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22 Nov 03 - 03:49 PM (#1059192) Subject: Tech: Video/DVD From: greg stephens Expect the answerr to this is obvious, but I dont understand modern technolgy. Everybody seems to be watching things on DVD nowadays, ot video. Can you buy a domestic machine to convert things on video to DVD, like everybody copied their old cassettes onto CDs? |
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22 Nov 03 - 03:54 PM (#1059193) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: Clinton Hammond You can... but why you'd want to is beyond me... Other than archiving 'special' vids like weddings or whatever... And there are conversion 'shops' that'll take care fo that kinda stuff.... Movie DVD as so cheap these days, that it's really not worth the hassle... |
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22 Nov 03 - 03:55 PM (#1059195) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: artbrooks It can be done, and here is one that Consumer Reports said was OK. But beware, there isn't universal agreement on the technology yet, and you may end up with the equivalent of a Betamax or 8-track. They are also still pretty pricy. Me, I'm gonna wait a while yet. |
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22 Nov 03 - 03:57 PM (#1059198) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: greg stephens Well I have stuff on video I might like to send to friends in places where they use a different video system. So, if everyone is going to change to DVD, maybe I should copy straight to DVD? I just want to find out if (a) I can buy a cheap machine to do it, like a CD burner, or (b) will there be a shop round the corner who will do it for me? |
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22 Nov 03 - 04:15 PM (#1059210) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: Clinton Hammond If they're on a different VHS code, then they are most likley on a different DVD code as well, so you won't be able to convert for them at home... You'll have to take it to a pro, and make sure you tell them that you're convirting it for a 'foreigner' And well, with the recent release of EVD, DVDs days might be numbered already.... |
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22 Nov 03 - 04:57 PM (#1059228) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: greg stephens Clinto: I didnt realise there were different kinds of DVDs. would this apply to UK and USA,say. Or how about Canada? |
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22 Nov 03 - 05:05 PM (#1059231) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: Clinton Hammond North America is region one... that much I know... UK DVDs won't play in North American players (Unless you have a 'region free' player... they can be got, and I hear they are WELL worth the extra $$) |
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22 Nov 03 - 05:23 PM (#1059238) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: okthen Greg, the different kinds of DVD refer to movies, N.America is region 1 europe is region 2 which only seems to matter now for DVD rewriters installed in your computer. However, American TV operates on NTSC and UK on PAL the difference is the number of lines displayed on the TV screen, it seems you can play NTSC format on Pal systems but not vice versa. If you backup your video tapes it won't improve the quality of the image and if you want to send DVDs to America they will have to be recorded in NTSC format. I've been recording in dvd for a while (and I'm still learning)for instance, I recorded the Bert Jansch prog. on BBC 4 TV last night so that came through the digital set top box, connected to the computer using PCTVPRO (TV card) the 1 hour prog. used 2.16 gigabytes of memory and to put that onto DVD ( via NERO, with the extra £20 DVD authoring software plugin) will take about 2 1/2 hours. If your thinking of buying the all in one DVD recorder standalone (non computer) I think you can get them starting from £150 but don't know if you can vary the NTSC/PAL standard. Hope this makes sense. |
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22 Nov 03 - 05:35 PM (#1059244) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: okthen PPS, the link didn't work, 2nd try here |
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22 Nov 03 - 07:12 PM (#1059278) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: greg stephens Well, this is a lot more complicated than I thought(life often is). I'll have to think about all this, thanks for the info everybody. I wish they had a world government to make sure all the machines were the same (perhaps that nice Mr Bush could impose a bit of standardisation while he's sorting out the other little discrepancies in systems of government). |
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22 Nov 03 - 08:12 PM (#1059300) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: Clinton Hammond Mr Bush is the LAST person I want doing ANYTHING globally... |
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23 Nov 03 - 05:12 PM (#1059540) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Besides the Region Codes business, there ARE different types of recordable media. First though, as far as machines available to consumers for VHS and DVD, there are some, pricey, but they are available. However, they only PLAY DVDs, and not record them. They do record on VHS tapes. Now, a computer can do the recording of the DVDs, but you will have to ascertain if ALL of them, once recorded will work on DVD players for consumers. Remember the problems with CD-R and CD-R/W. DVDs are even more confusing. They have DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM (perhaps even DVD+RAM). Not all drives can record all of the various formats. Personally, I would recommend waiting a couple more years to see what shakes out. |
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05 Sep 04 - 12:19 PM (#1264742) Subject: RE: Tech: Video/DVD From: Nigel Parsons Refresh (current enquiry) Nigel |