| Since I'm in a dilemma choosing between these two for saving up my animes, I decided to make a poll and hear out opinions from the anime community. If you were me, what would you choose? And why? Ofcourse, storage space is a major factor that applies. And FLAC or AAC? (Lossless vs Lossy) |
HauntingShockSep 12, 2012 10:32 PM
| 720p is sufficient unless your TV is over 40 inches. |
| 720p is more than sufficient. It looks about the same as 1080p yet it takes up less than half the space. Really, unless you're someone who HAS to watch anime 2 inches from your screen just go with 720p. |
| 720p, 1080p files are just way too big for me. also not that much of a difference for me anyway quality wise. |
| It really depends on the size. I'll go with 1080p if I love the anime and it's < 15gb for a 1-cour show, < 25gb for 2-cour . Everything else is 720p. |
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| 720p for series, 1080p for movies. |
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Narmy said: 720p for series, 1080p for movies. Pretty much this. |
| 720p. Already looks great enough as is. 1080p is kind of overkill and a lot bigger(file size). Unless yeah you're planning to watch like on a big TV. lol 720p is the wayyyy to goooo |
Touch me, you filthy casual~ |
| 480p for time killer. 720p for favourite show. I don't even own any screen with 1080p |
 I sometime have funky grammar, sorry about that. If you can correct some of my post, you would be an angel. |
Trapalicious said: Narmy said: 720p for series, 1080p for movies. Pretty much this. Why? I'm actually curious. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| 720p is good enough. |
| My screen isn't big enough for me to see a difference between 720p and 1080p, and 1080p lags my player. |
| Never forget, that if you post a topic, you're not allowed to post in it yourself, by order of MAL administration. |
Post-Josh said: Why? I'm actually curious. For me, mostly because a 1080p movie isn't as much of a space hog as a 1080p series. For movies, I tend to watch them directly on my TV too; whereas for a series I'll just watch it at my PC most times. |
| 1080 most of the time just cuz I have the time and space to DL it and I watch on a TV via hdmi most of the time so why not |
Trapalicious said: Post-Josh said: Why? I'm actually curious. For me, mostly because a 1080p movie isn't as much of a space hog as a 1080p series. For movies, I tend to watch them directly on my TV too; whereas for a series I'll just watch it at my PC most times. Ah okay, that makes sense, assuming you have a pretty big TV. I watch most movies on my TV as well, feels weird to watch them on a laptop for whatever reason, haha. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Hmm...that makes sense... I don't really watch anime on a tv but I just have this feeling that I might as well save them in 1080p....just because? lol So it's quantity over quality. Well, how about audio? FLAC or AAC? (Lossless vs Lossy) |
Post-[quote=Trapalicious said: Post-Josh said: Why? I'm actually curious. For me, mostly because a 1080p movie isn't as much of a space hog as a 1080p series. For movies, I tend to watch them directly on my TV too; whereas for a series I'll just watch it at my PC most times. I tend to try to get movies in 1080 because they generally have better animation. |
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MajorCrazy said: Post-[quote=Trapalicious said: Post-Josh said: Why? I'm actually curious. For me, mostly because a 1080p movie isn't as much of a space hog as a 1080p series. For movies, I tend to watch them directly on my TV too; whereas for a series I'll just watch it at my PC most times. I tend to try to get movies in 1080 because they generally have better animation. Yeah, I'm planning on doing it too :D Same thing with the series I really like~ And I limited myself with getting only 720p for shows older than 2009. |
| 1080p unless it's an up-scale. Space is cheap. In that topic about anime storage it seemed most people deleted their files and since I don't have problem buying HDs I don't see how anybody has trouble storing 1080p anything. For your second question: FLAC>AAC. Though truthfully most of the time it doesn't matter because of your sound equipment, or that mastering and production of your music was already crap to begin with. |
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MajorCrazy said: Post-[quote=Trapalicious said: Post-Josh said: Why? I'm actually curious. For me, mostly because a 1080p movie isn't as much of a space hog as a 1080p series. For movies, I tend to watch them directly on my TV too; whereas for a series I'll just watch it at my PC most times. I tend to try to get movies in 1080 because they generally have better animation. But...resolution doesn't affect animation. I think you're confused at what the term "animation" means. |
| 720p H10p for series, 1080p H10p for movies, AAC for audio. |
