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[snarfy]

Ok, here's the scenario...

On a recent trip I took lots of widescreen video, and we've put together a terrific video using videowave.  

When I encode it using mpeg2, best, it looks pretty good.

But I suspect that if I output it using High Definition 720p, it will look even better on our high definition TV.

The problem:

When I encode using any of the 720p codecs, the resulting video file is absolutely enormous.  For example, using the mpeg-2 720p codec, the video outputs at a whopping 150MB per minute of video.  

Given that a DVD is 4.7GB, it will only fit 30 minutes of video on it.

So I'm a little confused as to how one is supposed to burn high definition videos onto DVD.

What codec do you people suggest for the best quality for output on large screen TVs?  is the mpeg-2 "best" setting that I normally used the best you can do without stepping into the HD realm?

Thanks for your thoughts....

[ggrussell]

snarfy, on Jul 10 2006, 11:27 PM, said:

is the mpeg-2 "best" setting that I normally used the best you can do without stepping into the HD realm?

Yes, but there are a few HD DivX and HD WMV players. For true HD playback, you will have to wait for the BlueRay burners and players.