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In Reply to: "superbitdvd"? posted by JLivermore on January 17, 2004 at 07:28:52:
I own three, Dracula, The Patriot and The Fifth Element. I personnaly wish all dvd`s were this good in picture and sound quality. What is done is there are no extras so they can use a higher bit rate for the sound and video. I myself almost never look at the extras. I`m much more interested in the picture and sound quality. Now if they would only release some of the better movies this way I`d be a very happy camper indeed! See if you can rent or borrow one of the above and see and hear for yourself.
Good Luck!
Chris
Follow Ups:
they are just not allowed to use the "Superbit" logo. One of the plusses for me is Superbit DVDs generally come with DTS soundtracks. Haven't been in position to evaluate picture quality differences until just recently with display upgrade. I agree there could be more titles out there...I had already picked up in the "regular" versions of tThe Superbit titles I had been interested in.. ARGH.I need to read more DVD reviews. Flaws in the DVDs are far more apparent now than they used to be.
I agree in large measure with ciclid--by omitting extras, a higher bit rate for sound and video is possible.However, the debate over superbit vs. "regular bit" is roughly parallel to hi-rez audio (SACD, DVD-A) vs. redbook CD debate (the latter is more complicated, since vinyl comes into play).
I only own one superbit DVD--"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Legends of the Fall is out in both the regular snd superbit versions. I read reviews on the superbit version, and the reviewer said he could see no differences--or at least not enough improvement--to justify the expenditure (superbit is 2x the regular), and in fact, now that the price of the regular version had fallen to 10.00--he suggested to get it! (This review "may" be at www.rottentomatoes.com . . . if my memory serves me correctly).
So it just depends on how well they do the superbit version. Frankly, I'm all for higher quality, and higher quality "software" is cheap, relatively speaking, and you don't need to purchase a new DVD player per se--though now we all have to upgrade to one with DVI connector.
regards, townsend
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