GogettersSep 30, 2012 10:51 AM
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| 1080p FLAC is my first choice, If not 720p is fine. |
| I love to see 1080p anime but for storage, i've to with 720p. And Yes, Storage is the MAIN reason why i choose 720p. |
| I prefer 720 (except you have a very big screen like [2560x1600]) |
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Narmy said: 720p for series, 1080p for movies. |
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| Most of my backups are in 480p. Unless you have 10+Tb hdd (which isn't my case), you can't store 500+ anime with 720p res, especially since most fansubs don't know how to encode shit (gg, commie from the top of my head). |
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| Usually i try to get the highest quality possible, so 1080. But if i don't really care that much abt the show then I'll just get 720 |
 まったく、小学生は最高だぜ！！ |
| 720 is more than enough. |
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FatherAnderson said: MajorCrazy said: I tend to try to get movies in 1080 because they generally have better animation. But...resolution doesn't affect animation. I think you're confused at what the term "animation" means. The animation is usually better in movies, so it's more worthwhile to view them in their highest resolution. |
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| 1080p or die. |
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| 720p/AAC for good shows 1080p/FLAC for amazing/favourite shows normal and lower anime gets canned for free space. |
| 720p for TV and most OVA, there is no point going higher for them your just wasting space. 1080p for Movies, Some OVA and Always AAC any encoder who uses FLAC is quite frankly a moron, unless your a super audiophile 95% of the human population can't identify the Loss. Again your just wasting space on theoretical improvements you can't even hear. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| 720p AAC if possible in 10bits. Takes like three times less space compared to 1080p FLAC BD releases ... No match there. And my screen resolution is capped at 1280*800... No point in taking 1080p releases for me. And I don't wanna buy loads of external HDD. |
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| FLAC is only worthwhile for music, and that's only if you have incredibly good equipment and PC hardware, also exceptional hearing. For other media though? Never. "Holy shit, THE EXPLOSIONS AND MOE IS SO CLEAR ITS LIKE ITS IN THE ROOM WITH ME" Post-Josh said: Ah okay, that makes sense, assuming you have a pretty big TV. I watch most movies on my TV as well, feels weird to watch them on a laptop for whatever reason, haha. Yerp, though I still downloaded 1080 movies before getting the TV. I guess then it was more of a "Because I can!" thing. lol |
TrapaliciousSep 13, 2012 7:56 AM
RoCSC-006C1BST said: 1080p unless it's an up-scale. Space is cheap. In that topic about anime storage it seemed most people deleted their files and since I don't have problem buying HDs I don't see how anybody has trouble storing 1080p anything. For your second question: FLAC>AAC. Though truthfully most of the time it doesn't matter because of your sound equipment, or that mastering and production of your music was already crap to begin with. People do have problems with storing 1080P because A) HDD's cost money(i'm not exactly rich) B) They don't delete anything that is above a set rating(6, 7, 8 etc..) C) watch it on a computer screen(and not a big one either), so the difference between 720p and 1080p is close to none. |
Narmy said: 720p for series, 1080p for movies. For the same reason. Plus 1080p for some OVAs. I would like to go higher, but I don't have enough space. Maybe for my favorites in the future. |
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| 720p. My screen is not big enough to see the good of 1080p. Not to say they have much bigger file sizes. |
| The Game. |
| 720 usually. 1080 is for special occasions such as the series being really good. |
| 1080 whenever possible. But if i'm busy and forgot to download my favorite shows I go 720 - need meh fix ya heard? |
| 720p is good enough for me. |
| 720p with some exceptions, especially some Movies I try to get my hands on the 1080p versions. like Ghibli Stuff or basically any very recent movie. I also archived a couple of series in 1080p, but only stuff like Clannad where it really makes a difference. Movies just have much more detailed (background) art so I really feel like it makes a difference there. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I dont download alot of shows unless it's my favorites that I'll rewatch. If I do then it's 1080p, because I have a full hd tv. Plus i got an external hard drive I store them on, so space really isnt an issue with me. |
| 720p. The best my poor desktop can play. |
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