A few months ago I grabbed this torrent from rarbg, and it took weeks to download. Often going days with no seeders.
I finally got it, and decided I’d seed beyond my usual 2x to help others get this. Then rarbg went under, and now I think I’ll just keep this one going.
Is quality worth the 50gb?
I don’t have any fancy speakers or monitor…
At 80+Gb that means it’s a straight blu-ray rip without being recompressed at all, which is perfect if you have a nice home theater system. You definitely notice the difference then. But if you’re just watching on an average monitor with headphones or such, then you’re honestly better off finding a smaller version that someone properly compressed down a bit.
My very fancy sweet spot is somewhere between 10-20gb 1080p
My alright sweet spot is around 7-10gb 1080p.
Higher is too much in disk space for me.
7–20gb for a 1080p movie? Only my 4k movies are allowed to burn that much space. Most of my 1080p movies are under 5gb (usually under 3). I think the only 1080p movie I have at that size is Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification (2020) at ~11gb, and that’s only because I haven’t found a dual audio version in HEVC/AV1.
Edit: For context, I watch on a 1440p monitor with headphones that simulate 7.1 surround sound (Logitech G Pro X Wireless). A LOT of my 1080p movies are RARBG’s 2gb 5.1 releases. Incredible quality for how tiny the files are. Actual magic.
Like I said those are the movies I really enjoy (like Interstellar etc.)
Most get the usual treatment of sub 10gb.
I didn’t read fancy as meaning “good movies I like” my bad. I thought it was just a modifier to sweet spot meant to spice up the sentence oops
Actually both. Might be actually my bad ;)
If it’s a movie I enjoy or is often talked about as being visually stunning, it gets the good treatment.
If it’s just another run of the mill, it get’s the usual treatment.
They look amazing on a big TV with a nice sound system. If it’s just for watching on your computer I would recommend the 2GB RARBG releases.
Try it out and see for yourself if it’s worth it to you.
Even with fancy gear some people don’t appreciate higher quality, i’m somewhat jealous, because that would save me so much money.
Try getting older!
A decade ago, I was extremely into hi-fi — most of my disposable income went to it. (Martin Logan electrostatic speakers and McIntosh amps, stereo JL Fathom 13.5” subs, sound treatment and reference mic for balancing and analysis …)
Now? I’m perfectly and completely pleased with my AirPods Max. My hearing just ain’t what it used to be, and I genuinely don’t hear the slightest difference. (… obviously modulo feeling the bass, hah.)
(Yes. I listen to music over Bluetooth. Not even APT-X. WHO HAVE I BECOME? 😭)
The process already started, i’ve bought myself some Anker bluetooth buds for 24€ recently just for podcasts and sounds for sleeping. I have to say, you can make out a difference for sure, but why the fuck have i spent 3k on headphone and DAC, i’m starting to question myself if that noticeable but not immense improvement was worth that kind of money.
I still don’t regret it and enjoy it while it lasts, but i don’t know if i will do that again.
Maybe we just made inner peace with the knowledge that we experienced higher-end and can settle for less.
Martin Logan. Very nice indeed.
With prices being about 14$/tb on sale for the cheapest 8-16tb drives, yeah, it really is. And if the cheap drive breaks, no problem, you only had public torrents on it anyways.
You get diminishing returns. But yes, on a large 4K TV you can notice the difference.
It looks great on my TV! The HD version also looks very good but flipping between them this version is noticably higher quality.