Posted by Ubertrout on 07/02/07 15:06

On Jul 2, 5:11 am, Mike Kujbida <kXuXjXfX...@xplornet.com> wrote:
> 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) athttp://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

Thanks Mike...I suspect I'll pick one up as it seems like a good thing
to have. The thing is, I already have everything on DVD, so it seems
like I'd lose more data than necessary in doing an analog-digital
conversion.

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