Posted by Quanta on 12/18/06 22:36

"Citizen Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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> On 16 Dec 2006 16:05:23 -0800, "AndrewD" <andrew_duerden@excite.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Can someone explain to me why I can only record around one hours worth
>>of TV on my Sony DVD recorder on the highest quality setting? I can
>>buy a DVD box set of a TV series (24 for example) on which they manage
>>to fit 4 episodes in high quality dolby 5.1 surround sound.
>
>>Why can I not fit the same amount of data onto a normal recordable DVD?
>
> You can if you use the same resolution, which is 2-hour.
>
> The 1-hour setting is higher than standard DVD.
>
> The MPEG-2 chips in the newest DVDRs do a fantastic job even at
> 6-hour. You can convince yourself of that by making a series of test
> recordings and checking them with GSpot. For example on one of my
> DVDRs I can get 720x480 at 1000 Kb/s from 6-hour resolution. That's
> good enough for a 19" viewscreen and not bad for even a 62" DLP.


What DVDRs have these chips? I want one.

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