How compressed can a bluray rip get before its noticeable?

[Tiggsy]

My mkv bluray rips are 30gb.....it's not a huge issue but given that downloaded torrents are under a 1gb and look 7/10 how small can my rips go before they no longer look "bluray" on a 50" screen at 10ft.

[Road2Ruin]

Don't know abouit mkvs as I dont use them but my divxhd are about 6-8GB and look excellent. I would be amazed if a 1GB hd movie looked any good though, especially on a large telly.

[aquarianone]

I think it really depends on the torrent, I usually only download mkvs and tend to stick to anywhere from 2gb to 4gb rips for just a normal film that i'm likely to delete after watching...and 6-8gb+ for films that are a bit more special.

Streamed from PC to Boxee to 47" LED - looks damn good in my eyes and doesn't have me reaching to switch on the Blueray player with any urgency!

[Tiggsy]

ok - doing a test. Ripping Top Gun down from 30GB to 10GB then have a little side by side and see if its obvious.

[swiftpete]

Why are you doing this? The useful file on a bluray, the large m2ts file after you've taken away all extra languages, subs etc and converted to .ts is usually is only about 20gb anyway. There is no quality loss if you do this though.

[Tiggsy]

swiftpete said:

Why are you doing this? The useful file on a bluray, the large m2ts file after you've taken away all extra languages, subs etc and converted to .ts is usually is only about 20gb anyway. There is no quality loss if you do this though.

My MKV rips (just the large video file) are almost 30GB for some films. Its no big deal, but if cutting to 10GB made no difference to viewing then I just trebbled my storgae (and made streaming easier)

[OldSkoolRS]

Probably won't notice on a smaller TV and/or longer viewing distance, but if you have even the slightest idea that you might buy a projector one day then don't compress them as you'll regret it when you start noticing that your 'HD' collection looks poor.

[teapea]

I have ripped all my blu rays to mkv but not dropped the quality, and just kept the HD sound and full picture quality as I figured I would regret it down the line as storage becomes cheaper,

In the same way I ripped all my CD's at 128kbps then went back a few years later and did them in lossless