Yes I still care, sorry for my absence! Stupid "real" life...

Downloading now :)

*Waiting for download then watching*
On that note, TMPGEnc supports CQ but not CRF! Lame! Its a shame because I will NOT use any other program, simply for its ease of use [in combination with AnyDVD, it allows me to encode encrypted DVD's straight to MP4-AVC with a variety of options, many of which other GUI's do not allow, eg AviSynth won't let me do anamorphic i.e. 640x480 with 16:9 pixel aspect which is what I do for all 16:9/letterbox sources for various reasons]

I think I repeated myself there. Meh.

*Finished watching your encode*

Nice! I honestly can't see a difference in quality, except the scene where he's looking at the bed and the camera pans behind him, there is a little bit of "fuzzyness" on his jacket - that might just be me though. Using Cyberlink AVC decoder by the way, the one that comes with PowerDVD [mainly cause it gives me hardware/GPU acceleration].

Repeated myself again.

But this is only 1-Pass, correct? So encode time would be a LOT shorter than my current 2-Pass VBR preference! I am truley impressed, and I have been enlightended :) Could you share your settings with us?  :)