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What are these "SUPERBIT" DVD's?

Was looking at ebay ads for a copy of Larence Of Arabia and noticed a review that came up when I Googled DVD and noticed that high praise was given to a particular LCD HDTV which mentioned looks spectacular when using a Superbit DVD like Larence Of Arabia or The Fifth Element".Was looking for a copy of a suposedly OOP Criterion Collection copy of "Larence".Am wondering which would look better given the HQ reputaion Criterion has versus the Superbit version ?Latter is, it seems, less expensive at it's original list and still in print.Anybody know about the Superbit format?
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Chazz
chazzbo
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jim_swantko
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I have "Blackhawk Down" on Superbit and it's pretty amazing.

I do plan on picking up more as I come across them (and the movies are good).
eldartford
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When Microsoft bought out the rights to the HDCD technology the hidden agenda was to apply this resolution enhancement, not to audio CDs (where SACD and DVDA are a better approach) but rather to video discs. Nothing has happened yet.
jaybo
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any dvd which is dual layer, with a mininum of features, by default has a better picture. superbit simply used all the space for optimum picture and sound....oh yeah, its already doa.
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