Posted by Steve Guidry on 01/10/94 11:42

4 basic reasons :

- Their source is cleaner than yours.
- Their software is better than yours.
- They take a LOT more time with their project than you do.
- They're better at what they do than you are.

Other than that, your home video should look just as good as a Hollywood
movie.






"Everyguy" <everyguy@Nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I notice that if I limit DVD's of home video to 1 hour, the quality is
> considerably cleaner. The graininess that shows up in certain areas at
times
> in the longer DVD - basically go away. Some people might not even notice
the
> difference but I do.
>
> So why is it a commercial DVD can contain a complete movie plus whiz bang
> graphics and "extras" and still look very sharp, even on a computer
monitor
> which I find generally has fuzzier resolution than a TV? Or even one of
> these "squeezed" DVD's on a CD with a full length movie can still look
very
> good, with obviously far less data?
>
> Is it that the master they're working from is so much sharper it can take
> more degradation, or the process they use to compress the video, or...?
>
>

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