Posted by Richard C. on 03/13/07 18:56

"def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
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> "AZ Nomad" <aznomad.2@PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:24:58 GMT, def456 <def456@none.none> wrote:
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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.
>>>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. 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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>> I think you're either full of shit, high on drugs, or have a defective
>> dvd
>> player or dvds.
>> There is no way in hell a broadcast is even within two orders of
>> magnatude
>> of a DVD in picture or sound quality. Perhaps you're comparing to DVD's
>> burned
>> from downloaded movies, something that's been retranscoded a few times?
>
> DVDs on my system often have weak/poor sound ("clipping" is the term, I
> believe), and the video quality of color movies is often about the same as
> a good VHS tape in S-ET mode. S-VHS tapes are the best quality, usually
> better than DVDs, with my Mitsubishi S-VHS VCR. I guess that's partly the
> fault of my older standard screen TV and DVD player using S-Video
> connectors. I suppose I would see/hear more of a difference if I had a new
> HD widescreen TV with component connectors, but I don't.
>
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Quite simply; your system is fucked!

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