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   From: starfist@gmail.dot.com   
      
   On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:41:50 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 5, 11:30 am, Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:02:12 -0800 (PST), SFTV_troy wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> True.  And the engineers are better because they've learned how to   
   >>> review the video and "add more bits" to scenes that appear   
   >>> pixelated.   Back in 2001 they probably didn't realize that MPEG2   
   >>> needed to be tweaked, and instead just let the compression run   
   >>> automatically, and so we got very poor transfer of dark scenes   
   >>   
   >> You're talking about variable bitrate, which isn't new and which is   
   >> also automated.  The software is just better now.   
   >   
   > Uh, no.  I was not talking about variable bitrate.   
      
   Uh, yes, you are.   
      
   > I was talking about the ability of an engineer to run a video through   
   > automated compression, review the results, and then designate certain   
   > scenes to have more bits assigned to them,   
      
   Hence, a variable bitrate -- more bits for scenes that need more   
   detail/less artifacting.  And as I said, software is better now -- the   
   same results can be accomplished automatically.   
      
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