list your favourite HD release group

[The Wanderer]

CtrlHD and ESiR are the best. I always wait for ESiR's releases, don't bother to download other groups' releases especially being fan of DTS format.

[Something Else]

hv 4 me.

[kyuuchi]

I prefer both CtrlHD and ESiR releases over scene groups, like GoldStoNe said, they releases are encoded better.

Quality over speed

[athenaesword]

yeah definitely quality over speed for me. looks like ctlhd and esir tops everyone else. anyone able to point out which are the nonscene groups from the list in OP and which are scene? i'll stay away from the scene releases

release groups:
1) ESiR - non-scene
2) CtrlHD - non-scene
3) ill - non-scene
4) hV - scene
5) SEPTiC - scene
6) REVEiLLE - scene
7) CDDHD - scene
8) SZ - ?????
9) chakra - ?????
10) sinners - ?????
11) NiX - ?????
12) PRiDE - ?????

[GoldStoNe]

release groups:
1) ESiR - non-scene
2) CtrlHD - non-scene
3) ill - non-scene
4) hV - scene
5) SEPTiC - scene
6) REVEiLLE - scene
7) CDDHD - scene
8) SZ - non-scene
9) chakra - ????? <---- Don't know about this group. Probably misspelled. If chara - scene
10) sinners - scene
11) NiX - non-scene
12) PRiDE - non-scene

Here's a helpful list (From Scenehd.org):
Scene-groups
1920
2HD
4HM
aAF
AaS
BAJSKORV
BamHD
BiA
BlueTV
CDD
CDDHD
Chara
CTU
CuMBuCKeTS
DAW
DEFiNiTE
DEFiNiTiON
DHD
DIMENSION
GOTHiC
HALCYON
HDi
HDQ
hV
iaK
IGUANA
ImNaKeD
KYR
MEDiEVAL
MiND
MiNT
MiRAGETV
MOMENTUM
MsR
mV4U
mVmHD
NBS
NOVO
NSUBS
PaYxXx
PiX
PoRNDoCtOR
PORNOHOLiCS
PoTuS
PPQ
PROGRESS
PROPHETS
REFiNED
REVEiLLE
SEPTiC
SexSh0p
SFM
SiNNERS
SiTV
SYS
TERRA
TX
WANKAZ
VCDVaULT
WiDE
WiRE
WPi
XXX4U
YOUFORGOTTOREPACKTHIS

P2P-groups
AE
AW
Crow (Crowley)
CSHD
CtrlHD (DM)
DiR
disc
ESiR
fLAMEhd
FPG
Ft4U
Funner
GMoRK
GoLDSToNE
H2
HDL
iLL
JAVLiU
k2
MMI
NiX
NWO
OAS
ONYX
Prime
QDP
QXE
rabomil
Redµx
S26
SAiVERT
SLO
THOR
Thora
TM
V
VanRay
ViNYL
XSHD (IMF)
YanY
Zim'D

Hope this helps.

[popcop23]

Spetic
are great!!

[C-mos]

hv 4 me.

me 2

[kyuuchi]

Chakra is a scene group, I grabbed some of their releases.

[athenaesword]

wow goldstone. nice list, but i've never seen 80% of those. i guess i'm just interested in the more popular ones that're good.and er... i'm not interested in porn groups either, which makes up a substantial portion of your list =s

these are the groups i'm familiar with:
1) ESiR - non-scene
2) CtrlHD - non-scene
3) ill - non-scene
4) NiX - non-scene
5) THOR - nonscene
6) hV - scene
7) CDDHD - scene
8) SZ - ?????
9) chakra - scene
10) sinners - scene
11) SEPTiC - scene
12) PRiDE - ?????
13) REFiNED - scene
14) PROGRESS - scene
15) REVEiLLE - scene

[Daniel]

Look for non-scene releases, particularly CtrlHD, Esir and iLL. Their encodes are generally better compared to scene encodes. (But there are exceptions.) The reason is that scene groups race who would release first, thus compromising picture quality. A good rip would take hours to complete.

Word, especially CtrlHD is releasing at a crazy pace for the moment (5-10 releases per day). But I'd mention Goldstone as well, because if you are the one who did the Smallville hddvd seasons, I love you for it

To be honest, there are quite a few single people or smaller and less popular groups over at HDBits who get the idea of quality rips and follow up with amazing results. Names? How about MMI, H2, HDL, NWO and more. Lets not forget ALANiS who are non-scene as far as I know but do the most amazing 720p rips.

While there are only very few non-scene groups known well enough (most of which release exclusively at HDBits), the concept of a highdef community works because a whole group of people is working together to maintain it and offer new stuff.