i've downloaded several episodes of shows like the sopranos, six feet under,
and dexter where the run time was close to an entire hour, yet the file was,
or was close to, 350mb.
not that it really matters, it just seemed strange to me.
the scene adjusted their rules awhile back to allow for a 550mb standard to be
used. some people were upset they had to either make them 350mb or 700mb to
fall within scene rules before and that meant even over sizing them or using a
lower bit rate then they wanted so the rules were adjusted.
of course this oinly applies to scene releases but it's why you've been seeing
more 550mb eps then you used to. the scene allows it now, where as before if
someone released a 550mb episode it would have been grounds for a nuke.