avi quality better then vhs quality?

[NateDizzle]

i have been burning a few dvd rips (700-800mb) and when i watch it on a good dvd player and tv, it seems that the quality is better then vhs quality
anyone else agree or disagree?
the avi rips pretty much look like a dvd that has been burnt to a 4.7gb disc and still has all menus and extras, about a 55% quality rip., i would say that quality rip is about the same.... the only time i can really see pixels is when its really dark, like black

[jagabo]

I find that video in cardboard boxes look better than video in yellow envelopes. Video in wooden shipping crates look best though.

AVI is a container. It can contain video compressed (or not) with any number of different codecs, with differing quality.

[NateDizzle]

what?

[Baldrick]

AVI is a container. It can contain video compressed (or not) with any number of different codecs, with differing quality.

So Avi can be anything from HD quality to low resolution crap....but I guess you mean divx/xvid avis in 640x352 resolution and then yes it's better than most VHS.

[NateDizzle]

well yeah, i would have to say these avi rips at that res, are better quality then TV and VHS
but if its on a crappy dvd player and tv, i can see the pixels when its a dark scene, but if its on a nice tv and dvd player, it pretty much just looks like a dvd that was burned with all features onto a standard single layer disc.. meaning the quality of the picture is around 60% then what it was on the duel layer disc (most common for retail dvds)

[guns1inger]

On a good TV or a crappy TV, I can easily see the difference between a rip that has been reduced in size and squeezed by mpeg-4 encoding, and an original. Yes, it is better than VHS, but that isn't difficult. But it doesn't look like the DVD original.

[thecoalman]

I don't know what you're comparing here but if for example you played a DVD and recorede it on a good VCR, ripped the same DVD and encoded to Divx at a low bitrate (I'm assuming your 700-800mb files are 1.5 hours) Then play both back on fairly large TV, let's say 32in. or better. The VHS is going to have a better quality.

The divx may very well produce more detail given the source however you're also going to introduce artifacts, especially if it's a movie with a lot of action. Guess it's eye of the beholder but persoanlly I'll take less detail over artifacts any day.

[kevo777]

@NateDizzle
What everyone is saying is that AVI does not make a video file better or worse than VHS. AVI is just a container with no bearing on the video quality that lies within. That same video stream could be muxed into an MP4 file and look exactly the same.

Comparing AVI to VHS is like comparing a coffee mug to coffee.