Posted by Bill on 09/08/06 21:13

Hugh Doherty wrote:
> My first experience with using a DVD recorder to transfer from VHS has been
> disappointing. I have a large VHS collection. Many of the tapes are more than
> 15 years old, many were recorded at the 6 hour speed, and their quality is
> quite acceptable. Far superior to single-layer DVD recorded at 6-hour speed,
> which is virtually unwatchable. Even 4-hour DVD speed results in poor quality.
> This may have something to do with my DVD recorder, a modestly-priced LiteOn
> LVW 5005, but I gather from reading this newsgroup that anything recorded at
> longer than single-layer 2-hour speed on a DVD recorder, regardless of the
> source or the price or make of the machine, will result in much worse video
> quality than the equivalent VHS.
>
> Hugh Doherty

My own experience with DVD recorders confirms this as well. The image
quality softens badly at the slower DVD speeds, and the digital
artifacts are painfully annoying. I have a 12 year old Sony VHS deck
that was capable of far better image quality at the EP speed than any
DVD recorder that I've seen.

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