In Your Opinion, Which is the Best HD Encode/Rip Group?

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I agree with you Beck38. I wish there was some sort of top quality regulation instead of how the encoder feels at the time . I notice you didn't mention EureKA ...How did you find them? I personally rate DON,EureKA and ESiR as top .It is a shame that it does vary but really there's sod all we can do .

[Vax]

all the HDbits internal groups are top notch. forget scene. its only good for getting things quick. their rls rules are to sloppy for really good quality. if you are about true quality get your stuff from hdbits.

[TheKarateKitt]

As I've not seen any ESiR rips in action I only voted EuReKa and CtrlHD, although from what I hear ESiR is up there as well. For EuReKa, they truly do seem to care about quality as well, but sometimes, IMO, they get carried away, go overboard, and totally disregard file sizes, as some releases tend to get bloated.

[jayrulez26]

Hi Guys,

Care to send me invites from hdbits, biy-hdtv or scenehd? My email address is [email protected]. Will appreciate to those who will send me invites. Thanks!

[cinephilia]

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[canopus]

new horizont ppl from WIKi

[lozkin]

Hi guys, as someone who has just got a Popcorn Hour and is new to this whole downloading blu-ray rips, I have to say this thread is fantastic - I have just read all 10 pages and its given me an idea of what to look out for in terms of groups, and good standards of audio and bitrates to look for in NFO's

A couple of questions I have

1. Im not a member of any of these HD Tracker sites, so I get my NZB's from various sites (not sure if I can mention them?) One of them splits its Blu Ray into 2 sections - HD Blu Ray which seem to be straight copies of Blu Ray, and HD x264 which Im guessing is what this thread relates to...groups who re-encode blurays to produce smaller files. If that is the case, will the BD25's and BD50's always be of a higher quality than files that have had to be re-encoded??

2. Is there a website which has user reviews of all releases by Rip Groups..reading this thread highlights that whilst there are some great groups who produce high quality consistently, there may be occasions when some movies are released by them which may not be of the same quality, and if there was somewhere on the net where I could read folks like you discussing individual releases, that would help those like me who probably arent sure whats what!

Thanks

ooh, also, I understand that a higher bitrate = higher quality, but can someone explain in simple terms (for idiots like me) why?

[kooltilldend]

how come THORA isn't listed here? i love their anime releases!

[TrollinThunder]

Hi guys, as someone who has just got a Popcorn Hour and is new to this whole downloading blu-ray rips, I have to say this thread is fantastic - I have just read all 10 pages and its given me an idea of what to look out for in terms of groups, and good standards of audio and bitrates to look for in NFO's

A couple of questions I have

1. Im not a member of any of these HD Tracker sites, so I get my NZB's from various sites (not sure if I can mention them?) One of them splits its Blu Ray into 2 sections - HD Blu Ray which seem to be straight copies of Blu Ray, and HD x264 which Im guessing is what this thread relates to...groups who re-encode blurays to produce smaller files. If that is the case, will the BD25's and BD50's always be of a higher quality than files that have had to be re-encoded??

2. Is there a website which has user reviews of all releases by Rip Groups..reading this thread highlights that whilst there are some great groups who produce high quality consistently, there may be occasions when some movies are released by them which may not be of the same quality, and if there was somewhere on the net where I could read folks like you discussing individual releases, that would help those like me who probably arent sure whats what!

Thanks

ooh, also, I understand that a higher bitrate = higher quality, but can someone explain in simple terms (for idiots like me) why?

Welcome.

The bluray discs will be higher quality. The goal of an encode is to shrink the file size while retaining as "transparent" picture quality as possible. Scene groups also have size rules and pre race issues going on, so that means the encodes they release are not as high quality or transparent.

You can mention other nzb sites here, but they have a nice nzb index here too. Head over the Newsgroups forum where all the cool folks hang out.

I've never heard of a website like that. Your best option is to just compare nfos, try a few of the same movies from different groups and get a general idea of which you find to be acceptable or better.

[lozkin]

Thanks for your reply

I remember using this site when I used to download avi's & xvids and so on

http://www.vcdq.com/index.php

I think something similar for the Blu Ray community would be helpful!