[MacDV] Re: question about which G4 to buy for digital vido

[Erica Sadun]

>On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 09:02  PM, Erica Sadun wrote:
>
>>
>>What does the superdrive give you (70% compatibility) that
>>a a/d-d/a converter (to vhs. 100% compatibility) does not?
>>
>>-- Erica
>>
>The quality of the end product is worth the price of the Superdrive 
>alone.  Other advantages are the ease of distributing DVD via mail 
>versus VHS tape, the recipient feels they are getting something of 
>greater value and the media cost is now below that of VHS tape.  The 
>other advantage is that a lot of business settings do not have many 
>TVs were they have a computer with a DVD drive on most desks.

For businesses, I'd recommend going to a replicator and
doing a run of DVD-5's. Closer to 100% compatibility.

-- Erica