X-Banned_Bob
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Feb 7, 2003, 4:01 PM
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: can you tell us a little bit more about that DMR-HS2. This system really sounds interesting.
: Do you burn the discs in the DVD-R or DVD+R format?
It burns DVD-R or the almost infinitely re-writable DVD-RAM.
One advantage to recording to the DVD-RAM is that it gives you kind of a "semi-permanent" storage of "semi-raw" material.
HUH? OK ... let's say you want to put together a DVD of a gallery of "The Cutest Things My Kids Say." Well, there will be some possible entries for that every few days. But after a few weeks, you probably won't remember it and where it is on the videotape. But if you compile all these pieces to a videotape or DVD immediately, you'll fill up a ton of DVDs and then you'll still have a hard time finding the good pieces again. Also, six months later, a lot of it won't be as cute as you thought it was. With this unit, you COULD record the pieces onto the hard drive to widdle down to "The Best of 2003" DVD -- but then you'd tie up your hard drive for other projects through the year.
Enter: the DVD-RAM. Get a half dozen or so dics for this particular project. When the cute event has been caught on tape, play it for the family to see, but also click the RECORD on the DVD-RAM at the same time. Kind like a rough edit. It's also a good time to name the clip something to remember it by.
Three weeks before Christmas, sit down and take a look through the DVD-RAMs to see which segments still are cute and not offensive to gramma and grandpa. Click a button on the remote to say, "Yes, put this in the running for the final disk", or just skip ot the next one. Before pulling out that particular DVD-RAM, tell it to do a high-speed lossless copy from the DVD-RAM to the hard drive. All those clips will be stored on the hard drive. Once you've gone through all the DVD-RAMs, then the final edit comes. You can relatively quickly go through the clips on the hard drive, cutting out all that junk before and after the highlight you want, then put it in the final playlist -- you can adjust the track titles at that point if you wish. When finished, that list can be dumped to the DVD-R in any scene order you wish, and now you've got that precious gift for all the relatives that they'll remember long after the Old Spice has run out.
A corny example, I know, but it could also be used for demo-reel material, example effects, and countless other video "inventory".
: Can you play them back on all consumer DVD-players?
I've bought the cheapest playback units on the market and they all play wonderfully. And I've bought some of the cheapest DVD-R media too, and it seems like it all records well, and they all duplicate without errors 99% of the time (thank God for the "Compare" option on my DVD duplication towers!).
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