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Posted by kitekrazy on 01/04/07 21:21
"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in news:88WdnTSubZny3gDYnZ2dnUVZ_u-
unZ2d@comcast.com:
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> <normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:scGdnSETRaffVAfYnZ2dnUVZ_s6onZ2d@comcast.com...
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>> "Stan" <srs666@despammed.com> wrote in message
>> news:aPcmh.621698$QZ1.276343@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in news:N7WdndEbH_
>>> 4btgTYnZ2dnUVZ_silnZ2d@comcast.com:
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>>>> 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 ?
>>> snip
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>>>
>>> The quality of a 6hr VHS recording is quite poor. The quality of a
>>> 6hr DVD
>>> is quite poor. Recording a 6hr VHS in 6hr DVD mode will give you a
>>> picture
>>> I don't think you are going to like. In order to maintain anything
>>> like the
>>> original VHS quality you are going to have to use the 1 or 2 hour DVD
>>> recording mode.
>>
>> All the stand-alone DVD recorders I've run across have a 6 hour mode,
>> so try it. You don't have anything to lose.
>>
>> Consider this: A 2 hours videotape can be successfully copied onto a
>> DVD in the 2 hour mode, so why shouldn't a 6 hour tape copy just as
>> well to a 6 hour DVD? (Yes, I know the logic is faulty, but it's
>> certainly worth a try.)
>>
>> Norm Strong
>>
> One other question then :
> to get a 2 hr VHS tape onto my hard drive - how much disk space ?
> Roughly.
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>
>
Each hour will take up about 4GB of space if you record in the highest
quality DVD mode. I don't know what editing software you are going to use
but after editing you might want to convert video to smaller formats.
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