[MacDV] Which is better cd or vhs?

[Erica Sadun]

>Hi,
>
>I probably don't have enough information to get a good answer, but 
>let me try anyway. At a teacher workshop we will be editing video 
>using iMovie3. One teacher's project was to film underwater life on 
>the coral reefs (she is a scuba diver!) Unfortunately we were unable 
>to find anywhere to rent an underwater video camera, so we were 
>planning on having her dive with an instructor who also videotapes 
>the dives. However he is not available until nest week. That would 
>be cutting it close especially if we get some rainy weather. He has 
>offered to sell her some shots he has and will put together for her. 
>She said he would either put it on vhs or cd. I'm trying to figure 
>out which would be better quality to import. I know the cd would be 
>digital, but not sure what compression he will use! If the VHS is 
>first generation we should be able to bring it out to our Sony 
>digital 8 camera and make it digital.
>Any ideas.
>
>Thanks,
>Joan

If you don't know the compression, definitely go for VHS.

-- E, opinionated