Bluray Handbrake RF Question

I use rf 22 for bluray.

18 is generally considered transparent (enough).

2 pass..

I rip to 20-30Gb mkvs and then encode down with a constant 3000 and 2 pass, turbo first past.

I generally get files 2-4Gb in size and they look fine to me

OP, I suspect you'll end up with about 30+ different answers for this one. Everybody thinks their choices are optimal. I'll offer mine too with the added assurance that I'm chasing the very same thing: picture quality maximization without care for file size. You're already getting a lot of input that seems to be more biased toward file size minimization instead of maximizing picture quality.

My Settings Choices:
-High Profile (preset)
-Move the constant quality slider down to 19 (unless the film is grainy and then move it up to 22)
-Decomb Default
-Check "web optimized" & "large file size"

Leave everything else as the profile defaults. I have pretty high end equipment and a large HD screen and in very careful testing, I can't see the difference in video quality. The files play well from big screen down to iPad.

Your best answer: don't go with any of our input. Run a few tests with adjusted Handbrake settings on bright & dark & fast-moving video and do some head-to-head testing on your own display. There's so many non-Handbrake variables in the mix that no one can give you a best option (for example, OLED vs LED vs LCD vs plasma, screen size variances, your own seating distance from your screen, lighting of the room, and on and on).

I settled on RF of 19 myself. I believe the ATV 3 preset is 20 (which is slightly more compression - lower numbers are higher quality).

I set my Rf to 18. I have 100" screen with a epson projector and it really stretches the movie out. Happy with it. Look great!