Posted by dgates on 09/13/06 04:15

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:53:24 GMT, hdoherty@NO SPAMns.sympatico.ca
(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.

I'm not sure the correct comparison is between one VHS tape and one
DVD. After all, I can buy 2 (or even 3?) blank DVDs for the price I
once spent on a VHS tape. And 2 DVDs take up less storage space than
even a single videotape.

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