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I see what you mean. I think the only logical conclusion is that companies with bigger releases have the luxury of spreading the cost of their projects over tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of units sold. That often gives the big studios a "cost is no object" mentality in...

I got it too and, please don't jump down my throat on this one FoxyMulder, I think it validates what I was saying from the beginning. The bitrate, or squeezing all those episodes on one disc, is having little effect on the image. I asked what the bitrates were in the splitscreen and was told...

Fair enough, the localized term was foreign to me and I though you were making fun. I apologize for the tone of the response which was set off by this misunderstanding. All this to say that we both seem to enjoy classic TV and the overall home theatre experience so there's really no need to go...

No, actually it does back me up. "What encoder are they going to use for this? That's going to be the clincher." That backs me up. It's a shame that not only does a comprehensive understanding of compression and video formats escape you, but so does simple logic. The bitrate is low, and I'd...

Even the link you post validates what I've been saying. The source and the encoder make a huge difference. That's the part you should have copied into your post. Thanks for having someone else knowledgeable in the field back me up on this one. Enjoy the batcave!

It doesn't matter that you're watching a giant screen in a batcave. You never saw the Blu-ray. And you don't have to add more digital noise reduction the more video you add to a disc. None of what you're saying is accurate. I'd say even the reviewer is wrong on this one. The DNR was...

One disc obviously won't look as good as 3, that's a no brainer. But all this talk about smoothing or "DNR HD" (which doesn't even exist) makes no sense. The discs don't look great, but that's the noise reduction's fault much more so then the low bitrate. And that's a separate step, before...

Actually looking at my copy, I think the compression is the best thing about the entire disc. There's no macroblocking, no digital artifacts around areas of high contrast and no image break up on complex images. In fact, it passes the true encoding test and that's fades to and from black. Not...

I agree with those who posted that the chip handling the up-conversion is the main determining factor in up-scaling quality. If your local retailer has no objection I'd find a DVD with lots of detail, as this would be the biggest challenge to up-convert (less pixel information to work with)...

As someone who works in the field, I can tell you that there is a huge difference between the job an up-converting DVD or Blu-ray player does, compared to a Blu-ray disc. That said, the difference can be more or less pronounced depending on the Blu-ray. I'd say there's no harm in investing in a...

In case anyone was interested, VEI is toying with the idea of putting out McMillan & Wife on Blu-ray. If anyone would like to see it, I would suggest sending some emails to [email protected] and let them know how much you'd like to see this. Cheers