Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/01/05 21:35

"Smarty" wrote ...
> Analog camcorders, when playing back a tape, actually do make a
> difference, since the camcorder's playback electronics determine the
> video, audio, and synch quality coming out of the camcorder's output
> ports. Thus a beautifully recorded analog video tape when played back
> on cheapo camcorders (or VCRs for that matter) can profoundly degrade
> the quality of the original tapes. I have plenty of old Beta, VHS, and
> Hi8 tapes which demonstrate this phenomena.

Certainly, the quality of the playback circuitry influences
the quality of the video on an analog machine. But even
camcorders with broken (or missing) camera portions will
play back video just fine.

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