[KLUG Members] more on 8mm transfer

[Scott Thurmond]

I have decided to go with VHS.  I may transfer the VHS to DVD sometime
in the future but for now I think VHS is the most cost effective way to
go.  

Thanks to all that offered input.

Kind Regards,
-Scott


On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 17:17, Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
> David Hamilton wrote:
> > Just curious...Do you really need to write to DVD?
> > You can burn mpegs to VCD with just about any cd-burner and
> > most DVD players (never seen 1 that couldn't) will read them...
> 
> Scott Thurmond wrote:
> > No, I don't have to burn them on DVD.  After looking at the cost I think
> > VHS will be more cost effective - I have a huge stock pile of 8mm so the
> > cost to put on DVD would be out of site.
> 
> Oh.  David, I just assumed you were talking to me since you responded to
> my E-mail.  My appologies if you weren't.
> 
> So, in Scott's case, I'd agree with your recommendation.  VCD *IS* the
> "way-to-go" -- especially versus VHS.
> 
> As far as recordable/rewritable DVD, there are only 4 options right now
> that work in most DVD players:
> 
>    Format     Cost  Drives
>    ---------  ----  ---------------------------------------
>    DVD-R(A)   $  9  Original pioneer DVD-R(A) drives
>    DVD-R(G)   $  4  Both 3rd-Gen DVD-RAM and Pioneer DVD-RW
>    DVD-RW     $ 15  Pioneer DVD-RW
>    DVD+RW     $ 15  Sony/Philips DVD+RW
> 
> The first two are "write once" recordable formats.  The original
> DVD-R(Authoring) plays in just about any DVD player.  Unfortunately, the
> Pioneer DVD-R(A) drives are >$1K!  The newer DVD-R(General) is supported
> by both $350 3rd Generation DVD-RAM drives (Panasonic, Mashusita,
> Toshiba, others) and the newer $450 Pioneer DVD-RW drives (as well as
> forthcoming DVD-RW supporters).  Like the original DVD-R(A), DVD-R(G) is
> a DVD consortium standard.
> 
> The latter two are "rewritable" formats.  As I mentioned before, DVD-RAM
> is designed for archiving, so it is not usable in most players. 
> Pioneer's DVD-RW is designed for consumer use, it is a DVD consortium
> standard and is supported by their same drive that does DVD-R(G),
> released in 2000.  By late 2001, HP is finally shipped the first
> Sony/Philips DVD+RW drive in the $550 HPdvd100i, a standard that is not
> sanctioned by the DVD consortium and was delayed by over 3 years as S/P
> "worked out the bugs" (and had to recall previous attempts ;-). 
> Supposedly S/P will release a DVD+R "write once" version with a disk
> cost under $5, but that will happen in 2002Q2 at the earliest (and
> Sony/Philips has a piss-poor track record on recordable/rewritable DVD
> so far ;-).
> 
> I know DVD+RW is getting "real popular" with PC vendors because HP is
> behind it, but I'm not so sure why S/P couldn't just support DVD-R in
> the first place?  Supposedly it has the same specs, let alone Pioneer's
> DVD-R player compatibility is _proven_.  I'm sure it doesn't have
> _anything_ to do with S/P breaking from the DVD consortium in the first
> place so _they_ could control the royalties on the format (*NOT*). 
> Again, not so sure about DVD+RW compatibility with existing players yet
> (their site has several drives listed, but it is quite a limited list),
> although the specs say it should be similar.  Plus we have the whole
> issue of _where_the_heck_ is the _cheaper_ "R[ecordable]" version??? 
> 2002Q2, right?
> 
> -- The $0.02 BS
> 
> -- 
> Bryan "TheBS" Smith     mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org    chat:thebs413
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