Posted by Biz on 10/21/05 06:11

"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:Iop12C.97B@wjv.com...
> In article <4357dd61.168969828@news-server.houston.rr.com>,
>
> >>My impression, too. I've never used either option and with the
> >>latest DVD Shrink version, results -- even with 60% compression
> >>or so -- look very good on my High Def monitor.
>
> >I've used Shrink down as far as 50% and not seen any degredation in
> >image quality.
>
> >I believe MPEG was designed to compress by a factor of 10 before
> >degredation set in.
>
> There are variations on MPEG - and they do vary. The new MPEG 4
> gets much higher than previous versions.
>
With DVDShrink and of course mpeg-2 technology, its been tossed around on
many forums and websites that somewhere around the mid to high 60s can still
look decent even on larger displays, IIRC something like 67%. I know that
below that I can pretty easily notice it on my 36" SD direct-view tube
tv....

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