What is the fuss about Compressor 2?

I was not aware there was a problem with Compressor 2 until a couple of different colleagues whinged about it and then read these forums.
I am in PAL land and have no problems with it. I have always encoded a QT self-contained movie rather than export from FCP as I had sync problems with doing this with Comp 1. I then choose 2 pass VBR and make my own preset when I adjust the bitrate.
The forums mention blocky dissolves and blockiness in blacks and I have niether of these problems.
The encoding takes about three times the length of the video but the quailty is worth the wait. It is much better than Version 1.
Am I doing something wrong to be getting it right?

Hey Peter L,
naw, BA HUMBUG!.. lol.. i celebreate xmas eve, not day for some reason.
so your machine is running 1 processor only?! does your task manager (sorry can't remember the name since i am not at work) register only 1 working?! man that's some crazy stuff.
i can see why you have minimal problems with compressor 2, you made a new partition and installed 2 OS's (smart move). believe it or not, that explains a lot, no corrupt libraries, all plists in order.. very tighty
additionally, i see a lot of people suggesting against the use of 2-pass VBR, but like i said, i have had no problems with it. as far as encoding times, it is what it is. i am somewhat fortunate that i have a hardware encoder that i can just network my .m2v files and import them into DVDSP, however, i am starting to get a lot of video as QT's so i must use compressor, which i love, since it has come a long way from compressor 1~
just wait until you start working with HD, you are going to have a field day!
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