DVD question

[WNEWstinks]

I have a lot of wrestling tapes on VHS, and I'm thinking about puting some on DVD.

How many hours does a blank DVD have on it?

[JPMNICK]

two hours per DVD is about what you will get.

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[JPMNICK]

Double post, sorry.

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This message was edited by JPMNICK on 8-12-04 @ 7:52 PM

[Mike Teacher]

i think right now the Standard DVD-R discs and machines record up to six hours. Most machines have a 2,4, and 6 hour 'speed' similar to VHS but only in that. The DVD-R [or DVD+R too, i think] holds 4.7GB.

There are cheap and good and cheap and nasty machines; ditto with blank DVD+/-R Media. The panasonic DMR series is nice, and spend the extra on name brand blanks; if you're archiving video you want the transfer to be as nice as possible, so spend the money on good blanks, and record on the 2 hour speed. I think there's a 1 hour speed too, cant remember.

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[WNEWstinks]

so there are blank dvds that can record up to 6 hours?

[Lumber]

so there are blank dvds that can record up to 6 hours?

Theirs a good video Tech in Nutley, go ask him Little Man!!!

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[Mike Teacher]

Yes, there are blank DVDs that hold 6 hours.

There are two formats now DVD-R and DVD+R. The only real difference is the coding of the signal; on each you're still recording by spraying the blank with a laser to make little pits that are read as data.

Any major computer store, and many electronics stores now have DVD recorders. The price has gone through the floor since introduced, and they will go down further. [gee, really Kreskin?].

They rule; I've transferred a bunch of VHS to DVD; and the transfer can come out Beter than the tape; many units have noise filters that take out some of the crap on the original and stablize the pic, and many can take the audio from the VHS and make a kinda-sorta surround sound.

compusa or circuit city or 6th ave electronics or radio shack has em.

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DVDs as they currently are are already obsolete, but the 5 inch disc has been around long enough, the computers should still [maybe] use them five years from now. If that sounds weird, how often you see a computer with a floppy disc drive for sale at stores? Pretty Rare.



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