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DVD quality
DVD quality is very confusing term. Last time I checked and encoded real DVD quality (like studios offer) it needed 4.7 GB per single hour (not two or conversely four hours on 8.5GB disc).

Yes you can make two hour DVD complaint movie on 4.7GB disc or 4 hours on 8.5GB, but it certainly not be quality even close to what major labels offer. It will be not even much better than VHS due to poor compression quality.

Compression quality is a factor that can kill your high resolution picture quite easily. Haven't you ever seen "boxed" picture or jerky movement on your home made DVD? If so then perhaps don't listen to such editorials like this one on ZDNet and stick to fitting only one hour on one DVD. Then you can talk about "DVD quality" and standard compliance.


Good luck
Posted by: FirstNLastN   Posted on: 12/29/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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DVD quality  FirstNLastN | 12/29/03
I disagree  memuser | 12/29/03
Home video is one thing...  cjules13 | 12/29/03
Please share...  Joe Blow_z | 12/29/03
have you tried settop dvd recorder?  stanleymwc@... | 12/29/03
You Need IEEE1394 (FireWire)  Spoon Jabber | 01/02/04
right  zsmith | 01/30/04
Not true FirstNLastN  dvdman_z | 12/31/03
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/29/03
Infinite Read/Write Atomic Holographic Optical Storage  grey_eminence | 12/29/03
I'll just pop one...  Fred Fredrickson | 12/29/03
Plus seems to be winning  solprovider | 12/29/03
Plus, Minus, Beta, VHS wish they would settle on a standard  Squawkbox | 12/29/03
it depends on who you ask...  stanleymwc@... | 12/29/03
Disagree Slightly  jnonneman | 12/29/03
You bring up the important point...  BitTwiddler | 12/30/03
Why The Half-Step?  gaoptimize | 12/30/03
compatibility  ctc_z | 12/30/03
Skip the dual layer and give us 20GB BLUE LASER DVD discs!!!  xunil skcor | 12/30/03
Format  Bill4 | 12/30/03
Done carefully, burned DVDs look great!  riredale | 12/30/03
Compatability with "Players" is the real problem  dvdman_z | 12/31/03
1 Format = 20 GB Blue Laser !!!  Chris.Papoudaris@... | 01/01/04
Keep it simple  Suicida| | 01/01/04
yup  zsmith | 01/30/04
http://www.geocities.com/insane822/  zsmith | 01/30/04
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