| Posted by Quanta on 12/18/06 22:36 
"Citizen Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message news:45855835.376795343@news-server.houston.rr.com...
 > On 16 Dec 2006 16:05:23 -0800, "AndrewD" <andrew_duerden@excite.com>
 > wrote:
 >
 >>Can someone explain to me why I can only record around one hours worth
 >>of TV on my Sony DVD recorder on the highest quality setting?  I can
 >>buy a DVD box set of a TV series (24 for example) on which they manage
 >>to fit 4 episodes in high quality dolby 5.1 surround sound.
 >
 >>Why can I not fit the same amount of data onto a normal recordable DVD?
 >
 > You can if you use the same resolution, which is 2-hour.
 >
 > The 1-hour setting is higher than standard DVD.
 >
 > The MPEG-2 chips in the newest DVDRs do a fantastic job even at
 > 6-hour. You can convince yourself of that by making a series of test
 > recordings and checking them with GSpot. For example on one of my
 > DVDRs I can get 720x480 at 1000 Kb/s from 6-hour resolution. That's
 > good enough for a 19" viewscreen and not bad for even a 62" DLP.
 
 
 What DVDRs have these chips?  I want one.
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