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-- Veronica Guerin *DTS* *NTSC* - DVDRIP - BHP (http://forum.vcdq.com/showthread.php?threadid=36974)

WOW!! This looks great on my f*cking 12" TV!!

Now seriously... No release has boiled my blood quite like this one. In my opinion, this is sh*t... Here is piece of the NFO.

Menu: Intact (Untouched)
-- YAY

VIDEO: Re-Encoded @ 3500kbps (7pass CCE)
-- TOO LOW for a 98 min movie. I bet they could have copied the movie UNTOUCHED with the menu. Possibly not, however definitely could have done better than 3500kbit/sec.

Audio: English 5.1, French, DC, DTS
-- OK. WTF!! DTS and french!? F*CK OFF...

DVD Extras: Trailers, Sneeks Peeks,
DVDRom Software, DTS Tester
-- OK, I am looking for another word for... USELESS! Trailers?! Sneek peeks?! DVDRom Software?! DTS Tester?! WTF...

Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
-- Ah, who cares... 20 megs a pop is easy to spare

Ripped: Deleted Scenes
-- OH MY F*CKING GOD... You ripped out the ONLY decent extra?! HOWEVER, it was a good move since the deleted scenes were 1.5gigs! But you gotta admit, the other extras that were kept are not useful to the movie or this release.

This is un-f*cking-believable. This means (at 3500kbit/sec video and 448kbit/sec DD5.1) the movie is under 3 gigs of the DVD-R (2.75 gigs with the DD5.1 track). And then they put on ~1.6 gigs of bullsh*t!

Going to rip this myself when it's at my local Blockbuster cuz I ain't wasting a byte of bandwidth (beside the NFO) on this release.

You want a nice release, check out Matrix Revolutions by Boozers. Now that's nice!

** NOTE ** This review is harsh. I am super ass picky, but I am also fair with releases and what the groups have to work with. If you have a 27" 4:3 TV from 1990 without S-Video, then this release is the greatest thing since sliced bread. However if you have a decent HDTV or projector, see you in the buy/rental isle.

OK... Before getting smashed by all the other users on this forum (regarding my last post) which see nothing wrong with this release, I will quickly add something:

Everyone has their own opinion. Mine will always be biased towards keeping the "main event" of the DVD in the best possible shape.

Let me think of a real life comparison... It's like, what is more important on a girl, face/body/looks or the personality. Like looks/video quality, they become less attractive with age and you notice your current girlfriend/DVD-R is not as appealing as the new teens/HD-DVD that are out and about. This would be describing the shallow (me) approach. Or you can go with the less shallow approach and go with completeness/personality

That concludes the stupidest paragraph I've ever written JUST in case, that was only a comparison and I DO have a real life girlfriend which is not a DVD-R.

But this dilemna will continue forever! "To keep, or not to keep? That is the question". So hopefully nobody (except BHP which, IF they read it, will be pissed) will get too offended by my previous post... It is only a post afterall

lmfao, although id rather keep laughing, i completely agree with everything you said, except maybe the girlfriend part. there too much of a hassle. (just like picking out the right brand of DVDR media, you never know what your gonna get). Also WTF does this shit movie (well it wasnt that bad, second thought yea it was) need DTS , 5.1, and some fucked language i could care less about (as maybe a few others agree) for. And same day Veronica.Guerin.Limited.NTSC.INTERNAL.DVDR-aNBc , is it a contest now, who can release a shit movie on DVDR with the most useless crap on it in one day, I watched this movie on DVDR in january, (Veronica.Guerin.Complete.DVDR-SCREAM - 1/23/2004 what was wrong with that, i had no problems.

- as to the movie itself its based on a true story, if you know it you know the movie, no twists or surprises in this one. so as it being bad, well i still give it a 6, its something to watch. too many based on true story movies (but thats another topic)

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Originally posted by Dupey
And same day Veronica.Guerin.Limited.NTSC.INTERNAL.DVDR-aNBc , is it a contest now.

