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Planet Earth on Discovery HD

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Originally posted by: michaels
Ok I have the BBC 720p PE rips on my pc, but each file only shows to be 2.3 or 4 gigs. Is this right? I was gonna make a dvd with Vista dvd maker and it was gonna put 3 on a regular single layer dvd, something didn't seem right.
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just burn them onto a data dvd... I think the dvdmaker thing is converting it.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: michaels
Ok I have the BBC 720p PE rips on my pc, but each file only shows to be 2.3 or 4 gigs. Is this right? I was gonna make a dvd with Vista dvd maker and it was gonna put 3 on a regular single layer dvd, something didn't seem right.
Click to expand...

just burn them onto a data dvd... I think the dvdmaker thing is converting it.
Click to expand...

You can burn the HD divx rips to data all day, but they won't play in the bulk of stand alone players out there. Most are limited to a max of 720p WIDE. At 1280*720 your best bet is to play them back from a computer onto an LCD tv. Looks good on my system.
 
Originally posted by: eos
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: michaels
Ok I have the BBC 720p PE rips on my pc, but each file only shows to be 2.3 or 4 gigs. Is this right? I was gonna make a dvd with Vista dvd maker and it was gonna put 3 on a regular single layer dvd, something didn't seem right.
Click to expand...

just burn them onto a data dvd... I think the dvdmaker thing is converting it.
Click to expand...

You can burn the HD divx rips to data all day, but they won't play in the bulk of stand alone players out there. Most are limited to a max of 720p WIDE. At 1280*720 your best bet is to play them back from a computer onto an LCD tv. Looks good on my system.
Click to expand...

And what standalone player you have that plays 720p? Unless you got one of those HD player from China, your only recourse is the computer. I use my computer to feed my Optoma HD72.
 
I've ordered this on HD DVD. Should be shipped in less than 2 weeks.

I do get Discovery HD but in Canada it's airing on CBC HD. Unfortunately I missed it.

Apparently the British version (original) is with Attenborough, and the US version is with Sigourney Weaver. The Attenborough is supposed to be better, and that's the one available on HD DVD.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: eos
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: michaels
Ok I have the BBC 720p PE rips on my pc, but each file only shows to be 2.3 or 4 gigs. Is this right? I was gonna make a dvd with Vista dvd maker and it was gonna put 3 on a regular single layer dvd, something didn't seem right.
Click to expand...

just burn them onto a data dvd... I think the dvdmaker thing is converting it.
Click to expand...

You can burn the HD divx rips to data all day, but they won't play in the bulk of stand alone players out there. Most are limited to a max of 720p WIDE. At 1280*720 your best bet is to play them back from a computer onto an LCD tv. Looks good on my system.
Click to expand...

And what standalone player you have that plays 720p? Unless you got one of those HD player from China, your only recourse is the computer. I use my computer to feed my Optoma HD72.
Click to expand...

Typo. Unless you're breaking balls.

I meant to specify max of 720 pixels wide.

1280*720p = 720p?

720p WIDE = 720*540 in a 4:3 ratio.
 
Originally posted by: eos
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: eos
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: michaels
Ok I have the BBC 720p PE rips on my pc, but each file only shows to be 2.3 or 4 gigs. Is this right? I was gonna make a dvd with Vista dvd maker and it was gonna put 3 on a regular single layer dvd, something didn't seem right.
Click to expand...

just burn them onto a data dvd... I think the dvdmaker thing is converting it.
Click to expand...

You can burn the HD divx rips to data all day, but they won't play in the bulk of stand alone players out there. Most are limited to a max of 720p WIDE. At 1280*720 your best bet is to play them back from a computer onto an LCD tv. Looks good on my system.
Click to expand...

And what standalone player you have that plays 720p? Unless you got one of those HD player from China, your only recourse is the computer. I use my computer to feed my Optoma HD72.
Click to expand...

Typo. Unless you're breaking balls.

I meant to specify max of 720 pixels wide.

1280*720p = 720p?

720p WIDE = 720*540 in a 4:3 ratio.
Click to expand...

Issue is computer people talk different than tv people 🙂

TV people say 720p, which is 1280x720 for computer people. Wasn't trying to break balls, just that the whole point to HD is to watch it in HD 🙂 Covnerting to dvd would make them 480p.
 
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Received my Planet Earth HD-DVD set today. What a difference from DiscoveryHD!!!
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I can't wait to leave work so I can watch the HD-DVD set. It's being delivered today. WOOT!
 
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