HD-DVD & BluRay question

[likwid8]

Heya guys, just have a question that I would like someone with some knowledge to help me out if they can.


Is downloading a hd-dvd rip and burning it onto a DVD the same as buying the original and playing it on my HD-DVD player? (quality wise)?

Same goes for Bluray. Thanks

[guns1inger]

Did you download the whole 25GB of it, or a re-encoded, resized, quality reduced version at a more reasonable size ?

[likwid8]

Heh, well I guess you've answered my question then. Yeah it was a 4.7GB size. So if thats the case, am I better off just grabbing the normal DVD one, or is the compressed 4.7GB still better than the DVD version?

[yoda313]

buy the actual movie......

[waheed]

No, the compressed 4.7 will not be better than the DVD version.

Assuming the original was 1080P (1920 x 1080), you have just reduced the resolution to 480P (720 x 480) for DVD compatibility.

Sheesh!!! What a waste of 25GB of bandwidth.

[Cornucopia]

Which # is higher?:

A. 100% - 11%

-or-

B. 100% - X% - Y% - (11-to-40)%


B can only be equal to A if X and Y are Zero/Null and the last percentage is the original 11%.


A = original DVD (mastered from film)

B = ripped, downrezzed, downloaded, reconverted DVD (originally mastered from same film)


Especially if you don't know the provenance (chain of ownership, processes) of B, you're more than likely to have a worse product.

Scott