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Posted by Jake on 10/05/03 11:39
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:34:09 +1100, "The Man With No Name"
<none@none.com> wrote:
>"Jake" <Jake@no.spam.com> wrote in message
>> I ask solely because I made a vow not to buy single layer discs any
>> more, and I can't find any reviews of these DVDs. While I'm bothered
>> by no extras, I'm even more bothered when a studio releases a DVD-5
>> with a low bitrate when they could at least spend some extra pennies
>> to give a higher bitrate transfer on a DVD-9
>
> Being DVD-9 doesn't necessarily mean a higher bit-rate. There's plenty of
> dual-layer DVDs which still have less than 5gb of space that's actually used.
> Even if a DVD does have a higher bitrate, the encoding may still be badly done.
Yes, I know that. However, probabilities are that a DVD-9 will usually
have a higher bitrate than a DVD-5. Since most DVD review sites don't
list average bitrates, the best I can do is make sure something isn't
DVD-5 before I buy it. Unfortunately no review sites have reviews of
these last 2 Pink Panther movies (by far the worst ones).
Nevertheless, I would still REALLY appreciate it if someone would tell
me if The Curse of the Pink Panther and Son of the Pink Panther are
DVD-5 or DVD-9.
I searched Google and DVD-Basen for this info. Also, DVD Empire's
layer info can't be trusted... for instance it says SS-SL for all the
Pink Panther movies and the box set. Yet the review below says that
the 5 movies in the box set are all DVD-9:
http://filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/pinkpantherfilmcollection.htm
Is this review wrong or did MGM retransfer all the movies from DVD-9
to DVD-5 for the recent individual releases?
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