Thank-you for that thorough reply. Just one last question about bitrate, that has been bugging me for some time. I understand the budgeting concept as far as space is concerned. But does bitrate have anything to do with playback devices. That is, is there a point at which the bitrate could be too high for the playback device?
You raise an interesting point about the 30fps progressive not being an option, which I didn’t know until now. I totally understand interlaced vs progressive, and I’m thinking that for slow moving patterns (especially with thin horizontal lines) that 1080p23.976 would be best. Do you concur?
thanx again. –ds