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thumpy
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_ 		27. April 2009 @ 10:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have the original dvd of marley and me. I downloaded the MKV 720p version of it. Which one is higher HD quality the dvd or the mkv 720p?

thanks
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Shakotah
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_ 		27. April 2009 @ 12:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I believe DVD is 480p, so 720p MKV is the way, but might want to look up on that
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thumpy
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_ 		27. April 2009 @ 15:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
can anyone else provide an answer for this?
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KajNrig
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_ 		27. April 2009 @ 16:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The DVD's 480i, the .mkv's 720p, so your .mkv is the way to go.
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thumpy
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_ 		27. April 2009 @ 16:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks dude you are always a big help
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thumpy
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_ 		30. April 2009 @ 10:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
KajNrig where did you find that info. I have been reading and some places say that h264 (AKA MKV) is just a compressed format of a dvd. So if it is compressed doesnt that mean that the orginal source (DVD) is better in quality?
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emugamer
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_ 		30. April 2009 @ 12:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
h264 is a type of compression, not a compressed DVD. A 480i movie can be ripped and upscaled to 720p using h264 compression, but you are not increasing the quality - just stretching. You can't make pixels - you can fudge around with them, but you can't create what's not there to begin with.

I can guarantee that the 720p version you downloaded is compressed from the HD source (in this case blu ray) - not ripped/upscaled from the DVD version. A blu ray movie (in this case marley and me) is full 1080p. Whether a 720p mkv compressed from a 1080p source will always look better than anything coming from a standard DVD is really up to the viewer and the type of television.
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thumpy
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_ 		30. April 2009 @ 13:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks so basically all those 1080p and 720p movie downloads come from bluray rips as you are saying.

pretty those will kick the the quality of a dvd backup right in the azz
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emugamer
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_ 		30. April 2009 @ 14:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Blu ray, HD DVD, HDTV...pick your poison :P
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