Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/21/05 23:46

bmcswain wrote:
>>>there is NO format, process, or trick that will add data to the original BetaMax and LD material
>
>
> Excellent point and part of my thinking about AVI. I told them that
> this would be a 2nd (or maybe even 3rd) generation of the original
> videos. Many of the videos were shot for them and then edited down.
> In one case there are 40+ 3/4" Beta tapes that were edited down to a 2
> hour laserdisc.
>
> And your point is my point. If I can go to a very common, nearly
> lossless digital format, then when the new standards are established,
> we can publish to that level. Yes, that would be generation 4 but
> that's better than going to DVD now, then converting to something else
> and then to something else.
>
> Great Point.
> Bob
>

Think DTE (direct to edit) using FS4 Firestore technology. That's what
I'm hoping to do.

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