Re: Not here in Canada. "Die Hard" was $40. (nt)

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Posted by dagger on February 18, 2002 at 19:17:38

In Reply to: Not here in Canada. "Die Hard" was $40. (nt) posted by bubbahotep on February 15, 2002 at 22:40:06:

Superbit is not all it's cracked up to be. Whoever does the compression and sets the bit rate merely allows a higher rate and gobbles up more of the disc space. This is not a big deal anymore because many DVD's are now dual layer and even dual disc/dual layer so there isn't the need to compress info as much any more. Two examples of movies I have recently purchased that are NOT labelled
Superbit, but are by definition: "Moulin Rouge" and "Shrek" PROOF?
Just look at your bit rate meter and it is virtually bouncing off 10 megabit all the time on both of them.(Of course we all know that 10mbit is the maximum rate used by MPEG2 for DVD's). I had the opportunity to watch "5th Element" in both versions. I can't honestly say that I could see much difference in detail or visible artifacts when comparing them. The main difference was that the original was averaging about 4 to 5 mbit/second most of the time and the Superbit one was virtually between 8 and 10 mbit all the time.

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Topic - What's the deal with Superbit discs? - bubbahotep 01:12:48 02/15/02 (15)

Replacing "just bought" DVD with "special edition IS a rip!!! (since I have the LD too!!! - Elizabeth 08:35:24 02/16/02 (2)

You can stop progress....( Stay with the LD) - Patrick UITZ 08:17:08 02/17/02 (0)

Re: Replacing "just bought" DVD with "special edition IS a rip!!! (since I have the LD too!!! - mikenyc 07:17:27 02/17/02 (0)

The prices seem prohibitive? They're $20 !!! - EdM 06:53:15 02/15/02 (10)

Re: The prices seem prohibitive? They're $20 !!! - Patrick UITZ 11:42:36 02/16/02 (1)

Here's hoping... - Joe Murphy Jr 12:46:24 02/16/02 (0)

Not here in Canada. "Die Hard" was $40. (nt) - bubbahotep 22:40:06 02/15/02 (7)

Re: Not here in Canada. "Die Hard" was $40. (nt) - dagger 19:17:38 02/18/02 (0)

The last Superbit I bought was Crouching Tiger...$19 in Canada $ - cfraser 22:00:55 02/16/02 (0)

???!!! Die Hard is not a SuperBit DVD! - Joe Murphy Jr 08:09:34 02/16/02 (4)

Re: ???!!! Die Hard is not a SuperBit DVD! - bubbahotep 11:58:18 02/16/02 (0)

IMHO, they're releasing them slowly to see if there's enough interest. (nt) - AuPh 08:11:36 02/16/02 (2)

there would be some interest if they released a movie I really wanted to see...nt.. - late 18:39:08 02/16/02 (1)

I have to agree, there needs to be more titles available. - AuPh 21:39:02 02/16/02 (0)

Re: What's the deal with Superbit discs? - Joe Murphy Jr 06:15:00 02/15/02 (0)

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