Posted by Mike Kujbida on 11/22/06 15:05

Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
> huge snip <
>
> It must be clear to you that then you have tricked yourself, it only
> means the original format stuff was not 100% quality :-)


Jan, according to this thinking, footage on a VHS tape should look the
same, no matter what the source material was. After all, the format is
limited to 240 lines of resolution so it shouldn't amke any difference,
right?
Wrong. A feature film transferred to VHS has always looked better than
anything shot with a consumer camcorder. Higher quality source media,
better lighting, camera work, etc. all contribute to this "apparent"
quality increase.
I think we're arguing semantics here so I'll just shut up now and go
back to work :-)

Mike

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