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Avangi  #536901  Sat, 05 Jul 08 08:10 AM
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"In my experience it'f highly it's nigh impossible for you to truly increse the quality of video after the fact."
Okay, thanks Ant, I have it.

It seems like the operational term here is "truly," meaning that "enhancement" is only enhancement and you're not really changing anything.  (It's a philosophical argument.)  The poster goes on to explain that if you're smart enough and rich enough you can do it.  (Yes, we're referring to DVD's.)

His ultimate advice is that it's far better to make a quality file in the first place than to try to repair a bad one.  Sounds like good advice.

  - A.
  
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Ant_222  #536954  Sat, 05 Jul 08 12:23 PM

Hi, Avagni.

I fully agree with you, but since the post is about a video file, why there's no article before "video"? I have no idea...

Sorry for bothering...
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Avangi  #537025  Sat, 05 Jul 08 03:10 PM
No bother at all.  If you hadn't taken the trouble to find the reference, we'd still be guessing.  People don't necessarily take care with their English when posting on a technical site.  Thanks for following through.  -  A.

Edit.  BTW, "nigh" is an old word for "near."  "Nigh impossible" means "close to impossible."  I'm guessing that Desire took it as a typo for "high" and hypercorrected.
  
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