To understand why this specific version is popular, you must understand how films are shot and displayed. The Widescreen Standard
High Efficiency Video Coding is a highly advanced compression standard. It delivers identical or superior visual quality to older AVC (H.264) codecs at roughly half the file size. This prevents blocky artifacts in dark scenes, like the gritty New York alleyways or the strobe-lit nightclub sequences. American.Psycho.2000.Open.Matte.1080p.BluRay.HE...
The specific file naming convention tells us exactly what to expect from the technical presentation of this encode. To understand why this specific version is popular,
American.Psycho.2000.Open.Matte.1080p.BluRay.HE... American.Psycho.2000.Open.Matte.1080p.BluRay.HE...
: Points directly to the open frame version, showing more image on the top and bottom rather than standard letterboxing.