Dexter S02E01 HDTV XviD-XOR

i guess the obvious question is.....is this the same as the preair release?

i would think so...

that's a very good question! which i really want an answer too.

for the last time: yes, this is identical to the dvd pre-release. which means
i, and most everyone else on eztv, has seen s02e01 and s02e02.

yes, it would definitely be the same thing.

wait two more weeks for a new episode.

is it the same quality? should i download this for my archive or keep the preair?

wich part of its identical is so hard to understand ?

yeah, both of them should be in high definition. at least from what i can see in
dexter's pores, heh.

why are the aired rips getting uploaded, or even ripped for that matter?

for the last time? the show just aired tonight! how many times could this
have possibly been asked before now?

i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

three reasons "why the aired rips are getting uploaded."

1) the first was not an aired rip. it was an inside release of the first 2
episodes of this fantastic series. this means that release groups can fight for
the honor of being the first to upload dexter s02e01.

2) some people (not myself) decided to wait for the "aired rips" so that they
wouldn't get a small "fix" of dexter and have to wait even longer for newer
episodes.

3) as the first 3 - 4 posts were asking "are these the same??" changes do happen
from the leaked episodes to the final "aired" versions.
eg: bionic woman they changed a cast member between the preair and the aired
version.

me .... i'm just grateful, dexter is an amazing series one i would have very
little chance of seeing without the great folks here at eztv and the release groups.

all praise the iron fish !!

while those are all great reasons.. how about because this is hdtv release? the
preairs are dvdrips.. which are not hd.. dvds are never hd.. that is why we have
hd-dvd and blu-ray...... ... ..

so it is not identical in terms of quality.

although with the xvid compression/resizing, doubt you can tell any difference.

the point is that one has been encoded from a hd source.. the other has not..
which is why my point is not moot. and why the comment below is wrong.

both the dvdrip and the hdtvrip are below dvd quality, so your point is moot.
[[admin edit: but one was encoded from a hd source.. xvid is obviously going to
produce a higher quality output if it's given a higher quality source to begin
with..

as the saying goes: put shit in, get shit out.. ]]

asking if this is different from the preair is a perfectly valid question,
hotstuff needs to get his head out of his ass

personally, i am willing to consider that dexter only ever had one season....

after turning off 15 minutes into 2.02, a lot like sleeper cell, they only had
one season each . . . .


just my opinion

scifi3001, if i'd turned of 15min into 2.02 i would prob have the same opinion
as you, lucky for me i watched the rest of 2.02, and i'm hanging out for 2.03.

dexter rules!