[kenmazy]

Important correction: Netflix's HD tops out at 5 Mb/s, not 5 MB/s.

Bluray max bitrate is 54 Mb/s, but I've generally seen transcoding to 20-30 Mb/s have nearly the same quality.

[erichocean]

Correct, that's because up to 16 Mb/s is for sound.

I have (and love) Blu-ray, but as much for the sound as the picture. Blu-rays have incredible audio.