Posted by Mike O'Sullivan on 01/11/06 08:57

hjordo@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm (pretty much) a newbie and I was just wondering that if I hooked up
> a VCR to a (yet-to-be-purchased) DVD Recorder and made DVD's out of my
> old home movie and TV show tapes is the quality that the DVD recorder
> spits out very lossy?
>
> I acquired a TV card for my computer and I plugged my VCR in with red
> white and yellow and it was absolutely shocking quality.
>
> Is it worth buying a DVD recorder instead?
>
The better the tape, the better the DVD. For some time I've been using
an SVHS Panasonic VCR, with SVHS tapes. The quality of DVDs I've since
made with my HD recorder has been excellent.

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