Posted by BrianEWilliams on 03/17/06 16:33

Everyguy wrote:
> 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...?

Just read through the entire thread, and I am surprised no one
mentioned lighting. The Director of Photography (DP) doesn't get paid
those big bucks for nothing, not to mention being a separate Oscar
category.

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