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| caminitocaminito Member 76 Posts 12/05 |  Posted - Oct 22 2013 : 2:16PMhi, just a quick question for everyone: is realityking 192 hex 1080 file scene mp4(for example big natural "natasha nice in nathasa play") has better quality than the same scene in "Big Naturals 29" dvd9 that i bought in the store? i watched the same scene and noticed that the mp4 1080 looked better in my lcd than the dvd9 same scene on the same lcd? anyone knows? thanks [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 8:02AM [Link] |
| caminitocaminito Member 76 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 4:05PM so downloading from the website reality king 1080p will give better quality than buying the dvd9 in the store for the same scene? if so, why buy dvd9 at the store or online? [Link] |
Goldstein  All-Star Member "You have sacrificed nothing and no one." 3689 Posts 8/10 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 5:42PM If it was actually shot to the full 1,920 x 1,080 (1080p) maximum Blu-ray resolution, then absolutely yes. Often, though, the companies deliver the MP4 (HD) files at a lower bitrate than the dimensions would imply. For example: 1920 x 1080 "Best" quality MP4, would imply 13 Mbps bitrate 1280 x 720 "High" quality MP$, would imply 9 Mbps bitrate 640 x 480 "Standard" quality MP4, would imply 6 Mbps bitrate I'm looking at a BangBros "MP4 (HD)" download (their highest-quality offered). It is 1280 x 720, yet is only 3 Mbps bitrate (i.e. 2.97 Mbps), not 9 Mbps. Why? Because for consumer downloads, companies feel they need to keep the file sizes down, so that they download in a reasonable amount of time, and don't needlessly burn through your bandwidth usage limits. Even still, a 1280 x 720 video at 3 Mbps bitrate -- assuming that the video was actually shot at that resolution or higher -- will almost always look better than a regular DVD 720 x 480 MPEG file (i.e. the VOB files on a physical DVD) -- but not necessarily by a lot. A 720 x 480 MPEG-2 "DVD HQ" file can be as high as 8 Mbps, and looks pretty damn good -- particularly when it was "Shot In HD." FYI, when you see "Shot In HD" on a standard physical DVD, all that is telling you is that the original source material was shot to the HD standard -- not that what is on your DVD is "HD." Typically, video shot in HD and mastered in HD, and then output to a standard DVD, will look better than source material that was not shot to the HD standard in the first-place. Another consideration would be so-called "remastered" videos, available to be downloaded in MP4 format. If you have a pre-HD original and "remaster" it as an MP4 file, it is still not an HD-quality file. If the original looks like shit, the "remastered" file typically does, as well. Remastered does not mean the video has undergone a "restoration" process (say like when Disney spends millions to restore their older classic movies. If we're lucky, there was a period of time (say mid-2000's) where some companies started filming scenes in HD, even though they were only released as standard DVDs. IF -- IF -- the company goes back to the original HD source material and now "remasters" new files, they can be improvements. If, instead, a company drags-out a non-HD original and merely blows it up to a larger "MP4-sized" file, it looks even worse than the original did. If you've ever had an OK looking 500 x 500 pixel still picture, then enlarged it on your screen, you will notice how the enlarged picture loses its clarity, develops "jaggies" and becomes less pleasing to view than the original still shown at its original size. Same thing applies to blowing-up video. Bottom-line: You'll have to download some files and see what their true size and bitrate are, and compare that with what the true size and bitrate the DVD version has. Your subjective judgment of quality also counts. Chances are very high that most MP4 (HD) files released for download by companies like Reality Kings, are going to be superior to standard physical DVD 720 x 480 MPEG files (i.e. the VOB files on a physical DVD). What I'm saying is to download some files, check them out and be sure the website in question is actually giving you what you think you're paying for. In Windows 7, you can right-click on the downloaded file and see this information:  ^ Remember, "2974 kbps" translates into 2.97 Mbps, "3052 kbps" translates into 3.05 Mbps, etc. Why Windows defaults to showing us kbps numbers, instead of Mbps, escapes me. Its like if your car's speedometer told you 290,400 fph (feet per hour), instead of 55 MPH  [Link] |
| caminitocaminito Member 76 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 6:25PM thanks for the long response. so, realityking 1080p is acutally better than the dvd9 same scene that i bought in the store. here are the details about the file 1080p that i downloaded? is it better? can you verify it for me, master senior goldstein? thanksEdited by - caminitocaminito on 10/23/2013 6:26:53 PM [Link] |
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| SUCKER4NICETITS Member MY FUTURE WIFE MADISON IVY 810 Posts 5/07 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 6:52PM [Link] |
| Goldstein All-Star Member "You have sacrificed nothing and no one." 3689 Posts 8/10 | Posted - Oct 23 2013 : 8:07PM Your file is 1920 x 1080 @ 10 Mbps bitrate. This is a very high-quality file, especially for a download, and should be far superior to the same scene on a standard physical DVD. BTW, it's when you're watching these files on larger HD TVs and computer monitors that the quality difference really becomes apparent. If your TV is an older cathode tube set, especially smaller than 20", you won't see much difference (as the TV set becomes the weak link). Edited by - Goldstein on 10/23/2013 8:08:13 PM [Link] |
| shalalin Senior Member 1733 Posts 11/07 | Posted - Oct 24 2013 : 3:32AM Edited by - shalalin on 10/24/2013 3:35:28 AM [Link] |
| Goldstein All-Star Member "You have sacrificed nothing and no one." 3689 Posts 8/10 | Posted - Oct 24 2013 : 7:22AM Click to expand  1280 x 720 "High" quality MP4, would imply 9 Mbps bitrate  640 x 480 "Standard" quality MP4, would imply 6 Mbps bitrate  [Link] |
| shalalin Senior Member 1733 Posts 11/07 | Posted - Oct 24 2013 : 6:57PM PS: I'm amused to see that the audio bitrate varies between those three profiles. If that doesn't tell you that the numbers are chosen in a completely arbitrary fashion... Edited by - shalalin on 10/24/2013 7:08:00 PM [Link] |
| Xanderian Member 404 Posts 1/11 | Posted - Nov 2 2013 : 8:59PM 1080p video should have minimum 6000 kb bitrate to be called FULL HD 720p video should have minimum 4000 kb bitrate to be called HD, Because when we lower the bitrates, the quality really is distorted. 1080p video at 3k means nothing to me [Link] |
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