If you order Master H.264 .mov files on a hard drive:
The uncompressed data is converted and encoded as H.264 files and recorded directly to the hard drive.
If you order DVDs:
Master H.264 data is converted to standard MPEG-2 DVDs and is recorded at approximately 10 Mb/s, the highest data rate allowed by the DVD format.
If you order Blu-rays:
Master H.264 data is converted to Blu-ray at a data rate of approximately 35 Mb/s, the highest data rate allowed by the Blu-ray format.
There are no analog stages after the photons collide into the imager. This ensures the highest picture quality.