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MPEG-4 AVC 73 72.28%
VC-1 24 23.76%
MPEG-2 4 3.96%
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:13 PM   #1
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Cool Your Favorite MPEG-2 Blu!
MPEG-2 Blus are of the first in many of our Blu-ray libraries. MPEG-2 isn't as good as VC-1 or MPEG-4 AVC, but which is your favorite MPEG-2 Blu?

Right now, ours is "50 First Dates"
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:15 PM   #2
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MPEG-2 Blus are of the first in many of our Blu-ray libraries. MPEG-2 isn't as good as VC-1 or MPEG-4 AVC, but which is your favorite MPEG-2 Blu?

Right now, ours is "50 First Dates"
Crank

Looks better than a lot of VC-1 or MPEG-4.
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:18 PM   #3
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Kingdom Of Heaven. MPEG2 is just as transparent as the other video codecs at sufficiently high bitrates. The problem was the initial wave of MPEG2 titles had video bitrates in the low 20's, when MPEG2 really needs 30+ Mbps.
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:20 PM   #4
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Underworld Evolution,MI3,tears of the Sun,SAW 3
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:21 PM   #5
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Training Day
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:24 PM   #6
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:09 PM   #7
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I would say Kingdom of Heaven and Crank.

Though, I feel like there could be room for improvement from a nice AVC or VC-1 encode of Kingdom of Heaven (still one of my favorite HD movies regardless). I wish they'd release with extras :/
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:11 PM   #8
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didnt notice too bigger diff with KOH from the dvd version i have. i'd have to say my personal favs are:

Black Hawk Down, From Hell and Underworld Evolution all look amazing for pq IMO. never seen crank but all this talk about it makes me want to
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The Silence of the Lambs.
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:13 PM   #10
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Crank

Looks better than a lot of VC-1 or MPEG-4.
I concur wholeheartedly!
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:28 PM   #11
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Black Hawk Down & Tears of the Sun.
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Old 05-27-2009, 10:30 PM   #12
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Old 05-28-2009, 01:11 AM   #13
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Old 05-28-2009, 01:16 AM   #14
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Shooter. The PQ is very good, despite mpeg-2.
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Just watched MI:3 again last night. Looks fantastic for MPEG-2! Definitely agree with Kingdom of Heaven also.
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Old 05-28-2009, 02:39 AM   #16
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Old 05-28-2009, 05:34 AM   #17
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didnt notice too bigger diff with KOH from the dvd version i have. i'd have to say my personal favs are:

Black Hawk Down, From Hell and Underworld Evolution all look amazing for pq IMO. never seen crank but all this talk about it makes me want to
I agree! Very under-rated! I hadn't seen it in a few years, and bought it on Blu for $8, so I figured, what the heck. It has a WONDERFUL PQ and surprisingly good AQ (the heartbeat throughout the film & stabbing/ slashing scenes).
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I guess I didn't realize Shooter was MPEG-2 until this post. This has great picture quality. How did Paramount screw this title up without putting a lossless audio track on it is beyond me.

I would also throw in Stealth although many will probably disagree.
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