Posted by Netmask on 03/01/06 02:20

<jkygogo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1141134674.162043.103500@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, have dubbed a VHS tape to DVD with my Cyberhome 1200. But I've
> noticed that the DVD copy is not as good of quality and parts of it
> are too white compared to the VHS tape video. So the quality of the
> VHS tape is better than the burned DVD copy.
> Could I correct this if I get a better audio/visual cord? I mean
> if I got a Gold Audio/Visual cord (you know the one with the red and
> white cord for the audio and the yellow for the video) to connect the
> VHS to the DVD player, would that help and make the quality as good as
> the VHS tape? Or should I get a combination VHS/DVD player and burner
> so I wouldn't have to connect the 2 with the Audio/visual wire?
>
> Can anything be done so I get a good quality DVD copy from my VHS
> tape? I know the Cyberhome 1200 DVD burner I have is not to reliable
> and probably less than half of the attempts to burn a DVD are
> successful. So maybe it's the Cyberhome DVD burner which is the
> problem. Can someone help me on this?
>
> Thanks.
>


There could be 2 problems involved.

1. Macrovision which could be on the tape AND the Cyberhome DVD burner
input.
2. The burn rate of the Cyberhome DVD burner is set low (to fit more on the
disc) consequently the quality on the disc will be lower.

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