grain in blu ray discs? normal?

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I only want information from someone with knowledge, I just bought bangkok dangerous and 1408 blu rays to test out the quality cuz i just got an hdmi cord for my ps3, and i find theres a lot of grain in the picture, bangkok was worse than 1408 in my opinion and after reading, many people are saying different things, like that blu ray is quality to high for its own good, that you need to look for better blu rays, a person at ps3 customer support told me my cord brand(monster 750hd) was the cause, and i actually listened to her and bought a playstion 3 hdmi cord, and its the same.....the picture quality is definitely better with the hdmi cord, but i want to know if grain depends on the blu ray disc, or the equipment used to play it?
 
Many directors, when they transfer the movie to BD or DVD prefer to leave the movie grain, so that the movie has a "film-like" look.

Others, clean the hell out of it. However, it is also true that certain TVs have better analog filters than digital filters, so film over HDMI is usually sharper and enhances noise, over component.

So, it is normal? Depends on the movie, how it was transferred, the player, the panel on your TV, etc.

You can certainly try to watch it over component, or try to lower sharpness.
 
Yeah I would try a different HDMI cord.. I don't think it would be your player !!
 
If the movie was shot on film, then the grain will vary depending on the equipment, lighting, film type, and processing. If transferred to digital without filtering, you will see grain in those movies that have it. Sometimes that is intentional, other times it is a result of cost-cutting.

Grain can also result from the digital processing of the image, producing "mosquito noise", which is a type of graininess.

Newer more advanced blu-ray players have noise-reduction processors that can reduce movie grain and mosquito noise. However, you have to go to higher-end units to get the best noise reduction. Currently the high-end Pioneer Blu-ray players have excellent noise reduction (I saw this demonstrated at the recent CES show).
 
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