[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >The Quality of MPEG-1 VCD is just fine for >recording from older analog media. The MPEG-2 format in DVD will just more >accurately record the lack of quality of VHS tape, not make it better.
Unless american VHS is much worse than the european version, which have some more lines, then I must disagree. Purchased MPEG-1 movies are clearly inferior to purchased VHS movies. Also, if you recorded VHS yourself, chances are that the quality is much better than commercial movies (that have been speedcopied). Then there's also S-VHS. So, I'd never use MPEG-1 for anything less than if my target group only could watch that format. S-VCD, which is also based on variable bitrate MPEG-2, is a more useful alternative to DVD. It may ask for some more CPU, so one probably need a 300Mhz G3 or more. But it can look close to DivX (Mpeg-4)or even DVD at double amount data compared to DivX (which really need a lot of CPU). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
