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simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jun 8 2014 : 5:41PM
i was o videobox and downloaded a movie. Using Nero i copied it, but prior, it told me some material was in pal.
i copied none the less without changing settings the pix quality was a little off on some videos awhile perfect on
others. Why is it that when i buy a title thru the mail it is perfect?
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lex von v
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Posted - Jun 8 2014 : 6:02PM
It depends on whether Nero did the conversion to NTSC (where you loose about 17% of horizontal resolution), or if you burned a PAL DVD, where the TV gets the material with the higher resolution. After all, PAL has 72 hex 576 pixels, whereas NTSC has 72 hex 480 (the pixels are not square in either format).
Modern TVs have much more resolution, so they are able to display the extra resolution from PAL. Older TVs might not be able to display PAL at all, though, or only in black and white.
ninja1
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Posted - Jun 8 2014 : 6:46PM
Titles thru the mail are "perfect" because commercially-produced DVD's are made adhering to technical standards: standard video codec, standard audio codecs, standard resolutions, standard file structure, etc.
If they do not strictly follow the standards, the DVD will not play in a DVD player, and the customers will be dissatisfied and will demand a refund. If they do strictly follow the standards, the producers can be confident that any dvd player (no matter how cheap or how old) will be able to play the DVD. Well there are region codes and the PAL/NTSC thing but that's another topic(?).

On the other hand, website download movies are "unregulated"; the seller has no real obligation to abide by any particular standards. If it won't play on your computer, you can always find another software video player, or convert the video, or whatever. It's not as important as the DVD scenario where the disc either plays or doesn't play.
simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jun 8 2014 : 7:57PM
This is important info for me to know,the pix was not that bad. All clips from the same movie. Two were just a tiny bit different. Iam picky, so others would not mind. I decided to let it be, costs a lot to buy them now. Thank u for taking the time out to help me. Videobox allows me to legally download and copy by subscription. But the cost seem high on some movies. One with
Dillion Harper is $28.00 and not blu ray. That's steep.
simon33333 All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jun 8 2014 : 8:01PM
That makes a lot of sense in that they have to make it perfect. I would love to see that equipment as I am obsessed with video. Tech info you told me , never heard of, but thanks for telling me, love to learn. Thanks ninja1



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