Posted by David Matthew Wood on 06/12/06 07:19

> my only comment here would be that if DVD were considered the safe output
> format, then why is the government going back to tape for archieve?
> according to the article i read at their website recent tests have concluded
> that DVD doen't have the shelf life as was thought to be true initially.
> all our "wanna keeps" are going to miniDV tape for now just in case.

And to add to your comment, I also have this question: why would you
want to archive your video to a format that has inferior picture quality
anyway? DVD is a consumer only format. It uses way more compression
than the DV format does, and plus it is only MPEG-2. Therefore,
compression artifacts are much more noticeable with DVD, than they ever
will be with DVcam or miniDV.

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