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DVD burning

X-Jennifer
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Mar 19, 2002, 8:26 PM

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I noticed the local drug store offers to burn 2hrs worth of VHS and other types of video, and puts it on dvd for you. Has anyone tryed this? How is the quality? Sounds too good to be true!
Jennifer

X-DJ
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Mar 20, 2002, 12:01 AM

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: How is the quality? Sounds too good to be true!
The quality begins to suffer at about the 80-90 minute mark on DVD-R - the problem with this particular offer is that at 2 hours, the quality hit is noticeable. (Of course, I'm more discriminating than the average lay person. As are any true professionals)
Now, a VHS copy to DVD is not going to be better quality. It's still going to be VHS quality at best.
The other problem with the 2 hour concept: It's encoded at a rate that dictates 2 hours. If your program is 90 minutes, it's still encoded at the 2 hour rate, which means the 2 hour quality level.
A better solution would be to encode 90 minutes at a rate that that 90 minutes utilizes more data, yielding better quality. You cannot do this with set-top DVD recorders either, which makes them a bad deal as well.
Of course, you will spend more, but the results will be better.
-DJ

X-Mark_Newman
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Mar 20, 2002, 12:08 PM

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It seems, unfortunately, the best way to do dvd's, that I've noticed, is the old fashioned, do it yourself way. What I mean is just get TMPGEnc and create the MPG by hand. This way you can vary rate and do mulitple passes to get the quality you need. Of course this takes alot of time but I think you get the best results.
Or you can fork out the bucks and get an MPG encoder that will take a video stream and encode it realtime.
The problem with the store type (besides what DJ posted) and the stand alone burners is that you dont have as much control over the menus, titles, and chapters. This may not be the case in some hire end stand alone burners, but I would think you have a ton more control when you use a "good" DVD authoring software.
Jennifer, I'm still interested in doing your DVD's for ya. ;)
Mark

X-Josh_Swells
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Mar 20, 2002, 12:20 PM

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I have tried the straight transfer before and was not impressed with the results. If you want high quality transfers (possibly as cheap as your drugstore) try the following link.
http://www.video-on-dvd.com
They stay away from the set-top recorders and use actual equipment to produce the DVD. This means they will adjust the bit-rate depending on the length of your video to give you the best results. You may also add chapter points which is a very nice feature that the clients love!
They have a 24 hour turn around included in the cost.
Hope this helps.
Josh Swells
Treasured Memories

X-Mike_Noble
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Mar 20, 2002, 3:45 PM

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Not only have I burned dozens of flawless DVDs with one touch of a button,the results are beautiful at either 5.2 or 9.7 mps....and I use it to record long run lectures taking a feed from one of my 23 pound cams on stix. Just edited "An evening with Arun Gandhi" and used the DVD as A roll instead of the tape in cam. The DVR7000 is 3rd generation DVD recorder by Pioneer and has a very high compatibility to existing players and 100% so far with new players. I love it but there will always be critics. Thats OK. Aloha from Waikiki Beach

X-Jason_Girt
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Mar 22, 2002, 1:24 AM

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: Not only have I burned dozens of flawless DVDs with one touch of a button,the results are beautiful at either 5.2 or 9.7 mps....and I use it to record long run lectures taking a feed from one of my 23 pound cams on stix. Just edited "An evening with Arun Gandhi" and used the DVD as A roll instead of the tape in cam. The DVR7000 is 3rd generation DVD recorder by Pioneer and has a very high compatibility to existing players and 100% so far with new players. I love it but there will always be critics. Thats OK. Aloha from Waikiki Beach

I have been looking into thePioneerElite 7000 but i just got some info from Pioneer about the 9000 series do you know anything about the comparrison between the two. thanks\
Jason Girt
Creative Eye Productions