|  | Posted by Ken Maltby on 02/18/07 15:18 
<nospam@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:_XVBh.76918$qO4.5069@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net...
 > "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
 > news:53qcdeF1sqq4vU1@mid.individual.net...
 >> "Gene" <genes@wildblue.net> wrote in message
 >> news:W7qBh.36$EP6.44076@news.sisna.com...
 >> > Looks like plugging a camcorder into a
 >> > DVR is a MUCH faster, and from what I have seen, gives as good as, if
 >> > not
 >> > better
 >> > quality than DVD-Rs generated from a PC program.
 >>
 >> Then I'm sure you'll be happy doing it that way.  First of all, you're
 >> wrong -- a DVR will not produce as good a DVD as _properly_ transcoded
 >> and
 >> authored DVD produced on a computer.
 >
 > That's more than a bit overstated.  It depends on the quality
 > of your source material, and of the codec used on the capture
 > device.  E.g. I've done side-by-side comparisons of DVD
 > and broadcast cable TV material captured direct to MPEG
 > with a stock Hauppauge PVR-150, and capturing to AVI
 > (via Dscaler) then transcoding to MPEG.  I've rarely been
 > able to duplicate the quality of direct captures.  So what's
 > the point of spending hours and days transcoding?  It's
 > not a matter of "good enough"; the direct captures have
 > been AS GOOD AS manual transcoding in every case.
 >
 
 PT will never get the point.  Do a Google "Groups"search
 with: PTravel "Ken Maltby", and see what you get.
 
 For PT all video must be treated as if it is the DV-25 from
 his 3CCD camcorder.
 
 Luck;
 Ken
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