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| 153134 | 2003-06-18 14:44:00 | > I agree with Lohsing. I have given up on the idea of > getting a combo CD/DVD writer at this time because of > the differing formats. The Sony covers all of the > bases (so far as I can recall from Feb PC World > review). > The main issue is price but this is reducing all the > time and for me it is simply a matter of waiting for > cost and quality/reliability to reach the right > point-say $600. > I am told by an IT advisor that even so, a standalone > TV oriented DVD player-recorder has more functions > and usability than a computer oriented reader-writer. > He rather lost me in the translation but his > brother-in-law took that advice and spent $1500 on a > living room player-recorder for the purpose of > downloading years of video camera recordings. > It seems early days for computer based DVD writing to > cover all formats and yet be at a reasonable price. > Hope this is some help. > Cheers > Winston001 I think the reasning is simplicity and cost.The stand-alone dvd is cheaper,100 times easier but can only do 1-to-1 copies. The pc avenue requires a hotrod pc with a couple extra grands worth of goodies bolted into her along with some big hard drives,then you have a steep learning curve and no garentee of the quality of the finished product untill you have perfected the black art. But,with the pc routh you get all the editing options you could ever think of,and once you learn the concepts/terminolg and get some good results it is far more rewarding then doing 1-to-1 copies. Although,leaving your pc running at 100 percent load for 20 hours while it encodes video only to find that the final product has out of sync audio and defects in the picture can be a little frustrating(especially when you used the exact same methodolgy that took 6 months to perfect and that was thought fool proof) |
metla (154) | ||
| 153135 | 2003-06-18 14:48:00 | heh,tidy up some spelling... routh=route and terminolg+terminology |
metla (154) | ||
| 153136 | 2003-06-18 14:49:00 | sorry,done it again,the + sign above is meant to be a = | metla (154) | ||
| 153137 | 2003-06-18 14:50:00 | > The pc avenue requires a hotrod pc with a couple > extra grands worth of goodies bolted into her along > with some big hard drives,then you have a steep > learning curve and no garentee of the quality of the > finished product untill you have perfected the black > art. Yup... the quest for perfection has led me down several avenues... I can now back up a DVD no less than 4 different ways!! Lol... ;) > But,with the pc routh you get all the editing options > you could ever think of,and once you learn the > concepts/terminolg and get some good results it is > far more rewarding then doing 1-to-1 copies. Believe it or not, 1 - 1 copies are probably the toughest to do... > Although,leaving your pc running at 100 percent load > for 20 hours while it encodes video only to find that > the final product has out of sync audio and defects > in the picture can be a little frustrating(especially > when you used the exact same methodolgy that took 6 > months to perfect and that was thought fool proof) 100 per cent load for 20 hours is probably a bit generous... Doing it with the DVD2DVD-R program in conjunction with Cinema Craft Encoder 2.5 will probably take 8 hours. Doing the same movie using DVDShrink 1.03 will get it done in 30 minutes. It's all a learning curve, and trust me on the number of ways to copy the same disc... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 153138 | 2003-06-18 15:06:00 | ya,20 hours to re-encode using tmpgenc with filters and mutiple bit-rate. I dont have a dvd burner,my quest has been to copy,edit,then re-encode down to a format that can be played of a cd(vcd,svcd,xvcd). I spent hundreds of hours learning the art,transferring anologe to digital,cutting it up,adding bells and whistles and re-encoding it,then burning it to cd. I then presented the finished 5 vcd set to my father,who after watching them all decided he wanted 1-to-1 copies of the original video's.The video's were mostly the last 20 years of the familys involvement in motorcycle racing and a few of some of the larger jobs our company has done(anyone seen athletic park lately?) Lmao. |
metla (154) | ||
| 153139 | 2003-06-18 15:09:00 | Cinema Craft Encoder?....isnt that worth like 3 grand american? | metla (154) | ||
| 153140 | 2003-06-18 17:19:00 | > Cinema Craft Encoder?....isnt that worth like 3 grand american? Maybe Lo is rich :) or maybe said too much I make DVD backups to DivX at the moment. Very nice quality to fit on 2cds! Do you ever think stand-alone players will ever play divX, Xvid etc?? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 153141 | 2003-06-18 23:27:00 | > > I make DVD backups to DivX at the moment. Very nice > quality to fit on 2cds! > > Do you ever think stand-alone players will ever play > divX, Xvid etc?? As far as i know stand alone dvd players that play divx are already on the market(slim chance of them being in nz yet i guess).There has been a few posts about them on the vcdhelp.com forums. |
metla (154) | ||
| 153142 | 2003-06-19 06:14:00 | >The main issue is price but this is reducing all the time and for me it is simply a matter of waiting for cost and quality/reliability to reach the right point-say $600. I just received a promotional email from Ascent Technology, and it included a notification of a new model DVD writer that isn't a million miles away from that price already - Liteon LD400D, DVD±RW/±R Writer, DVD, DVD 8R/4W/2.4RW, CD 32R/24W/10RW, Internal, IDE Don't know anything about the quality and reliability of the brand, but it is around $690 inc GST! |
John H (8) | ||
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