Analogue VHS tapes to DV= Better quality??

[wizz]

Used my RT2000 to do some DV captures and i was stunned at the picture quality. Can i get better quality if i capture my VHS tapes (analogue)to DV or is the quality dependant on the source material???

cheers

Tony

[Dr Mordrid]

Quality is ALWAYS dependent on source material. If the quality is not that great then you can also feed the signal through a gadget like the SIMA SCC+ or Elite Video BVP-4+ video processor to restore the colorburst and synch. That helps a lot.

Of course if you capture analog to DV with the RT-2000 those files will be converted to 4:4:4:4 RGBA video on the fly, which of course means the video files are captured with an alpha channel. You can do a lot with that

Dr. Mordrid

[wizz]

Thanks Doc,

I'll begin transfering straight away. Ultimately everything will be archive on
DVD-R discs.

[Brian Ellis]

You may be able to manipulate things to give a visually more-pleasing result, but you can never restore what has been lost and a VHS tape loses one helluva lot for you.

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Brian (the terrible)