[MacDV] Re: Recommendations for analog to digital

[Patty Winter]

   >From: Ted Langdell <ted at tedlangdell.com>
   >
   >Considering the time and hassle involved running things through the 
   >computer in order to burn a DVD of your tapes, have you looked at 
   >standalone DVD recorders?

   >I have a Panasonic DMR HS-2 that I got a heck of a deal on from Best
   >Buy because it was a customer return.
 
   >I can burn directly to DVD in real time, or go to the hard-drive if I 
   >need to do some trimming or whacking.  
   
I don't know about the Panasonic, but on my Sony HX900, the A-B erase
is not very precise. You can only predict within about half a second 
of where it's going to make a cut, and although you can preview the cut
as much as you want before you make it, once you do make it, that's the 
end of it. Plus, you can't make a cut of less than five seconds, so if 
you leave a second or two of a commercial in, there's no way to get it 
out. That's why I'm looking at bringing a bunch of TV shows onto my Mac 
for editing in iMovie before sending them back to the Sony for burning 
onto DVDs.


Patty