Posted by E. Barry Bruyea on 11/20/06 11:39

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:02:35 GMT, Paul Hyett
<pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote:

>In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote :
>
>>The low-cost Insignia NS-DVDR1 (Best Buy Online $115) has 4 resolution
>>settings: 1-hr, 2-hr, 4-hr and 6-hr. The manual claims that the 6-hour
>>setting will result in poor picture quality.
>
>I've found that even 6hr mode is better than videotape - but I wouldn't
>buy a DVD recorder that didn't have a 3hr mode - that's just too big a
>gap.


It's interesting that a few years ago, VCR's dropped the 4 hour mode,
as the quality was not bad, but I've found the 6 hour mode crappy in
most cases, as is the 6 hour mode on my LG DVR; the 4 hour mode is
about the same as a very good VCR in 2 hour mode.

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