Posted by Mike Kujbida on 07/02/07 10:11

Ubertrout wrote:
> Hey all...I posted a bit ago about transferring Umatic to DVD. Short
> story long, I ended up talking to the producers and they used a
> contractor to duplicate the series. All fine and well.
>
> The difficulty is that the contractor used the VHS copies, and not the
> Umatic originals. And they seem to have just done a direct stream
> copy (albeit using good machines, so sync is fine). I also have some
> home movies that I copied to DVD from VHS using a Panasonic Unit, but
> the video quality is abysmal there too (problem there too was the
> source). Is there a PC program I could use to easily clean up the
> image quality? Money is less a concern than convenience, although if
> Premiere Elements can do it well, all the better. Thanks for your
> help in advance.


Not a PC software solution but a very good hardware one.
Look into the Canopus ADVC-300 ($450 at B&H) at
http://canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php
From their site:
"Featuring high-quality image enhancement technology including digital
noise reduction and image stabilization using Line Time Base Correction
(LTBC), ADVC300 instantly cleans, stabilizes and preserves old VHS and
Hi8 videos in clean DV format."

Mike

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