[buckshot]

I was slightly annoyed by the picture at some times and checked the bitrats to see if that might be the cause. I never saw it get that low but there were planty of scenes that if they were avc encodes would be in the 30s. but since they were vc1 they were in the teens. its more than just a technical spec, the more you watch hd movies with different compression encoding, the more you see how bitrates make a difference.

does hd dvd only use vc1? that would explain why they badmouth mpeg2 and avc. because they've never been able to watch casino royale or black hawk down then troy to see how much more detail there is with the higher bitrates.