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Posted by Mark W on 03/22/07 09:27
"Cori" <cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174541410.252363.67140@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, I bought me a Zenith VCR-DVD combo which burns DVDs and records
> on VHS http://www.zenith.com/sub_prod/product_Display.asp?cat=&id=1046
> and I bought me a Canopus ADVC 110 converter which will convert from
> VHS tape or from camcorder tape to DVD.
> http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC110/index.php
>
> Now, suppose I borrow home movies from a friend to transfer to DVD.
> Once I burn the DVD on my Zenith from their tape, is it "as digital as
> it's going to get," and that's it? Can I just make myself a copy with
> a DVD burner on my own Mac, and have the footage in as good a quality
> as there is? Or do I have to run all the material directly onto hard
> drive through the converter to have really good quality? What I'm
> asking is
> 1. Is there a difference in quality when the Zenith saves me several
> steps in converting material direct to digital?
> 2. Is there any generational loss if I make a DVD from another DVD,
> since one is a copy but they're both digital?
>
> Thanks for any abilities to explain this in terms understandable to my
> mind.
>
> Cori
>
I'm sure there are some 'audiophile' types who are able to tell the
difference between a factory pressed DVD and a copy burned on a recordable
disc.
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