08-28-2002, 02:50 PM
Ok, now I see what you are saying. And I still question whether or not it's a VCD vs. a DVD. Either way, with a VCD, the quality would not be that much worse with a movie that was shot on a cam-corder (Tele-Synched).
As far as cleaning it up, I didn't think there was much you could do. I mean, a shitty picture is a shitty picture. You might be able to adjust the brightness and contrast to make the shit look a little steamier, but it's still shit.
Finally, paying $10 for a DVD that is probably a VCD is not that much of a bargain. Especially since you can download the same movie on IRC or Newsgroups for free. Not to mention the fact that WinMX and the like probably have the same thing, too.
It's pretty much the chicken and the egg, though. I mean, do people copy a bootleg onto a computer or do they copy the MPEG onto VHS and DVD?
As far as cleaning it up, I didn't think there was much you could do. I mean, a shitty picture is a shitty picture. You might be able to adjust the brightness and contrast to make the shit look a little steamier, but it's still shit.
Finally, paying $10 for a DVD that is probably a VCD is not that much of a bargain. Especially since you can download the same movie on IRC or Newsgroups for free. Not to mention the fact that WinMX and the like probably have the same thing, too.
It's pretty much the chicken and the egg, though. I mean, do people copy a bootleg onto a computer or do they copy the MPEG onto VHS and DVD?