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Not really sure what you mean by myths.
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Take no offense.
From how I read the other posts, it came across as if there was no way to create a DVD9 like "Hollywood" does, which seemed a bit .... I don't know ....
off. Technically you can burn a dual-layer DVD+R DL (DVD9), although there are valid points to be made about source quality. For those who shoot their own DV home movies, using a good camera and good technique (tripod, steadycam, microphones, etc), then there's no reason their homemade DVDs can't be as good as something pressed and sold in a fancy case at the local Best Buy or Walmart.
Most of your points here are "spot on". Very astute and accurate observations.
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Lord Smurf, you have even said yourself that these machines have gone backwards....
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Yes, very much so. Sadly so. The pinnacle of video capture/recording devices was easily late 2004 to late 2006. Each of them had a flaw, however, which could have been correct with a 2nd or 3rd generation of machines in 2007-2008, but it just never happened. Between cheapness ($100 max budgets), societal stupidity (inability to set a clock, much less control a DVD recorder), and the beginning of a worldwide recession that tanked so many companies, video gear is mostly junk in 2009-2011.
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You have no idea how many problems I see in 2 hour VHS to DVD recordings in SP mode done on a crapy recorder...
But the person recording doesn't know it is a crapy cause they don't know anything else....
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I've observed this issue for many years now. In fact, I saw similar problems in the analog-only video era, where people were too stubborn to use a TBC between VCRs when copying tapes. Or worse, using those complete piece-of-crap "GoVideo" dual decks. But wait, there's more! Not just crappy equipment, but using the cheapest garbage RCA video tapes found for $1 or less apiece.
And the person, who you'd swear should have some ounce of intelligence and is clearly not blind, actually thinks this soft + blurry, noisy (chroma + grain), vibrating/shaky picture is "good" or "good enough" (a phrase that roughly translates to "I know it's crap but I refuse to acknowledge it").
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You have been fooled already thinking 2 hour mode is good.
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Yes, many have been fooled into thinking "SP mode" (2-hour recording) is good. Or to go even deeper, than there even is an "SP mode" for digital video (DVD burning). I wrote this post back in mid 2009:
Is SP MODE the Best DVD Recorder Mode? (NO!) because I became more and more disgusted by some of the horrible advice I was seeing given out on other "video help" and "TV collector" and "tech support" sites.
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I did digital tests of frames the other day in SP, FR 80 and XP mode...These were all digital recordings...You can really see a difference in the compression (what is a better word) I don't know...
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Compression is the accurate term.
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Most of the professional VHS to DVD shops as spoken about in the other post issue their DVD's to 2 hour mode......
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These aren't professionals. Be sure you read this:
How to Tell That a Media "Professional" is a Clueless Twit. I can both anger AND make these sorts of folks feel stupid in about 10 sentences. (Angry because they've been "caught" as an amateur pretending to be a pro, not because I said anything inflammatory.)
While many of us do use DVD recorders for certain projects, because of the features unique to those units, few professionals (none?) ever use the term "mode" when discussing the project. We talk in terms of bitrates, bandwidth, resolutions, etc -- not these fake "modes" on a DVD recorder.
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Yea I still use 2 hour mode for digital recordings...sometimes...
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I do this when I treat my living room DVD recorder like a PVR for 16:9 TV. I'll watch and erase, so no need for the best "mode" (XP 720x480 @ 7.0mb/s).
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Talking with fellow TV hobbyists is fun. Granted, we're "preaching to the choir" here, between ourselves. But seeing how this is a public conversation, others will hopefully learn from our discourse. That's why I even bother to participate anywhere online. I can discuss stuff with others, and then it's available for others to learn from.
Good stuff.