Files over 4GB

[Ken Springer]

Where would you get such large movies. Are they blue ray? I dont have
a clue how much data is on a blue ray DVD. I know a regular DVD can
hold up to 4.7GB, which IS over that 4GB limit. But as far as I know (I
may be wrong), a DVD movie consists of several files, not just one large
file. I'm not sure how to view the contents of a DVD.....

A dual layer DVD will hold just over 8 GB of data.

This also brings up another questiion. If I can download a full length
(2 hour) movie from youtube, which is around 400MB or smaller, why is a
DVD movie so much bigger? I'm guessing it's a higher definition, but
how much bigger? The ones I downloaded are not bad quality.

Speaking of Blue Ray, what is the real difference between them and a
regular DVD? I only have one blue ray disk. The package came with both
blue ray and DVD. I only got that because it was cheaper than the
regular DVD (on ebay). At the time I did not have a blue ray player.
but I bought one in december because it was on sale and my old DVD
player was not working properly anymore. I played both the DVD and the
Bluw Ray, and could not see any difference. My tv is less than a year
old (HDTV) so I dont know why people pay twice as much for blue ray???

Allowing for old eyes like yours and mine, I suspect you didn't any
difference due to the TV. Just because it says HDTV, doesn't mean it
has the best quality display. It can just handle the higher screen
resolutions doesn't mean it has the best physical display. The last
time I looked, the Sony Bravia line had the sharpest display. I find
them a bit too sharp, so I bought a Samsung.

IMO, you'll notice the difference between a DVD and Blu-Ray more
watching an animated feature.

If possible for you, you can go to someplace like Best Buy, even
Walmart, and if they are playing something other than advertising, look
at the more expensive models, compare the picture quality with the
cheaper ones. Also, they still make HDTVs with a resolution of just
720. Walmart sells them.


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[Bob F]

Where would you get such large movies. Are they blue ray? I dont
have a clue how much data is on a blue ray DVD. I know a regular DVD
can hold up to 4.7GB, which IS over that 4GB limit. But as far as I
know (I may be wrong), a DVD movie consists of several files, not
just one large file. I'm not sure how to view the contents of a
DVD.....
http://loadmovie.biz/iron-man-3-2013/



This also brings up another questiion. If I can download a full
length (2 hour) movie from youtube, which is around 400MB or smaller,
why is a DVD movie so much bigger? I'm guessing it's a higher
definition, but how much bigger? The ones I downloaded are not bad
quality.

Speaking of Blue Ray, what is the real difference between them and a
regular DVD? I only have one blue ray disk. The package came with
both blue ray and DVD. I only got that because it was cheaper than
the regular DVD (on ebay). At the time I did not have a blue ray
player. but I bought one in december because it was on sale and my
old DVD player was not working properly anymore. I played both the
DVD and the Bluw Ray, and could not see any difference. My tv is
less than a year old (HDTV) so I dont know why people pay twice as
much for blue ray???

I don't have any BluRay discs, but just put a few on hold at the library to try
out my new drive. I just picked up a BluRay drive at the thrift shop in a USB2,
SATA2 external case for $10. It works fine for DVD's but I have no way yet to
test it for BluRay discs.

 

[Ammammata]

Il giorno Sun 04 May 2014 10:39:33p, ** inviava su
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Vediamo cosa scrisse:

I've downloaded several full length (2 hour) movies from
youtube, and they're all about 400MB or smaller

bad quality = small size

a blueray iso can be up to 26Gb

my boss outlook.pst reached 60Gb

 

[Ammammata]

Il giorno Sun 04 May 2014 10:39:33p, ** inviava su
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Vediamo cosa scrisse:

Even a 10 hour movie (which I
doubt exists) would only be around 2GB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_movie