RE: SKY+ to DVD

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry ... not trying to get into a pissing contest even if it looks like I
am.

Phil



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Andrews [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 December 2003 22:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SKY+ to DVD
>
>
> Phil
>
> OK, I have a Panasonic HS2 DVD recorder with DV in and must say am
WELL
> impressed, probably the easiest way to get my home videos onto DVD for
> friends etc and the quality from DV is A1 too. It is handy having
> the built
> in hard disk for fine tuning the editing.
> I have not noticed the lossy decoding. Except when using long record
on
> DVD's i.e. 4 hour +, but that is to be expected, but it is better than
RGB
> from SKY+.
> But then SKY+'s quality is not that good in the first place, so
> RGB is fine.
>
> I have used PC's to edit DV and it is too clumbersome.
>
> Now if I could only stop the SWMBO from turning the Digital camcorder
on
> it's side .......
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SKY+ to DVD
>
>
> >
> > > Not meant to confuse, if I had the spare cash, I would have
done
> > > that to my
> > > Sky+ as I was under the mishapresension (Spelling?) it gave
an
> > > equivilent of
> > > digital video out.
> > >
> > > So sorry everyone out there.
> > >
> > > However googling, I did find a SDI to DV (Firewire)
converter at the
> > > following link:
> > > http://www.spcomms.com/daportal/index.html
> > >
> > > So maybe not that far of the mark after all ......
> >
> > OK - but that's a $2000 bit of kit and DV still isn't anything
like DVI
> > (which again is nothing like SDI) ... however all are
"digital" video
> > formats but all are different.
> >
> > ...I know nothing other than DV camcorders (PC's, and a couple of
DVD
> > recorders) that have DV inputs and given that DV to DVD
> requires a further
> > (lossy) transcoding pass then the only reviews that I've seen of
the DV
> > equipped DVD recorders have said that going DV in to the DVD
recorder is
> > rather iffy.
> >
> > The only *SDI* equipped piece of "consumer" display kit
that I have come
> > across is the Visionary plasma panel at about £9k ...
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
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