Video Quality Comparison and Reference Table
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Video quality reference table (arranged in order of best to worst):
Source/service Codec Resolution Bit-rate Blu-ray H.264 or MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p 40 HD DVD H.264 or VC-1 1920×1080 1080i/p 28 ATSC HDTV MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p 19.39 Digital cable MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p ~ 16 Verizon FiOS
Video on demandMPEG2 1920×1080 1080i 15 DISH HD MPEG2/MPEG4 1440×1080 < 10 DIRECTV HD MPEG2/MPEG4 1280×1080 < 10 IPTV H.264 ? < 10 Xbox Live Video VC-1 1280×720 720p 6.8 DVD MPEG2 720×480 480i and can scale up 8 Apple iTunes QuickTime/H.264 1280×720 720p 4 Web “HD” downloads H.264 1280×720 720p 1.5 I realize this may be outdated somewhat. Please feel free to comment below with additions, changes, etc...
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