Just got an Xbox 360, educmacate me please.

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

HD Downloads and streams aren't true 1080p.

I see plenty of ripped blurays on the torrents that look great when i play them. To each his own i guess, spend your money on what you like.

[turbotalon1g]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

I see plenty of ripped blurays on the torrents that look great when i play them. To each his own i guess, spend your money on what you like.

lol, that is funny its tom.

Also thanks mike. I'm keeping both fellas.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

I see plenty of ripped blurays on the torrents that look great when i play them. To each his own i guess, spend your money on what you like.

I don't buy all movies on blu ray, but there are select few that i do where i feel that the blu ray format will look awesome on. Avatar is one of them.
Yes there are plenty of ripped "Blu Rays", and i put blu ray in quotes because a 4gb file for a movie is compressed to a quarter of its size. See the list below, this is a list of uncompressed blu ray movies and their true size.
I don't see any 4gb files do you?

2 Fast 2 Furious........................................... .......18.2GB
A History of Violence.......................................... .18.5GB
Appaloosa......................................... ................16.2GB
Arlington Road.............................................. ......21.7GB
AVP............................................... ...................22.8GB
AVP2.............................................. ..................19.9GB
Batman Begins............................................ ........16.0GB
Black Snake Moan.............................................. ..22.3GB
Body Of Lies.............................................. .........21.0GB
Bridge To Terabithia........................................ .....16.2GB
Bulletproof Monk.............................................. ....15.5GB
Cars.............................................. ....................20.3GB
Chain Reaction.......................................... ..........16.2GB
Constantine....................................... .................13.2GB
Crash............................................. ...................18GB
Crimson Ties.............................................. .........20.8GB
Daddy’s Little Girls............................................. ..21.0GB
Dark City-Director’s Cut........................................15.9GB
Daylight.......................................... ...................20.5GB
Deja 'vu............................................... ..............22.0GB
Die Another Day............................................... ...22.8GB
Enemy Of The State............................................. 16.9GB
Fantastic 4 2-Rise Of The Silver Surfer....................20.6GB
First Sunday............................................ ...........18.8GB
Four Brothers.......................................... ............16.1GB
Gattaca........................................... ..................20.6GB
G. I. Jane.............................................. .............16.8GB
Gone In 60 Seconds........................................... ..14.0GB
Gothika........................................... ...................15.2GB
Gridiron Gang.............................................. .........20.7GB
Hancock........................................... ..................18.7GB
Hellboy II-The Golden Army....................................19.7GB
Hitman............................................ ...................12.1GB
Hostel II................................................ .............17.0GB
I Know What You Did Last Summer..........................19.6GB
I Robot............................................. ..................22.5GB
Journey To The Center Of The Earth........................16.4GB
Jumper............................................ ...................21.8GB
Land Of The Dead.............................................. ..14.6GB
Lethal Weapon............................................ ........19.4GB
Lethal Weapon 2................................................. .19.5GB
Matrix Revolutions....................................... .........15.1GB
Max Payne............................................. .............17.8GB
Men Of Honor............................................. .........17.5GB
Mercury Rising............................................ .........21.1GB
Mr & Mrs Smith............................................. .......22.6GB
Night At The Museum............................................ 16.6GB
Outbreak.......................................... ..................14.7GB
Payback Straight Up-Director’s Cut..........................15.6GB
Perfect Stranger.......................................... ........19.7GB
Phone Booth............................................. ...........15.3GB
Pirates Of The Caribbean-Curse Of The Black Pearl.....21.7GB
Purple Rain.............................................. ............14.5GB
Rambo............................................. ...................19.0GB
Reign Of Fire.............................................. ..........14.3GB
Resident Evil-Apocalypse........................................ 12.8GB
Revolver.......................................... ....................21.7GB
Righteous Kill.............................................. ..........20.9GB
Rock N' Rolla'............................................ ............14.1GB
Rocky Balboa............................................ ............22GB
Scary Movie............................................. ............11.9GB
Serenity.......................................... ....................16.7GB
Shoot 'EM Up................................................ .......17GB
Stargate Continium......................................... .......15.1GB
Starship Troopers.......................................... ........22.4GB
Step Up To The Streets.........................................18 .2GB
Stir Of Echoes............................................ ..........18.3GB
Stuck............................................. .....................12.2GB
Superman Returns........................................... ......21.2GB
S.W.A.T........................................... ...................14.5GB
The Bank Job............................................... .........16.3GB
The Bourne Supremacy......................................... ..16.6GB
The Chronicles of Narnia 2-Prince Caspian..................22.6GB
The Chronicles Of Riddick........................................19. 1GB
The Condemned......................................... ...........16.7GB
The Day After Tomorrow.........................................1 5.0GB
The Departed.......................................... ..............17.2GB
The Game Plan.............................................. ........17.4GB
The Haunted Mansion........................................... ..12.0GB
The Incredible Hulk.............................................. ...16.5GB
The Lost Boys.............................................. .........12.3GB
The Matrix Reloaded.......................................... .....16.0GB
The Omen 666............................................... ........15.7GB
The Replacement Killers........................................... 18.7GB
The Rock.............................................. .................20.1GB
The Shining........................................... ................16.1GB
The Sixth Sense............................................. ........18.4GB
The Skeleton Key............................................... ....16.4GB
This Christmas......................................... ..............22.3GB
Total Recall............................................ ...............20.2GB
Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns..................................14.5GB
Ultraviolet....................................... ......................12.9GB
Untraceable....................................... ....................19.0GB
Van Helsing........................................... .................19.0GB
Wanted............................................ .....................17.3GB
War............................................... .......................19.2GB
Wild Hogs.............................................. .................17.3GB
Wyatt Earp-Special Edition........................................14. 3GB
xXx-Special edition........................................... ........16.0GB

