Posted by Kimba W. Lion on 02/25/87 11:30

"Steve" <knoisy_one@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I am transferring many VHS tapes over to DVD and would like to get comments
>on the stand alone recorders that are out. The only one I tried (neighbor's)
>didn't do the job like my computer is doing. It compresses the video too
>much and makes it look horrible (to me). When I copy a 1 hour tape with the
>computer it will fill a single layer DVD and it almost looks like an exact
>image. Do any of the stand alone recorders have this feature?

Are you sure you didn't overlook a setting on the recorder you tried? My
CyberHome recorder has many choices for a balance between quality and
recording time. The 2-hour mode gives good results from a VHS source. The
8-hour mode is good enough for the crappy signals delivered by cable
networks.

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