Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
In one year VHS will be gone!
For several years I have tried to get my video work to digital in the PC domain and was never happy with the unnecessary complexity of the related products. In many cases I was ripped off by the vendor with unfulfilled claims. Bill Gates and the lack of a stable operating system was one of them. So I bought a Mac and it was more or less the same disaster. I am not saying that it does not work, but it was not worth the effort. All that changed a week ago when I bought a Philips DVD-RW recorder. This is the way to do digital video at home. In few days, I have converted all my old videos from VHS, Hi-8 and DV to DVD. Not only can we now watch them with the simplicity and quality of DVD, but they go into my DVD disk changer for fast access.<br />For my video editing I had to find a way to read MPEG2 files and it will depend on the product you use hwo that can be achieved. But there is no more need for slow capturing of sequences. The DVD recorder is the perfect path into the digital domain! Archiving is just a perfect byproduct! Using the DV-in I also use the DVD recorder to create my video masters, rather than going to DV tape. Perfect! Create a few title sequences on the PC and then assembling them and the video directly to the DVD recorder is the most simple way to do your home videos! Fun is back into home video!<br />This will replace the VHS recorder in a very short time and then also the media prcies will drop to pleaseant levels. Finally the future is here!