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I watch MKV files in 720p as well, due to the smaller size (2-8GB vs 20-50GB).Why squash it at all? You have a big 61" 1080p dlp display...not giving it anything but a bit-perfect rip from blu-ray is a brutal travesty, a sin against nature, all because of saying a few bits in file size in an age where hard drive space is crazy cheap (even accounting for the recent increase in HD prices).
IMO you're wasting the TV unless you use 1080. If you paid for it, you may as well get the most out of it.
Though to be honest I can't say I've ever watched the same clip back to back 720p vs 1080p, so I don't know what the difference would really be.
If the day comes that you decide that you do want 1080p, you're going to have to re-download your entire library. Might be good to plan ahead.
I would ask myself why even buy a 61" television when you're not going to take advantage of it?
Storage is cheap. Preserve quality and get a bigger drive (or drives).
I would rip a movie like Speed Racer in 720 and 1080 and then compare them at your normal viewing distance to see if there is a very noticeable difference in quality.
BTW, resolution isn't the only issue that factors into what you see. The amount of compression applied factors into the equation too.
Just because my car can do a 160 MPH doesn't mean I drive it at that speed all the time. I do what should be the correct action for the event being driven. Honeslty, if you think a movie like "Eat, Pray, Love" is sooo much better in 1080p vs 720p, I just have to roll my eyes.
Secondarily, storage is "cheapish". The time to rip a blu-ray disc is ~60-120 minutes. If you have 100+ movies, a system failure on that would result in a stupid amount of time to rebuild. Therefore you are looking at some sort of RAID + backup.
Lets say you bought an HP microserver @ 4x2TB drives in RAID5 + another 3x2TB for backup (assume you have some sort of dock for SATA drives). You are looking @ a cost of $900 (assume some sort of free OS, pre flood prices). Thus you are loking @ ~$0.15/GB of effective storage. A 25GB movie thus costs $3.75 to store + electricity. By picking and choosing in a thoughtful manner, the average cost of storage movie is much lower and thus the cost of convenience appears to have a much better value.
Just because my car can do a 160 MPH doesn't mean I drive it at that speed all the time. I do what should be the correct action for the event being driven. Honeslty, if you think a movie like "Eat, Pray, Love" is sooo much better in 1080p vs 720p, I just have to roll my eyes.
Secondarily, storage is "cheapish". The time to rip a blu-ray disc is ~60-120 minutes. If you have 100+ movies, a system failure on that would result in a stupid amount of time to rebuild. Therefore you are looking at some sort of RAID + backup.
Lets say you bought an HP microserver @ 4x2TB drives in RAID5 + another 3x2TB for backup (assume you have some sort of dock for SATA drives). You are looking @ a cost of $900 (assume some sort of free OS, pre flood prices). Thus you are loking @ ~$0.15/GB of effective storage. A 25GB movie thus costs $3.75 to store + electricity. By picking and choosing in a thoughtful manner, the average cost of storage movie is much lower and thus the cost of convenience appears to have a much better value.
It's disgusting how much space is wasted on extras, and foreign languages. I don't even watch them in the first place...ever. I don't want to see what went into the movie and how things looked before they go in and make it look good...crap like that just ruins it for me, and would make me not want to see the movie ever again, and I would be back to not wanting it permanently stored.
It's disgusting how much space is wasted on extras, and foreign languages. I don't even watch them in the first place...ever. I don't want to see what went into the movie and how things looked before they go in and make it look good...crap like that just ruins it for me, and would make me not want to see the movie ever again, and I would be back to not wanting it permanently stored.
Spending money to back up extras is dumb.
Nope, dumb. I don't need to respect anyone else's opinion, and I don't need to hide the fact that I don't. This is what makes the world go around.
That's your opinion, nothing more.Spending money to back up extras is dumb. If I wanted to watch them, I would rather load the disc, than to spend the money on that much storage to back up that stuff.
Because I can dictate, to me, what I think of it. I don't have to come on here and suck the teat of everyone's do-goodedness. I will let people know what I think is stupid and what is not. Don't like it, is there not any kind of ignore button? On the internet it seems like your opinion is only valid if it follows a mainstream view, and is positive. A person is supposed to like everything, everyone, and the world is made of marshmallows and unicorns.