Posted by def456 on 03/13/07 02:53

"Richard C." <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
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>> It depends. I've got S-VHS copies of Gone With The Wind and a lot of
>> other old classics in Technicolor that are better quality than the DVD
>> versions.
>
> ==============================
> Impossible!
> GWTW in the newest DVD version is bastly superior to ANYTHING that
> VHS or S_VHS is capable of!
> You appear to be blind!
> ==============================

Well I'm not exactly blind, and what I said is true of my system. I suppose
systems are different. The DVD of Gone With The Wind which I got recently
from Netflix just wasn't very good quality. I don't know why. A factor is
that finding proper color settings for Technicolor on my TV is difficult
with the DVD, but easy (automatic) with the S-VHS tape version. I just can't
seem to find a good color setting for the DVD. The picture is too dark, or
something. I use S-Video connections which aren't optimum for color video so
that's part of the problem, I guess.

>> Even some S-ET and VHS tapes are as good as the DVD versions, for example
>> Schindler's List which I recorded a long time ago from a special showing
>> on one of the networks (ABC?) in cable analog.
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> You have GOT to be kidding (or a troll).
> The special edition of Schindler is stunning on DVD.
> VHS could NEVER, EVER come close to 25% of the quality of this DVD.
> =============================

It surprised me too, and I continue to be amazed every time I watch it. That
VHS tape was recorded from an analog cable broadcast which is vastly
superior to the digital crap we get nowadays. That VHS copy of Schindler's
List is as good as any DVD version of "anything" I've ever seen. It's
perfect. Mint quality. And that was before I had S-Video connections or a
S-VHS VCR, so it was recorded with ordinary RCA connectors on an ordinary
hi-fi VCR. I suppose it helps that I now have S-Video connections in my
system which optimizes playback of Black & White movies like Schindler's
List. Of course color movies are different so that couldn't be expected.

>>Of course a lot of old cheap quality VHS tapes aren't worth saving, too
>>many glitches, not even worth copying to a DVD.
>>
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