the MPEG NR settings worked better: 1. when one's turned them OFF completly, it came to show squarely and perceptably enough that the image stayed more unprocessed and rawer (and more natural). 2. In the case of just slightly more noisy video sources (like to reduce Film Grain), when I even used occasionaly the "Low" setting to both NR, it did it's purposed job much "finer" and added just a reasonable and toleratable smoothing to the picture.
Now with the 1.0.7 fw, it seams both Noise Reduction filters can't even be turned off completly. Even with the "OFF" setting on both, stills a plenty noticable level of "smoothing" and "bluring" on the picture. Not disturbing the whole playback all in constantly, but it's mostly visible on the skins of the peoples faces while half-near close-ups during dialogs. It's clearly noticable -with some focusing- compared to when I play back same videos on other devices, like my PC, and also compared to the PQ with the 1.0.5 firmware with the same settings. In some cases I found that even this ammount of PQ postprocessing makes the experience weaker, and results in a unsettingly unnatural picture. And now the "Low" setting results in a much more stronger "blur" and "cosmetics" and makes it also look as an overshoot in the intervention, compared with the 1.0.5 fw. As for conclusion for me both settings have loosed their capabilty to fulfill their purposes, when trying to fit settings to the -mentioned- different sources with the desired effect.
Does anyone beside me have the same observations?
Thanks for the replies!