In a perfect world, you are correct. We would much prefer if every capture/transfer were done directly to the HD. However, this is unrealistic. Not eveyone has the option to do it this way currently.
Example:
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...ad.php?t=29164
In the link above, you will see that:
1, it was not a direct to HD capture.
2, it was reencoded (which HAD to be done in order to splice the 2 sources together).
There is no better source of this show in circulation and this is the only complete version of it. As the rule was written, this & many other jazz shows up here were in violation. Are we to ban/pull them even though they are the best/only source in circulation?
I think not.
Yes, this site is about optimal quality, but that is not always attainable. We feel as long as the lineage & codec info (which we do have to keep a closer eye on) is provided, then people have the option to download a show or not, by whether it meets their own standard of quality.
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