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Then why are the majority of Blu-ray titles on BD-25s?

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In Reply to: RE: How about because a lot of us are convinced Bandwidth and storage capacity.... posted by oscar on November 08, 2007 at 05:10:04

For all of your harping on more storage space, 55% of BDs are BD-25s. Most of the titles that are on BD-50s aren't using all of the space due to replication issues.

>>>Clear examples of the differences are lacking because Warner will not maximize the capabilities of both formats on their releases so we can do meaningful comparisons (e.g. they leave out lossless audio tracks on Blu-ray releases when they don't put them on their HD DVD counterparts). Blu-ray (or HD DVD) releases from overseas might be useful (e.g. "Face/Off" where the Blu-ray version has a PCM soundtrack, the HD DVD has a lossy soundtrack, PQ differences are also discussed).<<<
That's actually not true. Before going HD DVD exclusive, Paramount was doing different encodes for each format, and critics couldn't tell the difference. Funny how people forget that.
Nature's Journey was optimized for the max of each format, and if you sit 2 feet from your TV, you *might* see a difference. Imports are a mixed bag. with Underworld Evolution, the import HD DVD is said to look better than the BD version by people who compared them. Others, its the other way around.

>>>I've been disappointed with the alleged PQ issues on the Universal releases which is a probable reflection of indifferent encoding/master tape selection prior to release. I can't help but wonder how well they might have turned out using higher default video bitrates on the encoding thus removing a lot of the TLC needed to "smooth out" the more obvious compression artifacts ?<<<
Both formats have good and bad titles. That's not really the fault of the format, but of the studio and/or the people doing the transfer. If you go by my collection, BD is mostly mediocre. I don't blame BD for that, though I guess I could blame Sony, since its mostly their movies that are mediocre.
The truth is, that both formats are capable of fantastic pictures, as well as really bad ones if people screw up.

Jack

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