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I think 21 grams was complete, I read somewhere that Universal removed all extras at the last minute. According to the nfo for Veronica, aNBc's release has the deleted scenes. They stripped the dts and french track. Main bit is higher too if I remember right.

Veronica.Guerin.Complete.DVDR-SCREAM
is PAL DVD5, so anyone in R1 can't watch it.

Veronica.Guerin.Limited.NTSC.INTERNAL.DVDR-aNBc
recoded 3980 (6pass) with recoded extras at 1850 (5pass)
Get most of the DVD, and a little better pic.

Veronica.Guerin.2003.DTS.NTSC.DVDR-BHP
recoded 3500 (7pass) no extras
Get DTS audio.

I know most people don't have DTS, but we just got it. And even when it rains in a scene, it feels like it's raining in the livingroom. So some may argue which is better for a recoded movie. Everyone's tastes are different, and most likely the ripper does it for his own taste.
For those who think everyone can keep untouched video or over a bitrate of 4000 on every movie, your wrong. For these people I say, "Do it yourself". I do, but it's almost impossible to do every single one to my expectations. So I learn to be more flexable. If I feel BHP or aNBc is not to my liking, I'll wait and will do it myself. But I tell ya what, the list get mighty big every week. LOL.

I'm going with BHP for my new DTS system, I would have gotten aNBc before the new system for the extras, but now I wanna hear DTS when I can. I'm sure both look and play fine as I have d/l both groups before.

(see my taste have changed).

my .02

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Originally posted by JoshNya
For those who think everyone can keep untouched video or over a bitrate of 4000 on every movie, your wrong. For these people I say, "Do it yourself". I do, but it's almost impossible to do every single one to my expectations. So I learn to be more flexable. If I feel BHP or aNBc is not to my liking, I'll wait and will do it myself. But I tell ya what, the list get mighty big every week. LOL.

I'm going with BHP for my new DTS system, I would have gotten aNBc before the new system for the extras, but now I wanna hear DTS when I can. I'm sure both look and play fine as I have d/l both groups before.

(see my taste have changed).

my .02

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I have a 52" HDTV with DTS. Only flaws I see on any release I d/l are those people who do poor encoding jobs or use some sort of instantcopy (one click) programs. But I don't sit that close to the TV either hehe.

I was just stating to say that it's nice to have 2 options of a movie with 2 groups who have done very good releases in the past.

I personally don't see how your going to get 5000+, maybe without a menu possibly? But I'm glad we agree on 1 thing, everyone is different on how they would do their DVDrips, there's a million ways to do them.

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Originally posted by JoshNya
I personally don't see how your going to get 5000+, maybe without a menu possibly? But I'm glad we agree on 1 thing, everyone is different on how they would do their DVDrips, there's a million ways to do them.

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Taking apart BHP release... I find..

For the VTS_01_0.VOB
and the VIDEO_TS.VOB are...

367 MB (385,292,288 bytes)

DTS Track is
530 MB (556,198,286 bytes)

English Track 1 is
314 MB (330,254,848 bytes)

so thats over a gig already. So now you would have to
squeeze video around 3gigs.

So you would have to recode a little lower then 5000 i'd say. Unless you kill the DTS.

Ya, not worth the hassle for this movie. It was good. But not purchase material for my taste.

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Originally posted by JoshNya
Taking apart BHP release... I find..

For the VTS_01_0.VOB
and the VIDEO_TS.VOB are...

367 MB (385,292,288 bytes)

DTS Track is
530 MB (556,198,286 bytes)

English Track 1 is
314 MB (330,254,848 bytes)

so thats over a gig already. So now you would have to
squeeze video around 3gigs.

So you would have to recode a little lower then 5000 i'd say. Unless you kill the DTS.

Ya, not worth the hassle for this movie. It was good. But not purchase material for my taste.

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