Re: the demand for a used VCR

~consul (consul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
and thus Patrick McNamara inscribed ...
"Ron" <BigELilE05@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
I once had a friend that used to copy tapes using
a TV with a built-in VCR. If I'm not mistaken he used
a VCR to play the tape and the TV/VCR to
record. Apparently the built in tuner on the TV/VCR
fooled the MV. (I could have the operating procedure backwards but I
know he used to do it)
The one problem with tape copying is the loss of resolution. That's why she
wants to go directly from VCR to DVD.

That close to the source, it might not really make that much of a perceptible difference, unless your machine is truly crappy.

ANd it really depends on what you want.

If you buy a dvd recorder anyway, or can do it with your computer, then
the cost of copying videotapes will be your time and the blank DVDs. You
might lose some clarity, but you gain an easier to use medium, and one
that isn't going to break if the machine goes bad, and a medium which
is likely to be useable for some time.

Of course the best situation is to buy new DVDs of those old movies.
But you already have them, it's easier to put off buying such things when
there are other things to spend money on. Or you can't afford to
replicate the collection.

Copying them puts them in a more useable medium, and that may offset
any loss of resolution.

That's the problem too often. People think about the CDs and DVDs
they've bought, and think anything less than perfect doesn't deserve
to be on them. Originally, CDs were touted as a a Big Leap Forward
in audio quality. But a few decades later, and they are merely
a far better medium than tapes or records (and even now that time is
passing). With the coming of recordable CDs and now DVDs, they just
become an easy to use medium to record.

If I put my records on CD, I will listen to them more than when they
are on records. If I don't fuss and treat the CD like a cassette of
20 years ago, ie no real fussing about perfection, I am more likely
to move those records to CD. If I want perfection, I'll never do it.

Michael

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