Posted by RobDee on 01/10/43 11:42

"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...?

Try Dual Layer discs, then recompare under fairer conditions.

Rob

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