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Posted by - Bobb - on 01/03/07 20:11
"T Shadow" <NoOne@nonono.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Jack Yazel" <jyazel@ds.net> wrote in message
>> news:a27mp2lm3t89ctt4ds7n2ojkac84d2phim@4ax.com...
>> > On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 10:40:54 -0500, "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On these stand-alone ( non-PC ) recorders ... The ones I've seen
>> >>have
>> >>a
>> >>button that you press and it copies the VHS to DVD. What do I do
>> >>when
>> >>I
>> >>have a 6 hr VHS and it won't fit onto DVD ? would it "fail" or
>> >>would
>> >>it
>> >>record only 4 hrs ( or whatever fits) then close the DVD so that at
>> >>least the first 4 hrs is usable ? How to capture that last 2 hrs ?
>> >>Any
>> >>6
>> >>hr DVD media out there yet ?
>> >>
>> >>I also have a lot of camcorder ( VHS-C ) video. Rather than buying
>> >>full
>> >>size 4 hr DVDs , could I buy physically smaller DVD's for less
>> >>money ?
>> >>( do they exist ?) The point in asking is this is a LOT of family
>> >>video
>> >>( boxes full) that are maybe 20-30 minutes long and I'm wondering
>> >>if
>> >>cheaper /easier to store the smaller dvd's since even one the "full
>> >>sized 4 hr DVD'd" it's still only gonna store only one vhs tape
>> >>when I
>> >>hit the VCR =>DVD "record button". So it'll record 20 minutes then
>> >>"waste" the rest of the DVD.
>> >>
>> >>Bobb
>> > =================================
>> >
>> > I record a lot of 6-hour VHS and 6-hour DVD (-R and -RW).
>> >
>> > The quality of both depends on the viewer. I can't see any
>> > difference
>> > between
>> > the TV, VHS and DVD.
>> >
>> > Test a DVD recorder and decide for yourself.
>> >
>> > Jack
>>
>> I will thanks. I was asking first though, since we have a library of
>> 300+ homemade VHS tapes ( a lot are 4-6 hrs each) and if only 2hrs
>> per
>> DVD - aside from the time/effort - that's 900+ blank DVD's to buy !
>> So
>> that would be a factor also into the decision to do them all too -
>> so
>> maybe only old footage of the kids ??
>> One other thing ... DVD +R and -R - any recommendations/preferences
>> or
>> is that still a box of worms we'd rather not get into here ?
>>
>
> 2HRS is at full resolution. Half resolution 352X480 is good for 4HRS.
> This
> is adequate for SLP VHS. A 6HR tape is going to have even less
> quality. The
> 2&4 hour settings are MPG2. The DVD spec allows for standard mpg which
> allows smaller resolutions and heavier compression.This will probably
> be
> adequate quality for a 6HR tape.
> Home movies should be captured to
> uncompressed AVI then encoded to the compressed format after editing.
> Have
> no idea if boxes can do this but my computer can.
> digitalfaq.com has all the info needed.
>
>
I'll check it thanks. Since these home movies are on tape , I was trying
to go right from tape to DVD, but maybe the quality will be
unacceptable. So you're saying to skip the entire " VHS/DVR combo deck"
idea and recording each tape to PC; then burn to DVD on PC ?
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