05-20-2005, 09:31 AM
Cidien Wrote:1) Now that i've gotten into burning dvd's and using the dvd shrink program i've become extremely confused. Why do the HK companies have problems putting 9 episodes into a dvd 9 at times? Why does the picture go to crap? I've just successully ripped a few FX discs and put them onto a dvd 5 and they work perfectly. If I can put their dvd 9 discs onto a dvd 5 why should they EVER have problems putting episodes onto a dvd 9.1) That's because people at FX were not very good at handling video. In fact, A lot of pixelation could've been avoided with better encoding. That's why often times, MAC had better video than FX. FX were good at making menus and stuff, but they didn't know too much about video transfer.
2)Another question, why does hollywood put so many movies that could easily fit on a single layer disc onto a duel layer. Almost every disc out there being sold on R1 is put ona duel layer, even movies that are less than 4.7g's big.
3)Anyone have any answers? I'm greatly confused. Plus, isn't factory pressing supposed to be better than home burning? How is it I can do a better job with a burner and a couple programs than people with factories pressing the discs?
2) There is no logic in what Hollywood does. I see it as equivalent to putting only 40 minutes of music in a CD that can hold 80 minutes. Besides, the production cost of DVDs is minimal for Hollywood. Not much price difference for them whether it's D5 or D9. And actually, they still use a lot of DVD5.
3) It's digital. That means either it works or it doesn't work. Factory discs or home-made discs will have exact same qualities as long as DVD player can read. That's what digital data means. There is no loss of quality. However, many players cannot read home-made discs. And it's a lot easier to damage home-made discs, and they will deteriorate faster.
And Cidien, maybe you should start a new company that replaces FX. It sounds like you already surpassed the people at FX for video-handling skills. Can we expect some new releases from you?
