10GB...how to download...mati-lah...

I watched some HD TV series though, definitely better than ASTRO.

Agreed. For me DVD is 50/100 only. Even on 32" HDTV LCD(1360 x768), the difference is like day and night. It is not only the resolution, but the encoding format. H264 is a much more advance encoding than the ancient MPEG-2 used in DVD, hence the superior quality.

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Added on February 3, 2009, 4:53 pmi think it has something to do with your source. Not all mkv's are ripped the same. Check out the audio bitstream info. Also some mkv's are only 2 channels MP3....

Also, your software/driver settings could also be a factor.

Lastly. what do you mean you 'output SPDIF' to ur soundcard? If you enabled the DD/DTS decoding of your sound card (also make sure ur sound card capable of DTS, not all sound card are capable to decode DTS i think), it's already been done. You only pass through the DD/DTS signal if you want to decode in an external receiver.


This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 3 2009, 04:53 PM

How to enjoy...when all the picture are blurrry and pixellly!!!!!

I bought original DVDs from Speedy...compared to the mkv, it looks like VCD and Astro already. Don't even wanna look at it anymore.

When i saw mkv for the first time on my 32" LCD...wah-lau...this is how my LCD is suppose to be used, not DVD, not ASTRO!!!

Every frame is like a hi-res capture from a digital camera. You don't even need a FULLHD TV to see the difference. (I bet FULL HD will be even more jaw dropping, no doubt).

As an analogy lar...pausing an 1080p mkv movie...and pausing a DVD movie. It's like the still shot are taken with a hi-res digital cam....on DVDs, it looks like the shot taken with handphone camera.

Download is not really THAT slow if you know what BT client to use and configure and DL 24/7......small investment...

Upscale DVDs....nyehhh...my HDMI DVD player do upscale and i think so does my PC. No difference at all. It's better than ASTRO of course (provided ur DVD is good quality), but don't make
me laugh that it can even comes marginally close to a good 1080p/720p mkv rip.


If you like jagged line so much, perhaps u should stick to VCD??

Cheapest?? DL is still cheapest...best bang for buck with best price/performance...LOL.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 4 2009, 08:51 PM

29" 4:3 TV is not a good platform to watch mkv movies. Because the aspect ratio of movies are like 2:40, 1:85 etc, you'll see a very small picture cramped by 2 huge black bars....probably no difference watching DVDs and Mkv.

mkv (with H264 encoding) owns DVD9.

H264 is really amazing. I've downloaded 1 movie only 1GB+(mkv - H264) but the quality is better than the same movie with 4GB+ file encoded with Xvid. Anyone notice the same sympton? I guess Xvid really outdated already.

Disclaimer: The above was done solely for the purpose of analysing videos encoded with different codecs. All movies downloaded are promptly destroyed after 24hours after the analysis has been performed.

Generally understood lar.

DVD-9 is MPEG-2, mkv is mostly H264, although it can be others.

x264 is the encoder. H264 is the codec. But a lot of people just put x264 in their NFO file because they encode it using x264, hence the confusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X264

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H264

This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 10 2009, 05:23 PM