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| 255345 | 2004-07-26 03:16:00 | Slghtly Off topic, anyone seen the August 2004 PCWorld yet (just got in the mail today). On the last page (Dumb Terminal) there is a HP DVD Movie writer DC4000. Priced at $649 its an external DVD writer with input for VCR and Camcoder. It might just be the thing for me to transfer my wedding video to DVD. |
nzStan (440) | ||
| 255346 | 2004-07-26 04:01:00 | Yeah, I see it. Looks a bit 'basic' I like the advanced stuff. | kiki (762) | ||
| 255347 | 2004-07-26 11:04:00 | more advanced? Like these? www.saferseas.com |
metla (154) | ||
| 255348 | 2004-07-26 11:11:00 | > So Metla, do I understand you to say that it is > cheaper and/or easier to use a DV camcorder to > convert analogue to digital? I have about 25 Video 8 > tapes to convert and am wrestling with what to do. So > far, I'm losing against myself. :D I say it because after you have done the conversion you still end up with a DV cam, if you buy an analogue-to-digital converter (for around the same price as a DV cam) it becomes redundant as soon as you’ve completed the task at hand. As for Video 8? That would require some specific research, I don't even know what it is...... |
metla (154) | ||
| 255349 | 2004-07-26 12:17:00 | > www.saferseas.com Oh my! That's awesome :D How much for that? Uses LCDs too, at least they wouldn't hurt my eyes... |
kiki (762) | ||
| 255350 | 2004-07-26 12:18:00 | I think their top of the line system is 34 grand american. | metla (154) | ||
| 255351 | 2004-07-26 21:24:00 | Lohsing, et. al., Using Winfast TV capture, I recorded TV2 for 30 seconds on each of the settings of MPEG 1 and 2. That is six altogether, Normal, Good and Optimal for each 1 and 2 Mpegs. Then I transferred it to DVD+RW and played it on our DVD player, to 29 inch flat TV. The results were surprising: I watched intently, carefully, and could NOT see any difference in quality between any setting except that perhaps Mpeg1-normal (the lowest setting) could have been slightly less sharp; doubt if anyone (not knowing the settings) could have seen the difference. Pixelation: have never noticed this on the 17in Philips LCD, 16ms refresh(?) rate. With the 30sec TV clips on the 29in TV screen I only noticed slight (and brief) pixelation on Mpeg2-good, which is weird because you would expect Mpeg1-normal to be the worst. Then I watched Whale Rider, taken from TV on Sunday, recorded on Mpeg1-good. No pixelation that most anyone could see, but for split seconds, for several times, I noticed slight pixelation but only when the scene was a certain state - difficult for me to describe - once when the camera zoomed up on a person's face and another time when a whale was full screen underwater. Sort of with grayish foggy scenes, but never pixelates with action, movement, like normal walking people or cars driving by. At the time of recording, I was multi tasking, having a Gig of RAM and 3G HT P4, ASUS MB. Sometime I will see if pixelation still occurs without multi-tasking and taking the video straight from the PC to the TV (no DVD-RW). In any event, the quality of recorded DVD is better than VHS tape and as I said, I doubt if anyone else would have noticed it. |
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