Question Sbout VHS To DVD Recording

[Guest The Decadent Slacker]

I've been debating picking one up so i could copy all my tapes to DVD, then sell/give away the tapes (i mean mostly for wrestling tape purposes, due to lack of availibility). Does it improve quality or anything significant like that? Doesn't especially matter since the quality is damn good on these tapes, but i'm ignorant & curious. Also, how recent does a player have to be to play recorded DVDs? I got mine end of '01, & am just trying to cover my ass as best as possible. Thanks in advance.

[Mole]

It depends on how well the video quality is in the first place.

[Kaertos]

As I understand it, it won't improve the video quality, particuarly if the video quality is degraded to start with. However, unlike a VHS tape, the quality will not degrade futher with additional viewings.

[godthedog]

if the original you're working from is low quality, you can't up the quality by making a sharp copy of it. video just can't hold as much detail (i.e., sharpness & resolution) as a dvd can. it's not like the detail is somehow hidden in the video, waiting for the proper format to be unleashed--the extra detail is not there. your copy will never be better than the original.

[Guest El Satanico]

The only benifit recording videos onto DVD has is DVDs will last longer and the picture quality won't get any worse.

[Mole]

I thought you could fix up the picture a little bit.

[Karnage]

Maybe if you convert it from VHS to computer, then remaster it yourself, then convert it to DVD, it will look better.

[Guest El Satanico]

Unless you have professional remastering equipment, I doubt you'd be able to improve the picture enough to warrant the time spent tinkering with it.

[Kaertos]

You can pretty quickly and easily stabilize the picture and sharpen it up a little, maybe a little color-correction, but that's about it without big $$ programs.