Laserschwert said:

johnlocke2342 said:

Well a higher bitrate doesn't necessarily mean a better quality. For example it looks like there is less grain in my version

Since when does "less grain" mean "higher quality"? Usually less grain means that the image has either been filtered or the compression is strong enough to swallow the grain.

Don't forget: On film grain is usually GOOD.

But: Did the French broadcast come with French crawls in HD? I'd be interested in those. Also I'd REALLY like to have the "Empire of Dreams" doc in German (though it's edited down from the DVD version). It'd be great if you could upload it :)

I don't know much about digital video, but I knew grain was good, though I thought it was even better without it. I can't tell if the crawls are in HD (they aired at the same resolution as the rest of the movie), plus I guess they are also cropped as well.

And about the documentary it's sadly not "Empire of Dreams" (which also aired last night after EP4 but the image quality was terrible and it was only dubbed in French), it's the one that aired on Arte on saturday here in France (which you should have in Germany as well), so of course i have the two dubs (French and German) which I muxed and uploaded on the spleen. Its German title is "Die Saga" ("Les origines d'une saga" in french ("The Origins of the saga")).