if your considering the unlimited just for the scans then I don't think you'll be disappointed because the features of this program are well worth the $30.

As far as the quality, you can read the text on the back cover and they are a significant improvement over the low quality scans. The images are limited to 500 x 700 and a size of 200,000 bytes, this is mainly to keep the size of the online down, you can use larger images locally if you want but you'd have to provide them yourself. They do vary in quality as since the images are user submitted some aren't scanned quite as high as others but generally people will contribute improved scans, and as a paid user if you have a scanner you would be able to contribute any improved scans you make.

check out the rules for contributing, the section on cover images gives the details

-Agrare

Thanks for your replies.  This does give some good detail to the quality of these scans.  I have been trying out different dvd database programs, namely Movie Collector 6.3.2.  The scans in this program vary quite a bit in quality from a blurry thumbnail to something almost as good as the one provided above.  They obviously don't have the same restrictions in Movie Collector as DVD Profiler as far as submitting scans.  I like the tight restrictions DVD Profiler has when submitting data.  The program is only as good as the data in it.  Again, thanks for the quick and informative responses.

Note that if you make your own scans, there is no limit to the file size or image dimensions.

Concerning the Thumbnail Quality, there's a setting for adjusting the JPeg compression ratio and you can set it from 0 to 100 (100=max quality).  I can't recall where it is though...

Some of the blurry scans in the database are the result of an old process of getting the images to the 500x700 200k thresholds.  Previously, if it didn't fit, it was resized down with a compression ratio either 60 or 80 (with 100 = no compression), I don't really recall.  Regardless, it resulted in files that were around 65k in size but had a lot of JPeg artifacts, most evident in large red swatches.

However, our industrious leader has taken pity on those of us who strive to have the Perfect Scan which previously involved a lot of manual processes.  Now if an image doesn't fit in with the 500x700 200k threshold, the upload process will resample the image from 100 and stepping down by 1 until the image falls under the 200k file size.

End result: While it doesn't offer the tweaks we look for in the Perfect Scan, it does take us a LONG way for improving the overall quality so even users who just want to contribute a scan can contribute scans that we "Perfect Scanners" can smile at.

Thanks for the very informative responses.  Like you say, if any of the scans from the database don't suit my needs I can always upload my own. 

The blurry thumbnail pictures I was talking about were found in Movie Collector 6.3.2. 

Thanks again for all your help.

I finally registered and i gotta say there is a HUGE difference in the image quality...but all the low quality covers got over written or removed i assume right?

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I actually came across this earlier by accident. When editing the profile, under the cover scans section it's under the File Menu & Adjust Compression.

I was thinking about the icon compression ratio.  It started out as a registry tweak only, can't recall seeing a setting for it when I looked.  A tiny light bulb in my mind is saying that Ken raised the default compression ratio for icons.

Found this in the changelog for version 3.1.0. I haven't tested it so far, don't know if it's still available in the latest version:

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* New thumbnail quality setting may be set in registry 'ThumbQuality', integer 1-100, also increased default quality from 60 to 75

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And ngs428: Do it!

Shouldn't that be....

You can doit!!!!!!!LOL, thanx Rob Schneider

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