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Originally Posted by phloyd

How likely is it that you will ever see that?

I didn't say anything about likely, I just said I would expect it to be different assuming tweaked bitrates for BD

It is possible with Paramount using MPEG2 and VC-1 so that the encodes will be slightly different.

That's a given, but we're talking about the same codecs

But really their quality control will be at fault if the HD DVD release looks any worse than the Bluray of the same title assuming they aim for transparency to the master.

They could be aiming for transparency, but that doesn't mean it can be achieved at lower bitrates. It doesn't even mean it can be achieved at the higher BD bitrates. The question is, how or why would you not expect better PQ at higher bitrates, however likely or unlikely it may be to happen?

I don't know about you, but I am sure that there has to be at the very least one studio out there, big or small, that would like to take advantage of the larger capacity and higher bitrates of BD. Isn't that what DVD releases from the likes of Criterion and Superbit releases have been about all these years, maximising the technology? Why would it not occur for Blu-ray?