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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: Just downloaded my first HDTV movie: 700MB and great |
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I just downloaded my first HDTV compressed movie. It is a japanese movie (no, not a dirty one, unfortunately) with English subs. The gf speaks Japanese, and I scan watch the subs, so we're going to see it this weekend.
I run my dvd player to my TV via VGA, and it looks awesome. Full-length movie that takes up just 700MB. That fits on a CD, folks! It's in some form of .avi format, and sized to about 1/4 of the original resolution, but it blows up and looks really great on the TV. No crappy blocking whatsoever, and even the blacks are pretty good (not as good as the original, but they are decent). Excellent quality for the size -- looks better than a regular DVD, and it fills up the entire 16x9 screen.
I'm impressed. Now I know what the movie companies are scared about.
The quality is so good, it leaves me wondering why HD movies are so darned big if they look good this small. I think they made them that way on purpose, so they'd be more difficult to copy/send as huge files. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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How could it be HD if a full movie is only 700mb?
I've downloaded a few documentaries in HD and they were very big files. Roughly 1.4GB per hour of video.
Is there a new way to compress video? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
How could it be HD if a full movie is only 700mb?
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I was wondering the same thing |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I think someone just discovered xvid. nothing new. |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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My Kill Bill HD movie alone is almost 10GB.
A 5:26 minute 1920x1080 HD WMV movie with an 8388kbps video data rate amounts to 360MB.
So.... |
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corroonb
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| That isn't a HD movie if the resolution isn't at least 720p. Its obviously been compressed with DivX or Xvid which don't do HD stuff well. You can get HD rips in .mkv format but they are about 6-10 gb depending on whether they are 720p, 1080i or 1080p. HDTV rips are not the same as HD rips, DVD rips are usually better than HDTV rips IMO/. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Obviously it's been compressed.
Perhaps you missed this first line:
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I just downloaded my first HDTV compressed movie...
...and sized to about 1/4 of the original resolution |
I think I was quite clear about that. And yes, I've known about XVID for years. Please feel free to read a message before posting.
What I'm impressed about is that it looks so good on the big 42" TV. I didn't expect it would blow up that well. Hadn't seen one blown up so big.
The file started out at HD, and was compressed. The quality on my big TV was, however, quite stunning. Not up to uncompressed HDTV, obviously, but not far off, given the massive difference in file size. |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: |
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So what is the codec? "HDCompressed"??? You need to post more details if your going to make such a huge claim. It seems outrageous...
though there is RatDVD...remember that?....1.4 for a regular DVD. That was GREAT compression. The compression you're talking about is beyond phenomenal! More details! |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:55 am Post subject: |
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I will check into the codec later tonight or tomorrow. It is an .avi, but won't play in Windows Media Player. I needed VLC.
The resolution of the file isn't that huge, but it's big enough to look great when sized to 16x9 on my 42" TV. What impresses me, also, is that it fills up the entire screen (no black bars). I like that. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| I have a number of IMAX videos in that format. They are huge, both in file size and in their resolution. They look amazing. |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:13 am Post subject: |
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Ah... ok... some things make sense now.
It's XVID 704x396, and it's 46 mins long. Someone misprinted the title of it as a full movie, but it's only half. Now that makes sense. My mistake! It looks like a TV show, possibly?
Still looks pretty darned great for the compression. Video is at 255kbps, Audio at 192kbps, 29fps |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| gsxr750r wrote: |
Obviously it's been compressed.
Perhaps you missed this first line:
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I just downloaded my first HDTV compressed movie...
...and sized to about 1/4 of the original resolution |
I think I was quite clear about that. And yes, I've known about XVID for years. Please feel free to read a message before posting.
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Why don't you take a longer look at the title of your thread and find out why people are misunderstanding it. Maybe you should word it a bit better.
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What I'm impressed about is that it looks so good on the big 42" TV. I didn't expect it would blow up that well. Hadn't seen one blown up so big.
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This is strange considering that you're looking at XVID which is nowhere near the quality of HD. On my very big FULL HD TV the difference is even greater.
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mlomker
Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| rocklee wrote: |
| This is strange considering that you're looking at XVID which is nowhere near the quality of HD. |
Xvid will work at HD resolutions but most of the stuff that you download off of the Internet is 480P (dvd quality). That's what he was watching. I agree that HDTV compressed down to 480P is pretty close to DVD quality and quite satisfying.
I have a hard time telling the difference between an upconverted 480P program and an HD-DVD (on my 720P display). I suppose if I went larger than 55" or had a 1080P display that it'd be more obvious. I don't think that many people are in that category, though.
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| Someone misprinted the title of it as a full movie, but it's only half. |
I prefer the 1.4 Gig rips, myself. The 700 MB shows are typically only two-channel sound and I find that irritating since I bought the 5.1 speakers.
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hey gsx,
I know what you are talking about. I've been downloading .avi of Rome in HD quality XVID (I think). 45min = 700MB. The resolution is there but of course, not as good as the uncompressed real HD content...like any compression.
So your not going crazy. The HD stuff looks great! Download a recent episode of Rome (I'm so sad its over  ) from mininova and you can see a nice HD show for about 700MB. It really does look very, very good considering the amount of compression.
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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The 'real' HD stuff you download is quite a bit bigger.
I recently downloaded Casino Royale in 720p x.264 -- that came in at about 8.2 GB. The quality is fantastic. |
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