[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

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