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dragnandy
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_ 		1. February 2008 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when people like get dvds and rip them, why are they always (or almost always) 700mb? is it so people can burn them onto a cd? is it also like normal VHS quality when dvds are at 700mb compression?
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varnull
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_ 		1. February 2008 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's because the scene people tend to upload from internet cafes. Safe, secure, anonymous, fast.

Files in 700MB size make sense as most net cafes have machines with no dvd drives, and usb ports blocked.

Same reason for films being split into 2 or more 700mb parts.

It's also that the cops are used to seeing people with burned cd's in walkmans and such, so don't tend to question the content or somebody having 2 or 3 disks on them..

paranoia is good.
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KreleanX
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_ 		7. February 2008 @ 11:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well i guess that could be true, but the reason i would give is because ripped dvds are usually around 4-6 GB and storage space is expensive, so its easier to backup and share dvds if they are a few GBs smaller.

Also speaking for myself, id rather download 700MB files rather than 6GB files.
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varnull
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_ 		7. February 2008 @ 11:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Same here.. but I did give you the real reason for it ;)
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dragnandy
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_ 		9. February 2008 @ 00:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
cool, i still prefer 4.3gb ones though. well if im downloading them, its alot easier for me.well im still not sure whether i want to store them to a dvd so i can watch it on a dvd player, or store them so i can later watch them on my computer. but for now, i prefer dvd and i have to convert them if their 700mb (usually in avi), which take from 3-7 hours, and if their 4.3gb (usually in .vob files and such) i can directly burn them to a dvd without compression quality. thanks for your answers though.
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