Posts by lordsmurf

Quote: those filtered-input recorders from JVC and Toshiba are long out of production so not really a viable alternative for most people today that don't already own them Have to disagree. These are still available on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by shillaber I hate noise reduction, tape dropout masking, and all those other assorted "clean up" algorithms. I want the digital recorder I ultimately settle on for digitizing my VHS and S-VHS library to...

You're still not understanding me. DVD+VR was based on a limited version of DVD-Video. In other words, a subset of the DVD-Video specs. It's not DVD-Video, but neither is it "it's own animal" (that would be Divx or Blu-ray). Stop...

Quote: I use DVD-R. Yes, but are you using a good brand of DVDs? Compare against the list: http://digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm Quote: Originally Posted by DigaDo Sometimes a disc that can't be copied directly, especially...

Quote: Originally Posted by kjbawc you said the superiority of Betamax was a myth created on the internet, it is quite valid to refute that absurd claim. In the 1980s, it was an opinion and known as such. In the 1990s, nobody...

There is a very succinct overview on TBCs and filters here: - http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/show...=9889#post9889 - http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/1...sion%29-errors - http://www.digitalFAQ.com/guides/vid...k-hardware.htm Beyond...

Quote: Originally Posted by nextoo They are not subsets of each other. +VR is a "subset" in terms of video/audio specs, not in licensing/non-tech terms. Quote: add features on the recording side of the equation that the DVD-Mode...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kelson With respect to your links on "shiny silver" disks. Does that also apply to the T-Y premium "silver thermal lacquer" disks (both CD and DVD)? Is the "thermal lacquer" an actual coating on the disk that...

This unit plays a Verbatim DVD+R DL bitset to DVD-ROM, with layer breaks properly authored and the laser is clean, and still in good reading condition The problem comes when people don't do (or don't know how to do) all of those.

This post started out asking about ways to enhance video... ... and then devolved into the analysis of a TBC vs a crappy "copy remover". Neither device will necessarily change the image's visual quality. The goal of both devices is...