Final Video Quality

Neil S.

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Sep 24, 2021 17:02

I've asked Cyberlink some questions regarding the quality of disks with using different Production and Disk settings, but can't get a clear answer. My example is as follows:

- Original video files are AVI (less than 720x480 resolution)
- I "Produce" at H.264>>AVC>>4k 4096x2160/30p
- I create 2D disks using the following two options: 1) DVD\HQ 720x480/60i and 2) AVCHD\H.264\HD 1920x1080/60i

My question is will there be any improvement in video quality between the two disks (DVD vs AVCH) given I'm using low resolution original video files? Appreciate any feedback on what you may have experienced. Thanks.

JL_JL

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Sep 24, 2021 17:57

Quote I've asked Cyberlink some questions regarding the quality of disks with using different Production and Disk settings, but can't get a clear answer. My example is as follows:

- Original video files are AVI (less than 720x480 resolution)
- I "Produce" at H.264>>AVC>>4k 4096x2160/30p
- I create 2D disks using the following two options: 1) DVD\HQ 720x480/60i and 2) AVCHD\H.264\HD 1920x1080/60i

My question is will there be any improvement in video quality between the two disks (DVD vs AVCH) given I'm using low resolution original video files? Appreciate any feedback on what you may have experienced. Thanks.

Saying source is AVI files does not mean too much, for all I know they could be uncompressed AVI in a smaller than 720x480 frame. Best result is for you to simply create a DVD and a AVCHD disc and compare with your own eyes and playback equipment.

It's also unclear what you are doing with your "Produced" video stream.

Jeff

Neil S.

Newbie Joined: Oct 24, 2017 22:12 Messages: 2 Offline

Sep 25, 2021 10:14

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Saying source is AVI files does not mean too much, for all I know they could be uncompressed AVI in a smaller than 720x480 frame. Best result is for you to simply create a DVD and a AVCHD disc and compare with your own eyes and playback equipment.

It's also unclear what you are doing with your "Produced" video stream.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff. I've actually created both DVD and AVCHD discs and did not notice any appreciable difference in video quality when I played them on my Blu-ray player, which is why I posed the question. Cyberlinks latest response is below in bold. So from their response, I'm gathering if I burn a Blu-ray disc, the quality should be better than the DVD disc.

With reference to your concern, we would like to inform you that PowerDirector follows the industrial standard to create a DVD, which has the limitation of resolution (720*480 or 720*586). You may consider to create Blu-ray disc, which supports higher resolution and better quality.