dude.. i completely disagree with you.. no matter at what distance you are sitting from the TV is absolutely irrespective.. theres a hell of a lot, i mean a LOT LOT LOT of
difference in those crappy 700mb rips and the 4.5 gig 720p rips.. if you cannot see a difference between 720p rips and 700mb rips, i suggest you get your eyes checked..
and for the people saying its a matter of perception, i disagree there too... good quality is good quality.. theres no question about perception over there.. .we are not talking philosophy over here.. its a materialistic thing.. the difference is clearly visible... you cant say that whether the earth revolves around the sun or vice versa is a matter of perception..
and not only do the 720p rips provide much superior video quality, even the sound quality is much higher than those 700mb rips.. if anyone believes they have taste for good sound quality, they will very easily be able to hear the difference and see the difference..
#[member='Being.smart'] .. its good that you are against piracy.. even i prefer being on the correct side of the law. but i'd expect the entertainment companies not to rip off peoples pockets like this.. you may be able to rent blu ray movies, but then you would be completely dependent on the video library owner for that.. if you buy the discs, they are so damn expensive.. if the companies dont want their products to be pirated, they should sell it at a more reasonable price.. its not that blu ray costs so much.. its just that its a new technology, and thats why the companies are charging a premium for them. a very very high premium.. its absolutely outrageous..
#[member='andy1978'] .. oh i didnt realize your TV must have inbuilt software and hardware to be able to play a wide variety of formats.. then you neednt even buy a separate player.. 99 percent of all the movies will work from within your TV itself.. just plugin your USB drive..
if your computer doesnt have an HDMI port, getting a graphics card will easily solve the issue. .if you just wanna buy one for an HDMI port, you can go for the not very expensive ones costing around 6 to 7 K. that way you will also have a reasonable balance over the graphics capabilities of your card..
and about the bigger files being inferior than the smaller 720p rips, you just need to check the video and audio bitrate before downloading. .most of the Highdef movies available for download have these descriptions written..
i have a 1080p rip of AVATAR, around 11.5 GB, with the video and audio bitrate both being very very high.. the resolution and sharpness of picture as well as audio quality is definitely better than 720p rips.. its just that, the bitrates and quality of sources need to be the same. if that is true, then theres no reason for a 1080p to be in any way inferior than a 720p..
But i accept, 720p is more logical as it strikes the optimum balance between file size, video and audio quality, and is also much less resource hungry than a 1080p rip.. with 720p my processor usage is around 40 percent, with 1080p rips it goes up to more than 90 percent..
