Thread: Why 700mb AVI ?

Thanx Everyone. 1.4gb is the new average as I am seeing for DVD rips anyway. Blue Ray rips dont seem to have an average but 1.4 to 2.8 is the variance. As I said before will be making my files 1 - 1.4 gb in size. As I saw it on my screen: 700mb looks good up to about a 40" screen. Any larger and you're going to want the 1.4gb size. Hope this forum thread is helpful to any other newbs out there ripping they're own stuff to...

talkingmuya wrote: Just a question but why has 700mb AVI files become the norm in the world ? I get much better quality and sound sync is not a problem, nor color or clarity when I make 1gb size files. I just dont understand why everyone is using CD size information when a larger file size produces better results. Especially when most of us are probably using our hardrives to store this information and not shelves full of CD's. So is...