[opendtv] Re: VHS Rides Off Into The Sunset
- From: Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:13:34 -0500
dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Interestingly, my wife gave me a VHS tape for a Christmas present
today. The movie is not available on DVD so she found an old copy
from a rental house. Same happened with several classic films I've
purchased for my wife.
I tried transfering them to my new DVD recorder, but the
copy protection on the VHS is causing it to be unstable, causing it to
jitter and roll (if I remember right, all VHS use a technology from
Macromedia to degrade the sync). I guess I'll need to bring home a
TBC from work (remember those things? I still use them at work.)
So maybe VHS isn't /completely/ dead.
Dan
In some cases the VHS movies are transferred from better prints than the
later ones on DVD. You can learn about this by looking up a given film
on Amazon and checking the reviews of both versions.
Also any TBC you use must replace the entire VBI to get a decent transfer.
Cliff
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