[MacDV] Transferring DVD to VHS

[Karl Seilo]

Brian,

I'm also a free lance writer/producer and show my demos on DVD.  How 
about running a video cable out from you AlBook to the clients monitor, 
or do you need a larger viewing screen.

Karl

On Apr 25, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> I'm a freelance writer and when I call on prospective clients, I've 
> always
> showed my reel of TV spots and corporate videos on VHS, meaning I'd 
> have to
> go to a professional studio and have a new one made every year or so.
>
> However, thanks to my 15" 1.5 gig AlBook, iMovie and iDVD, I'm now 
> able to
> build custom DVD reels for each pitch, a huge step forward--both in 
> content
> and quality. However sometimes the people I'm talking to don't have a 
> DVD
> player in the room, and I have to show my reel on VHS (ugh).
>
> So, now that I'm making custom reels on DVD, what's the best transfer 
> method
> for these VHS presentations?
>
> Should I buy one of those combo DVD/VHS set top boxes to do the 
> transfer?
> Are some better than others at this kind of task? (I recently saw one 
> at a
> Sam's Warehouse for $118).
>
> Would the quality be the same running a cable from my standalone DVD 
> player
> to my standalone VHS player to do the transfer?
>
> Or would I be best off running some kind of cable from my AlBook to the
> client's TV and showing it directly from the original file?
>
> Quality is important, as the material contains high-end video and 
> sound and
> I'd like it to retain as much quality as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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