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Old 2011-06-18, 11:09 AM
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Re: VHS > DVD help needed .....

If you go with the standalone DVD recording way, you're going to run into some quality issues - especially if you decide to play your DVDs on a Plasma or LCD tv.

CRT televisions have an 'overscan' area that hide head switching noise that is generated when playing back a VHS tape. It's usually located at the bottom of the screen. When you record using one of those "Go Video" machines this head switching noise will also be recorded onto the DVD and when you go to play it back on a non-CRT TV you'll see the noise at the bottom of the screen.

The best way is to get the footage onto your PC and then mask it with a black border and then render it to DVD.

That being said, if you have lots of tapes it's going to be a lot of work so if you can live it with then go the standalone DVD recorder way.
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