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Posted at 27/09/2007, 06:41
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scene wise hr is dead. in fact x264 720p releases as you have seen so far this season are coming out before the hr's as the hr's are being done as an after thought. the top group ctu in x264, has even said they may stop hr altogether since in the scene it is not that tradable anymore. |
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Posted at 27/09/2007, 08:16
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this doesn't mean that it takes longer for the end user to get end product. new torrents are usually very slow, and a size reduction of 1/3 will cut the download time noticeably. |
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Posted at 27/09/2007, 14:27
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actually is doesn't take longer if you take cores into account. the reason is xvid is not good at using more than 2 cores and even then it does a poor job. x264 however uses all cores very well. thus you can throw an 8 core box at an x264 encode and do it faster than xvid. |
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Posted at 27/09/2007, 18:18
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exactly, most current-gen standalone xvid/divx players will only handle 350mb specs, and watching a tv show on tv is much better than on 17-20 something inch pc monitor. 1gb+ for just 1 episode is just a bit too much, (for most people's net connection & even hdd space) 700mb is currently the best balance of quality & files size & compatibility & archiving, but 350mb is best for speed of dl & watching on tv (well on hd tvs don't look so good, but still....) once the prices of hd or bluray discs & players comes down, then more people will start buying the tv shows they really like on those formats(for watching & archiving or keeping for collection) rather than dling 1gb+ for 1 ep. (especially for people who watches & deletes) and the bigger the file size, the less seeds & peers there'll be, dl will be slower, torrents dies out quicker. btw will there be prison break & heroes hr? |
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Posted at 28/09/2007, 03:26
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makes me a very sad panda  my major problem with 720p is storing it on dvds. i can grudgingly accept that a single disc can only hold six episodes, but four seems way too little. ah well, i guess switching over to the higher res is a necessity since no way in hell am i going back to sd  |
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Posted at 03/10/2007, 08:43
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Posted at 03/10/2007, 10:32
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my problem is this, too. 720p takes much more dvds then hr, and i have to buy many of them. i don\\\'t wanna spend too much on dvds. my pc barely handles 720p so i prefer hrs to others. hrs are good at bandwith/quality rate 
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Posted at 03/10/2007, 10:45
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for some shows with non-hd source i prefer hr if the resolution is 720 x 544, then it plays on my standalone and can look better than the standard version. the better audio is a bonus as well. imo american dad and family guy look better in hr on my standalone, i've compared them a few times. |
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