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[ManaByte]

 

[Guzim]

Looks the same to me :-\

 

[ManaByte]

Fine object detail is slightly better on the Superbit. Plus, it has DTS.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I don't see anything in those pics either so I guess it comes down to how well the DTS mix is in comparison to the DD one. And even then, is it enough of a trade off for all the content you lose.....

 

[Matlock]

In the Spider-Man-on-the-pole screen, the edge enhancement and contrast adjustment is soooo soooo poor on the superbit.

'course, the original movie's superbit looked like shit in comparison, so eh.

 

[DMczaf]

I don't see anything in those pics either so I guess it comes down to how well the DTS mix is in comparison to the DD one. And even then, is it enough of a trade off for all the content you lose.....

But it's Superbit!






Oh yeah, looks the same. *buys Widescreen*

 

[Phoenix]

I can tell the difference. Nevertheless, just encode everything in superbit and be done with this foolishness once and for all.

 

[Dan]

I see differences, but I wouldn't judge anything since the comparisons aren't even of the same frames. Harder to tell what's changed in the original frame compared to what's changed in the encoding.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Can anyone point out these differences? I'm curious to see as I'm sure showing this on my 50" tv will make the differences more noticeable.

 

[Phoenix]

Can anyone point out these differences? I'm curious to see as I'm sure showing this on my 50" tv will make the differences more noticeable.

Color fidelity and sharpness. Take a look at one portion of the image and then look at it in the other image. Look at the pole (for example) in the first image and compare the colors. Unless you monitor sucks donkey balls you will see that there is better brightness in the superbit. There is also a reasonable amount of sharpness gained in the webbing on spidermans suit. Those just being examples. I'm sure you can find other examples within a second of looking.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I know I said something along these lines the last time a Superbit comparison came up and people couldn't tell the difference, but... the difference between the regular and Superbit is merely the amount of compression applied to the video. If one takes a still from each and then compresses that again into JPEG form, the comparison becomes pretty worthless. It's like comparing how good a 256 kbps MP3 and a 320 kbps MP3 are, by transcoding each into a 192 kbps MP3.

To make an example where the true differences could be seen, one would need use a lossless file format like BMP or PNG.

 

[Tenguman]

I don't see how you can compare the differences using a compressed .jpg :/

 

[tmdorsey]

What's the release date on the Superbit version?

 

[Phoenix]

I don't see how you can compare the differences using a compressed .jpg :/

Nah, you can't compare them - but they are fairly easy to point out. You'd need to actually see one on an actual TV set to compare them IMO.

 

[RiZ III]

Superbit looks a bit brighter and a tiiiny bit sharper. Whats superbit anyways?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Superbit looks a bit brighter and a tiiiny bit sharper. Whats superbit anyways?

The less compression you use, the higher the bitrate is. The fewer features on the DVD, the more space is available. So from what I understand (never actually used one) Superbit DVDs would chuck the extras like alternate audio tracks or deleted scenes, thus freeing up space so the main feature will need be compressed less.

 

[Mike Works]

I honestly cannot see one difference at all. I'm half expecting Manabyte to realize he accidentally posted all Superbit pictures or something.

 

[Fusebox]

I watched the 1.4 gig rip on my Xbox, upsampled to 1080i and then sent to the plasma and bugger me if it didn't look better than DVD in the bright colourful scenes.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Looks the same to me.

 

[DopeyFish]

I honestly cannot see one difference at all. I'm half expecting Manabyte to realize he accidentally posted all Superbit pictures or something.

the only difference i can see is that the 2nd set of pictures he took the wrong frame so you're comparing 2 different frames (look at yellow railing on the right)

But beyond that, they're identical.

 

[Vark]

If you're looking and you can't see the difference, you really need to calibrate your monitor.

 

[Ristamar]

Superbit looks a bit brighter and a tiiiny bit sharper.

Yeah, the difference is perceivable but arguably negligible.

 

[Prince of Space]

I can just BARELY see the difference in the Spidey-pole pic, but everything else looks the same.

 

[tmdorsey]

What's the release date on the Superbit version?

anyone?

 

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anyone?

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