#720p vs 1080p video file size movie#
#720p vs 1080p video file size series#
#720p vs 1080p video file size free#

The aim is to have enough pixels, which when resized to fit the image size, are smaller than the monitor or printer dots. So while both 'image sizes' may be the same, the resolution of each is clearly different.įigure 1 This image is made up of 1200 x 800 pixels and looks to the eye like a scene might look in reality. But each copy is made up of a different number of pixels which just expand in size to fit the image size. Below the same image is shown twice, both times at the same image or document size. I also strip subtitles and only keep the high-def sound track.Pixels have no set size, they just expand or contract to fill the space available.

#720p vs 1080p video file size series#

Also, for TV series on blu-ray I rip to MKV so I can get the episode breakout, which I enjoy. so I can later come back and look at the extras or listen to the commentary.

However, if it is a disc of a hit film and has lots of extras, I might rip to ISO. That way, it plays without any menus in WMC (I usually listen to this stuff a lot). If get a concert blu-ray, for example, I make an bit-perfect MKV (using MakeMKV).

#720p vs 1080p video file size movie#

Also, the mobo had about 8 sata ports, so I using 3TB drives, it's not nearly as much as you think.įrankly, I would not own 'Eat, Pray, Love' and I do agree with you that for that movie I would not care about 720 vs 1080 (or the bit-rate used for encodes).īTW, I use a combination of MKVs, ISOs (for blu-ray), and file folders (for DVDs). Only the hard drives and sata cards were added.

I'm using a 4 or 5 year old system (mobo, power supply, case, vid card) for the core of my movie server. I'd never buy special server hardware to build a server. I keep track of what goes where and if I disc dies I replace just that part.and in my own 's not critical to have movies on a is about convenience and using old tech.if I really want to watch something, I can just load the plastic. Personally, I don't see any good reason to keep raid+backup as I buy my stuff and the originals are backup. Also, anyone who actually does this isn't spending 1 to 2 hours attending to a movie rip.you're doing something else. The time to rip if you are just copying (i.e., a bit-perfect rip) rather than transcoding is way less than that. By picking and choosing in a thoughtful manner, the average cost of storage movie is much lower and thus the cost of convenience appears to have a much better value. A 25GB movie thus costs $3.75 to store + electricity. Thus you are loking ~$0.15/GB of effective storage.

#720p vs 1080p video file size free#

You are looking a cost of $900 (assume some sort of free OS, pre flood prices). Lets say you bought an HP microserver 4x2TB drives in RAID5 + another 3x2TB for backup (assume you have some sort of dock for SATA drives). Therefore you are looking at some sort of RAID + backup. If you have 100+ movies, a system failure on that would result in a stupid amount of time to rebuild. The time to rip a blu-ray disc is ~60-120 minutes. Honeslty, if you think a movie like 'Eat, Pray, Love' is sooo much better in 1080p vs 720p, I just have to roll my eyes. I do what should be the correct action for the event being driven. Just because my car can do a 160 MPH doesn't mean I drive it at that speed all the time.