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   From: starfist@gmail.dot.com   
      
   On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:51:38 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy wrote:   
      
   > Yep.  Unfortunately putting 4 hour-long shows per DVD has now become   
   > standard.  I don't think DVD was ever designed to handle that much   
   > video in such a small space (4.7 gig).   
      
   My Farscape (the new release -- most discs have 4 eps) set looks fine.   
   I'm sure it would look better if they kept the bitrate higher and used   
   more discs, but compression artifacting is not very noticeable on the   
   42" plasma I've been watching them on.   
      
   Besides the initial shoddy TNG transfer -- which really isn't THAT   
   shoddy but wasn't top-quality at the time -- the compression software   
   is better now than it was back then.  You can squeeze more on to a   
   disc with less artifacting now-a-days.   
      
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