[mythtv-users] Cheap SCSI scanners - was:The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 11:04:59AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > but I learned, 20 years ago, when I saw it on a 19" Sony engineering
> > monitor, that you can get broadcast quality results out of VHS, if you
> > feed it a good enough signal.  (Someone in my TV production class at
> > votech had a Panasonic WV-555 or -777 feeding an NV-8450 portable; I'd
> > air it...)
> 
> Yeah, and if you don't have to go down too many generations.

Well, sure; you want to get it off analog immediately.  :-)

> 3/4" Umatic looks much better than VHS after a generation or two, in  
> my experience.  SVHS and Umatic are pretty close, though.  And those  
> 3/4" decks are nasty fire-breathing beasts.

I don't even want to tell you about the warehouse full of used
broadcast gear 20 feet from me destined -- unless I can find buyers
with cash -- for the dumpster.

Cheers,
-- jra
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