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

I don't buy all movies on blu ray, but there are select few that i do where i feel that the blu ray format will look awesome on. Avatar is one of them.
Yes there are plenty of ripped "Blu Rays", and i put blu ray in quotes because a 4gb file for a movie is compressed to a quarter of its size.

I dont see why you make such a big deal about uncompressed file sizes. I think the avg BR rip i download is about 7 gigs and most look great in 1080. I'd say the quality of the rip depends on who ripped it and such. Such as back in the day when the Axxo 700meg movie rips looked better than most of the 1.5 gig rips.

Do you hate mp3s and only listen to FLAC files too?

I never thought someone who once upon a time stuck woodscrews into his car would be such a stickler about things like this ;o

ANYWAY, you guys have fun dropping dollars on blurays and i'll just keep downloading them for free.

[tpunx99GSX]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

I dont see why you make such a big deal about uncompressed file sizes. I think the avg BR rip i download is about 7 gigs and most look great in 1080. I'd say the quality of the rip depends on who ripped it and such. Such as back in the day when the Axxo 700meg movie rips looked better than most of the 1.5 gig rips.

Do you hate mp3s and only listen to FLAC files too?

I never thought someone who once upon a time stuck woodscrews into his car would be such a stickler about things like this ;o

ANYWAY, you guys have fun dropping dollars on blurays and i'll just keep downloading them for free.

Lossy Audio Vs Lossy Video (all audio and video compression methods are lossy meaning you will see a loss in quality of the video or audio) are two entirely different things. Audio you will hear a loss in quality, but the problem is that most people have gotten used to the poor compression of an MP3, but ask an audiophile and they will slap you across the face if you mention those three letters.
I enjoy big screens, I have a 60" plasma, and will be doing a 200" projector screen for my home theater. Yes you can notice a big difference between a ripped/downloaded blu ray and an actual blu ray. On bigger screens you can especially see the artifacts generated during the compression phase. In the blacks it looks washed out and i guess you could say Chunky. Im not saying that i don't watch and dl blu rays and such, but when its a movie like The Dark Knight, or Avatar, or other big budget movies where there is lots of fast movement and explosions ill pay the 30 bucks and get the blu ray and enjoy the quality.