Posted by chrisv on 06/23/06 16:41

JEDIDIAH wrote:

>> That does not replace my SVHS, which gives me 8 hours of
>> satelite-quality recording on a single tape. DVD recorders can't do
>> that.
>
> SVHS gives you 8 hours of TOTAL CRAP on a tape.

Nope. It's difficult to tell from the orginal satellite broadcast.

> DVD recorders can also adjust the quality level downwards
>to trade off quality for time the same as a VCR can (if you really
>want to).
>
> It's just MPEG2 after all. You could tune it to any arbitrary
>bitrate if you really wanted to rather than just a few pre-canned
>options that VHS could offer.

Yep, and to get anywhere near 8 hours on a DVD the quality would be
crap - not as good as SVHS.

> Don't comment on things you obviously have no clue about.

Physician, heal thyself.

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