Bluray quality

[miguelmolez]

Hi,

I want to download as close to bluray quality as possible, however I'm confused by the different sizes in file. Would I not really notice much difference in files that are say 12gb compared to 25/30gb?

[Stehle]

I believe it's just semantics, quality, but especially content to me plays a big roll.

I have found ANY blueray rip 6-9gb... .mkv, .mp4 even avi's etc. seems to be a very sufficient quality for me. If they state 1080p or 720p in the header even at a 2-3gb footprint is newsgroup fodder for me. ;) (Truth be known I've watched a few 780mb BR rips depending how anxious I was to see it.)

Of course there is all those "extras" & interviews to think of ...naww... have you ever downloaded 25/30gb for ONE movie? Have you ever burned a BluRay disk for one movie? I have and it seems to take forever. My Sony would collect dust if that was all it did. I'd rather just watch and enjoy the flic.

(Short answer... those are what the 25/30gb files are all about.)

Saving for posterity? Technology? I used to have about 2k in the old VHS tapes before I put them to the curb.

(Just my opinion... I could be wrong. 'nuff said.) :alien:

[electricraid]

Short answer, no.

For me 1080p mkv rips are sufficient for any movie. They usually range from 1.2GB to 4GB.

[piercerseth]

Short answer, no.

For me 1080p mkv rips are sufficient for any movie. They usually range from 1.2GB to 4GB.

I tend to stay away from the majority of 1080p WEB-DLs. Tv or movie. Too low a bitrate, picture quality suffers.

[yoyoman123]

I think we all been there. Trying to get the best of everything once you hear it. But bluray quality is overrated. The visual difference between bluray and 1080p on a large plasma is too little to justify the file size difference and extra slow download. Heck even 720p rips are good enough.

[electricraid]

Short answer, no.

For me 1080p mkv rips are sufficient for any movie. They usually range from 1.2GB to 4GB.

I tend to stay away from the majority of 1080p WEB-DLs. Tv or movie. Too low a bitrate, picture quality suffers.
This is true. I meant blu ray rips.

I only dl web rips if i am desperate to see the movie asap. I pretty much only download 1080p blu ray rips. However i recently downloaded a movie that was a 720p rip but was 3.6GB in size and it was exceptional quality...

[IdolEyes787]

Please remove this thread from the movie section as it has nothing to do with movies and much to do with bittards.

[megabyteme]

Heck even 720p rips are good enough.

Great point too often missed by people being kinda silly, IMO.


I do, however, look forward to seeing 4k done well. I remember the first time I saw true 1080p- I was amazed.

[mjmacky]

Heck even 720p rips are good enough.

Great point too often missed by people being kinda silly, IMO.


I do, however, look forward to seeing 4k done well. I remember the first time I saw true 1080p- I was amazed.

I'm pretty sure most of that was in your head.

[norway]

Great point too often missed by people being kinda silly, IMO.


I do, however, look forward to seeing 4k done well. I remember the first time I saw true 1080p- I was amazed.



I'm pretty sure most of that was in your head.

are that kinder garden them speak??

[mjmacky]

I'm pretty sure most of that was in your head.

are that kinder garden them speak??

I don't believe I've ever mentioned the garden of children I used to tend.

[happytaz]

The different in sizes depends on the group encoding them. Some groups are better encoders than others. There are small files that have better or same quality as the big files.

[mazurian]

What about mini HD movies ? As I found the picture quality is very good but there is no 5.1 audio ( only stereo ) that's why it's only 2-3GB size.

[absent_today]

It does not looks good on 40+ screen

[david25]

First, tell us what size of screen you plan to use?

Phablet / laptop / tablet doesn't need anything bigger than 4Gb

However, if you have a 55" monster TV, then its a different story.

[Urongo]

you can found mp4 rip like 1~4gb

[corpmechfl]

Ive watched alot of the 1080 and 720 and have found that for the majority of them it doesnt really matter depending on the size of the screen. But as far as size if its a 5 gig difference its probably because of subtitles or something they added extra

[nd2k]

For some reason I think it had not caught on as much as they expected. Not as quick as DVD anyway.

[monkeysocks]

Often the really big files are disc images, to be burned to bluray disc for general use. I think the difference in quality would be minimal.

[fearsparks]

Monkeysocks is right, In my experience anything around 25 or 50Gb is meant to be put on physical media for viewing on BD player. However, I usually network stream 7-13gb mkv files via xbmc on my 55" Led and cannot tell any difference.

[firutger]

DO you guys think bluray is the best or should I look only into 720p/1080p?

[Gish]

I typically stick to remux's for movies and yes you can easily tell the difference. It also depends on what your viewing it on. Most people have a 1080p viewing device I.E. a monitor, LCD/LED TV. On these you can easily notice less grain when watching a remux for example because of the untouched bitrate.

[killer23d]

I don't think it makes a difference unless your TV is larger than 40".

But then for the time it takes to download BD movies, I can probably run out to have it rent.

[megabyteme]

Now where is it people are getting this "must have 40"/55" television" figure? I have a 102"* Da-Lite screen fed by an Epson 8350. While I do not feel the need for smooth-as-glass video, 720p rips are great and even 1.4GB files are very nice. I seldom download anything over 4GB.


*Which is not too far off from having 4 50" screens placed together.



I remember the first time I saw true 1080p- I was amazed.

I'm pretty sure most of that was in your head.

I should have mentioned that this was at the transition point between NTSC 525 lines and HD.

[willirv]

I think 720p is a good quality/size tradeoff for most viewing setups.

[taboga100]

Hi,

As others have stated, a big part of it is how large your television is, and how close you sit to the TV. Generally speaking, with a 1080p file vs a 720p file you probably won't notice much difference.

Good luck!

[Dubb3d]

Agree, it will totally depend on what you are viewing it on, sometimes on a smaller TV sitting in my lounge the quality doesn't need to be amazing for it to look good.

720p is what i usually go for, although i know people who will refuse to what anything that isn't 1080p (physiological thing maybe? :P)