On Sat, 01 Dec 2018 04:43:51 -0600, Jazzman <jazzman@bebop.org> wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:05:18 GMT, cooking <cooking@email.com> wrote:
>
>>G.Hubbard,
>>Unlike mainstream TV shows it's not common to see both 720p and 1080p choices for cooking shows.
>>The "market" is quite thin for them, so there is little group competition to provide variants (thank goodness
>>the w4f and btn groups exist). Related, on the receiving end one can't get all the shows from a single
>>.nzb site, and most of the automated systems for tracking new releases are unreliable for "thinly"
>>released shows. So, finding new releases is still a manual process, and it takes a fair amount of time to
>>regularly check multiple sites for the shows captured. Further, I suspect many folks tracking a.b.m.cooking
>>know most .nzb sites now don't carry cooking shows (because of the obfuscation that became the norm a
>>year or so ago), only the "best" feed sites do, and almost all of them are closed to new members.
>>Also, to be blunt, some folks still have data caps. So providing 1080p or higher versions does have a cost too.
>>cooking.
>>
>
>Cooking,
>
>And the funny thing is, the 720p rip WAS a quality rip not too long
>ago. I remember how great it was when things went from VCD to SVCD,
>then finally to XviD or MP4, with the resolution geting better little
>by little. It used to be a dream to get your hands on anything much
>better than a 480p release. Now, 1080p seems to be all over the place
>and much more easily accessible. But you're correct - the data caps
>still do mean balancing quality with gigabytes for me and why I have
>settled with the 720p rips for viewing the cooking/food show posts.
>
>-Jazzman
Nothing wrong with 720p however mot of them have low bit rate. Low bit
rate as tech advances will be more and more noticeable. The lower
the bit rate the less natural any motion will look. On a lot of the
720 stuff posted here on my larger monitors (and TV) simply looks
well- it looks like crap... Not a fan of portable viewing but even on
my 12" Samsung tablet I see how bad low bit rate stuff looks compared
to higher. Many say they do not notice but all it takes is a compare
or two of low [under 3k] to higher bit-rate [5k or higher], please
note the compares work best with same material. To illustrate, the
recent Home for the Holidays in low bit rate 720 to high Both rate
1080p is perfect for anyone willing and open-minded enough to make the
effort.
I'd rather 720p with a bit rate of 6K or higher to a 1080i or 1080p
with a bit rate of under 5K. In effect my point/opinion is bit rate
is just if not more paramount than resoltuion if true non upscaled
720 or higher.
Am I right about all this, well it's only my opinion. However until
one has done true comparisions why bash others than for sake of being
a basher? Video differences are gernerally easy to see :)
As for data caps was not aware that some ISP's were still keeping
folks in the stone age :) I do feel for you folks. Guess I'm lucky to
have plenty of ISP competion in my area the last 2 decades. Still
some shows posted here over the years have never been re-broadcast and
catering to the lowest common denominator for video quality due to
"data caps" has done the future no favors.
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