I've seen plenty of pirate films of very poor quality that would disagree with this.........I've ruined many a good film cos I was too eager to see it, watched a dodgy copy and totally ruined it for myself
I think what Chris means if you are coping a dvd from an original to another dvd, or a game for example (game consoles). Most pirate films are filmed by some numpty in a cinema with someone's head bobbing up and down infront of the camera then copied onto a dvd in a compressed format which will be of a much lower quality.
That is correct - by "being in a rush to see it", then I guess you mean watching a film at home that is not out on DVD yet - then in that case, yes, you almost certainly will be watching one made in the fashion Dave describes above - a camcorder in a cinema job. What I refer to above as pirate media is copies made from the original DVD/CD.
Meaning a 4.7Gbish download file or straight copied disc?