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

[Jim Asherman]

Gerhard Kuhn wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
> Gerhard Kuhn
> suspice at hay.net

And so if you are going to try to do business you need both.
Aside from the playback issues such business clients often have analog 
tapes of some description that they are convinced will make your work 
better. ADDA converter lets you use them.
Whereas DVD has certainly caught on in a big way and ignoring it as a 
delivery medium is
not just shortsighted it was shortsighted 18 months ago.
Jim