MPEG is way too big, go for DivX or Xvid

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For example, a HDTV episode of [insert TV show here] is about 350mb, while a 'normal' TV-rip is over 400mb when in MPEG format (quality worse, bigger filesize, in short: crap).
Sure, if size is not important (DVD), use MPEG. I will stick to my PPC + DivX/Xvid

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