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By: Digital Archivist & Torrent Quality Analyst

On public torrent sites (The Pirate Bay, 1337x, RARBG successors, etc.), files are sorted by "seeds" (number of people sharing the file). The smallest file downloads the fastest. So, a 700MB "720p" movie will have 500 seeds one hour after upload, while a proper 4GB 720p will have only 20 seeds. Ugly 720p In Download Torrent

The file says 720p. The resolution says 720p. But the actual detail is still 480p, only now it’s been interpolated (guessed) into a blurry, soft mess with jagged edges. You cannot create detail from nothing. This is a fraud torrent. If a torrent was encoded using the ancient DivX or Xvid codec (popular in 2005) and then placed in an AVI container, it will look ugly even at 720p. Modern codecs (x264, but especially x265/H.265) are dramatically more efficient. If you download an ugly 720p that’s a 2GB AVI file, you have found a relic from the LimeWire era. Delete it immediately. Part 3: Why Do Torrent Sites Allow Ugly 720p? The answer is simple: The race to the bottom. By: Digital Archivist & Torrent Quality Analyst On