2009-03-24, 00:21
JPSiemer Wrote:Yes, BluRay scene rips are re-encodes (@720p & 1080P) of the original BluRay compressed with H.264 (NOTE: stick with H.264 / stay away from XviD scene rips... they look like DVDs!) Then some people come along and re-encode the scene rips down to a standard definition resolution that is suitable for low-end devices (such as the Xbox) -- these kinds of rips are called BRRips. ~99% of the time, re-encoding the scene rip will yield better results over any DVD of the same video. Keep in mind that when HD was the original source, even re-encodes of re-encodes of re-encodes are going to look as good, if not better than a DVD source (if done right - and if H.264 was the only codec used each time), because DVD's use a horrible video compression codec called MPEG2, which removes a ton of sharpness, color, and detail from the original source. Have you seen how bad The Lord of The Rings looks on DVD?xvid looks great and it is not sd resolution, it is 720p xvid. this is a hd resolution, it may not be as sharp as h.264 or detailed but it is a world of difference better than dvd.