As somebody who has backed up some of his LDs to DVD, I'd suggest using separate components for better quality! :110: Wonder if the big N would ever sanction this? -> http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html The thing with ThinkGeek is, that most of their stuff is normally just as daft!
I have about 2000 Betamax tapes, and the top-of-the-range European Sony recorder. Bet I can get better results than you could with your crappy VHS system any day! Actually, when I get 'blank' tapes, you'd be surprised as to how new some of the recordings are. Considering they stopped making Betamax machines in 1988 in Europe, finding recordings from 2005 is pretty impressive. In fact, Sony continued to make machines in Japan until 2002. Betamax to DVD is quite a popular service (believe me, why do you think I have such decent equipment?). Copying to HD would be pretty pointless, though! That said... nice April Fool's! lol. I like the availability mentioned ;-)
I almost fell off my chair when I read this "Betamax and HD-DVD are like a match literally made in heaven (you know, that place you go when you die?), and now you can get a slice for yourself."
Well, betamax is (was?) used in professional TV Cameras (at least they did) up untill some time ago. And why is that ? well it is because , betamax has much higher picture quality than VHS. And if I remember correct then they called it Betavideo in professional equipment.
Well you got me there since the only VCR I have is broken and used as a TV tuner device. And that will be thrown in the trash after the switch to Digital only broadcasting.
BetaCam. It is actually different... pro standard, not playable on BetaMax equipment. Only some of the equipment was physically cross-compatible, but they would never play each other's material. And no, it is very rarely used nowadays... everything's HD. Beta was the better format, it just lost the war. That was Sony's fault for poor marketing. There were several pre-recorded VHS cassettes for every Beta. Of course, Sony didn't make the same mistake again with Blu-Ray!
a lot. the only counterpoint was the size of the blank tapes. when you could get a 4 hours vhs to record dumbshit on your tv, the first betamax tapes were only 1 hour long. When they started to sell 2 hours and 3 hours tapes (lowering the quality to do so), it was too late. marketing had already killed the format.
Digital BetaCam is still used, at E3 2006 I got a digibeta tape from Blizzard with b-roll fottage from Burning Crusade. Damned if I'll ever be able to see what is on it though
* 350×240 (250 lines): Video CD * 330×480 (250 lines): Umatic, Betamax, VHS, Video8 * 400×480 (300 lines): Super Betamax, Betacam (professional), SVCD (Super Video CD) * 440×480 (330 lines): analog broadcast * 560×480 (420 lines): LaserDisc, Super VHS, Hi8 * 670×480 (500 lines): Enhanced Definition Betamax * 720×480 (500 lines): DVD, miniDV, Digital8, Digital Betacam (professional) * 720×480 (400 lines): Widescreen DVD (anamorphic) * 1280×720 (700 lines): D-VHS, HD DVD, Blu-ray, HDV (miniDV) * 1920×1080 (1000 lines): D-VHS, HD DVD, Blu-ray, HDCAM SR (professional) ~Krelian
