What's a Superbit version?

[Blackraven]

Hmm....

What exactly is a Superbit version?

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by Blackraven

Hmm....

What exactly is a Superbit version?

In the United States Sony Pictures has released select DVD movies in what is called Super bit. For example in the standard DVD format Spiderman and Spiderman 2 were released on Super bit DVD. The Super bit process gets a special treatment where all the extra features are removed from the disc and the entire disc space of a DVD or a BLU-RAY disc bit rate is maximized to show off the highest possible picture and sound quality the format can deliver. BLU-RAY can outshine HD-DVD quality when fast moving action movies approach the maximum Video+Audio bit rate of 48 Mbit/s.
Of course extra’s could be placed on a second BLU-RAY disc but if one was going to do a 30 day early release there might not be time for extra’s. Most Super bit movies contain just one disc with no extra’s.

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Blackraven

Hmm....

What exactly is a Superbit version?

it's about as good as picture quality is going to get right now....

I own Spider-man 2 on SB and when played on an upscaled DVD player....it looks as close to high definition as a DVD is going to get...