Entourage S04E02 HR HDTV XviD-BlueTV

does this one look better than bluetv's hr release of 4x01?

edit: yes it does.

is this version worth getting over the normal hdtv one?

yes, it's nowhere near as bad as last weeks bluetv release. not quite ctu
quality however.

whereas last weeks was atrocious this weeks is acceptable.

well last weeks was 28.6 minutes.
this is 25.8 minutes
ctu doesn't do these shows but does 20.5min at 350mb and 700mb at 42min
so do the math
file size in kb / runtime in min / 60 * 8 - 384 = video bitrate
video bitrate * 1000 / fps / width / height = bits/pixel

i'm well aware how bitrate is calculated.

it was a general reference to the image quality of last weeks bluetv compared
to the general image quality of ctu hr releases.

last week's bluetv had absolutely shocking image quality and was not related to
the bitrate. i've seen plenty of entourage hr's close to 30mins and nothing as
poor and pixelated as this. something clearly went wrong in the encoding
process. it's perfectly possible to make a 28min hr without anywhere near as
poor image quality as last weeks bluetv.

ok, but still, i wouldn't expect the quality of of 21/42min hr's with 24-28 min
350mb rips of entourage