A/V Specs vs. Reality November 7, 2007 admin Blu-Ray discs have 20 GB more space than HD-DVD, but does that equate to better sound/picture? Can lower bitrate video look better than higher bitrate video? Is lossless audio better than lossy audio? Find out on this weeks A/V Mythbusters 🙂 Highdefdigest The truth of the matter is that all video compression codecs have the same purpose, to accurately represent the source using a fraction of the storage space. In the hands of a good operator, both VC-1 and AVC are more than capable of achieving this goal. Even the dated MPEG-2 codec has been known to deliver excellent results (owners of the now-defunct D-Theater tape format sure didn’t seem to have any problem with it). There are plenty of examples of "reference quality" transfers using any of the above, from ‘King Kong’ (VC-1) to ‘Final Fantasy’ (AVC) to ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ (MPEG-2). In all cases, the skill of the compressionist and the quality of the work is more important than the codec used to get there. FacebookTwitterEmail tagged with High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
