Maximum Video Bit Rate for Blu-ray Disc Video?

[nn007]

What is the Maximum Possible Video Bit Rate for Blu-ray Disc (BD-Video)?

Is the Video Quality for (BD-Video) better or worse that HD Digital Television (HD-DTV) - DVB, ATSC, etc.

[Ghitulescu]

It's written in the specs, depending on the Level, check wiki.
BD video is certainly better than DVB, and probably better than DVB-S2 too.
But why don't you do yourself a comparizon?

[laserfan]

Max video for BD is 40 while ATSC is I think 19.2 for the entire stream. So BD video can be almost 3x that of DTV. That TV is inadequate compared to Blu-ray is most evident on 1080 broadcasts of sports where blockiness/pixelation is everywhere.

[nn007]

Are there any Profile and/or Level limitations for BD-Video as there are for HD DTV (1080p@60fps) ???

All BD-Video players are required to support:
1. H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
2. H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC
3. SMPTE VC-1

For example,
as per ATSC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsc

MPEG -2 up to Main Profile @ High Level
MPEG -4/AVC up to High Profile Level 4.2

as per DVB: http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/101100_101199/101154/01.09.01_60/ts_101154v010901p.pdf

MPEG -2 up to Main Profile @ High Level
MPEG -4/AVC up to High Profile Level 4.2
SMPTE VC-1 Advanced Profile Level L3