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Posted by Gene on 02/06/07 18:28
BTW - having an adjustable head and adjustable tape speed features
on the VCR that reads the old tapes is probably THE most important
things to remember.
You may, or may not, get a good transfer from VCR to DVD if you do
not take head alignment & tape speed into consideration. Garbage
in, garbage out.
Here is a page that explains azimuth a little better:
http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/pages/Recorders.htm
BTW: if anyone has an old VHS tape deck with manual azimuth
and tape speed adjustment just laying around, make me an offer
to sell :-) I have not been able to find one of the old manual ones,
just the auto adjustment ones. Do not even remember seeing one
with adjustable tape speed control. Plenty out there for audio cassette,
but not for VCR.
Gene
"irwin" <irwinsinger@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:1170781981.351224.34800@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 18, 1:51 am, "J Brockley" <jbrock...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "irwin" <irwinsin...@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1168817884.148570.232670@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> I want to
>> convert dozens of VHS tapes to DVD. Am I better off buying
>> > a high-quality DVR (e.g., Pioneer DVR-640H-S DVD Recorder) and inputing
>> > the VHS signal from a stand-alone VHS player. Or, should I buy a combo
>> > VHS / DVD recorder (e.g., Panasonic DMR-EH75VS Progressive Scan DVD
>> > Recorder with Built-In 80GB Hard Disk) as your article seems to imply?
>> > I'm wondering if the latter, which is designed specifically for
>> > converting VHS to digital, would do a better job converting VHS than
>> > simply pushing analogue signals into the more sophisticated DVR like
>> > the Pioneer? Clearly the Pioneer has many other advantages, e.g.,
>> > recording from airwaves, bigger HD, double layer DVD outputs; but I'm
>> > worried that it won't intelligently grab the VHS signals.
>> > I've read several replies to previous question and most say "don't
>> > buy a combo." Is that still the consensus of the community?
>> > Thanks, Irwin
>>
>> Likely as not you already have a VHS deck so rather that get the
>> compromise
>> of a 3 in 1 spend the money on a bigger and better HDD/DVD .
>
> Here's some feedback on my decision, which was to buy the high-
> quality DVR Pioneer DVR-640H-S DVD Recorder. First, it takes a bit of
> time to figure out the controls (so what else is new?). Secondly,
> it's much 'klugier' than the easy programming on a computer, e.g.,
> adding titles to recorded broadcasts. Thirdly, it's overprotective,
> i.e., it not only tells you that you can't copy commercial DVDs, it
> also kept me from copying a DVD I made (I got around it, but I can't
> remember how). See
> http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/pioneer-dvr-640hs-dvd-recorder-923.shtml
> for an excellent overview.
> I've dubbed a few tapes to the HDD. It works fine. After two weeks,
> I have to say that aside from the convenience of having it beneath my
> TV set in the bedroom, I would probably recommend using a computer
> with a VHS tape player inputed to convert tapes, edit them and burn
> DVDs. Computers and keyboards are so much better than remotes for
> editing.
>
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