@ all
Yeah, it's my hobby - I enjoy it...just wish I could do so on real negatives...
I unfortunately have to work with DVD sources...what else can I do...at least in MY opinion, what I come out with is sometimes better than the original DVD9...so yeah, I work with framing issues & colour corrections...and I think I'm good with that. The bad part of the sharpening sometimes is that it creates halos/ringing...well, that can't be helped...cuz I'm trying to dig OUT the details sometimes...
Well que sera sera...who really cares about the bitrate doubling...it's NOT that important...I'm happy just knowing that I did fix something that I wasn't happy with PERSONALLY...I do things according to what I like...not others.
As Stephen has said...I agree with him 100%. It's NOT worthwhile re: compression artifacts & artificial sharpening.
The doubling of bitrate doesn't make a difference at all...it's an illusion that is passable to the ordinary user.
I can only do SO much from a DVD9...NOW, if I started from negs to DVD9...that's a different story - I think I am pretty sure that the output there would be a fabulous DVD9 release...that's all I can say from MY perspective...