RE: "superbit" DVD's?

["Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

On 29 Sep 01, at 8:44, Phil Harris wrote:

> Sounds like a simple "not as compressed as normal" video
> stream ... DVD MPEG compression can be varied to trade off
> picture quality against playing time up to a maximum of (IIRC)
> 10Mbits/sec. Upping the data rate gives you less total "playing
> time" per disc but etter quality.

That's it. The trade off against non-Superbit DVDs is that no 'extras'
are included, allowing a higher bit-rate video and audio stream.
There's some initial comments on The Fifth Element up on
http://www.TheDigitalBits.com
which hint at the picture being
*slightly* better but really requiring a top notch screen to notice.
The bigger interest is probably in the audio track. Not sure if it's full-
bit-rate dts yet.

Personally speaking I'd like a 2-disc SuperBit edition of these. One
containing the movie, another with all the extras as I like both.

Stuart

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 29 September 2001 07:35
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] "superbit" DVD's?
> >
> >
> > Any one know what the F... this is all about?...
> >
> > "Superbit" DVDs utilize double the normal bit rate in
the digital
> > encoding process, which optimizes video quality while offering a
> > choice of DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Translation: these
DVDs
> > look and sound great! "
> >
> > Paul G.
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> >
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