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Ironbull
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View profile »Note: obviously the SupberBit is encoded with the same 480p resolution as standard DVD, and may (or may not) be an improvement in the mastering. One title, The Fifth Element, was released twice in SuperBit (the latter having many SpEd extras).
The higher bit rate of SuperBit improves the visual quality, but still is not on a par with a high-quality hi-def disc release, not only in resolution, but the fact that most hi-def disc releases have much higher bit rates.
Spider-man 2 on hi-def Blu-ray is noticeably better looking than an upconverted Superbit edition, although the first movie is not that much improved. Note: the link above is to the N.American SuperBit releases. Last year Eddie pointed out that there were other region SuperBit titles outside of N.A. (and you would need a multi-region player to view these).
Perhaps others here will provide some additional comment.
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As LH said they're obviously not as good as HD but usually they're an improvement over the regular edition in Audio and Video quality. I say Usually because some of the longer movies like "The Patriot" don't show that noticeable an improvement over the regular edition. However some of the ones I own are IMO much better then the orignal DVD release. I think SWAT looks markedly better on Superbit, of course this may just be due to the regular DVD having a sub par transfer.
Bosshog7
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View profile »Superbit is worth buying if you can find the discs for really cheap, otherwise buy the HD versions. I see a bit of an improvement with the Superbit discs, but it's a pretty subjective thing. Theoretically the Superbit SD discs should look better than the regular SD discs due to the higher bit rate, but as others pointed out it's still 480 outout.
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And has been pointed out, the quality of the finished product is always dependent on the quality of the original print and digital master.
John