Originally posted by garmoon:

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dr_ml422

LOL That would be Office Depot not Home Depot. Good one. And refers to their house branded OFFICE DEPOTs, not the other cheap Ativas that they sell.

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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@garmoon When you said anything +R Home Depot are you referring to their own brand? I got thrown off there a bit and thought you meant buying different media at Home Depot.

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Originally posted by dr_m1422:

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@Mor How could you tell something's missing if everything seems ok, and the info is not being sent to 1680 x 1050? My Acer Monitor is 1680 x 1050, though I haven't seen any videos on here. Have to put in MPC or Quick Time Alternative n check it out. Though the graphics on the screen and from the web are great. I have a ATI Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB IceQ Turbo which I still haven't pushed to its full potential.

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Originally posted by dr_m1422:

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As far as your quality being great even at 67%, it prolly has to do more w/the proggie you're using to compress, and a lil of your card as well. DVDFab just updated their Platinum to get better compression and clean up the discs more thoroughly also.

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Originally posted by Mordaunt:

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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Originally posted by dr_m1422:

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quote]Hmmm. That's an interesting suggestion: that the image is some sort of BEST CASE construct that can accomodate environments capable of displaying some theoretical maximum amount of information. UNUSED INFORMATION. Can it be?

Originally posted by dr_m1422:

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I use AC/DC and Fab exclusively. They both appear to give roughly equivalent results. I wish DC (CD2) had better preferences. Fab allows you to select 4472 as the dvd-5 size which produces a larger image than DC's dvd-5--right up there against the 4,700,000,000 +R BYTE limit. Right around 4,690* consistently. I want ALL the information I can get.

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Hi mor. The fact is that we don't get the whole 4.7gb anyway. Has to do w/the quality of the media and also true parameters when transferring as opposed to the blank itself. For DVD-R blanks try setting Fab at 4489mb, and for DVD+R blanks try 4483mb. Good DVD-R media will accomodate the 4489mb w/excellent results. If it tells you not enough space just shoot it to the 4483mb. This has been tested and tried so don't worry. Any cleaner w/the most info and quality then you could run the files through VOB Blanker, there's a guide here just in case. It'll clean up any unwanted/not needed cells. Fab is great on it's own for compression. I have to check out AC/DC haven't heard of it. Another option is to rip and clean the whole DVD using Fab n VOB and then compress w/shrink using the above output settings. I like creating an ISO and then letting ImgBurn do it's magic. Both Fab n Shrink have implemented it, although I back up 6 or so DVDs and then Queue it w/ImgBurn to let both my burners work on the files.

Basically what you leave in or take out is what you'll see, unless like you stated the resolution comes into play, which I can't see happening if you backed up in widescreen format. I could be wrong though. The only time resolution should affect anything is if your monitor can not support what your GPU is sending out.

The statement by that graphics card IMO can only if at all be attributed to the unwanted cells still in the video file after compression etc... If they're not needed then it's all for naught.

Try those DVD-5 settings w/some TYs or Verbs you'll see what I mean. Then try w/some other media. You'll see the difference in allotted space required/and or needed.

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Hi mor. The fact is that we don't get the whole 4.7gb anyway. Has to do w/the quality of the media and also true parameters when transferring as opposed to the blank itself. For DVD-R blanks try setting Fab at 4489mb, and for DVD+R blanks try 4483mb. Good DVD-R media will accomodate the 4489mb w/excellent results. If it tells you not enough space just shoot it to the 4483mb. This has been tested and tried so don't worry. Any cleaner w/the most info and quality then you could run the files through VOB Blanker, there's a guide here just in case. It'll clean up any unwanted/not needed cells. Fab is great on it's own for compression. I have to check out AC/DC haven't heard of it. Another option is to rip and clean the whole DVD using Fab n VOB and then compress w/shrink using the above output settings. I like creating an ISO and then letting ImgBurn do it's magic. Both Fab n Shrink have implemented it, although I back up 6 or so DVDs and then Queue it w/ImgBurn to let both my burners work on the files.

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X8 TY TO2s. Those plus the Verbatim +R 004 X16 and anything +R Office depot X16 are the discs I am using now and have no issues with them.

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Originally posted by garmoon:

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Do not buy the Ativas.

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Originally posted by Mordaunt:

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Originally posted by garmoon:

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Do not buy the Ativas.

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I recently went through a spindle of Ativas and didn't have any problems. I'll buy Ativas.

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Originally posted by 7thsinger:

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I burn quite a few of the RICHOJPN's and have been very pleased with the outcome. Those are the ones i burn for my son's movies. I use TY's or Verbies for mine.

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