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Date Posted: 12:29:36 04/01/03 Tue
Author: Oliver
Author Host/IP: pD9E4B184.dip.t-dialin.net / 217.228.177.132
Subject: Re: VHS tapes to D-VHS help!!
In reply to: seaner 's message, "VHS tapes to D-VHS help!!" on 03:13:09 02/04/03 Tue

Hi,

>I'm looking into the jvc d-vhs vcr. I would like to
>convert old vhs tapes to a highter resolution so they
>look crisper digitaly. I have been able to do this
>with a dvd recorder, but only get 1hour. I see that
>the digital vcr gets up to 24hours per tape. which is
>long enough for a full movie.

The 24h quality (D-VHS longplay) is comparable to the 2h mode of DVD recorders (standard play). So it works, but the quality isn't better - or even worse.


> Also what record mode do I want to use?

With the "8h mode" (standard play at 14 MBit/s - nearly 50% higher data rate than DVD recorders) you get a (nearly) exact copy of the original. Not better, not worse.

But ...

>So my question is, does converting video to d-vhs look
>better than orginal?

... just buy an external "VHS copy enhancer" (also useful for getting rid of the VHS macrovision copy protection 8-)) and trim the sharpness as you wish. My experience is, that VHS tapes are looking better if copied this way to D-VHS (also old, bad DVDs look better 8->). In addition: If you use a high-end recorder as source (like a good i.e. JVC or Panasonic S-VHS recorder with *digital* picture enhancement - the same hardware is built into JVCs D-VHS recorder for VHS/S-VHS playback), than the result of a VHS copy is outstanding (because of *many* reasons).


Best, Oliver

German D-VHS FAQ: http://D-VHS.vampirehost.de

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