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.

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    1 year ago

    Is quality worth the 50gb?

    I don’t have any fancy speakers or monitor…

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

          Like I said those are the movies I really enjoy (like Interstellar etc.)
          Most get the usual treatment of sub 10gb.

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            1 year ago

            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

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              1 year ago

              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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      1 year ago

      It looks great on my TV! The HD version also looks very good but flipping between them this version is noticably higher quality.