Bought another JVC HR-D470U..

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by DVtyro

I recorded onto a VHS VCR off a $19 DVR/receiver in widesreen - looks watchable (YT video). Next time I'll try recording in SVHS (I have another VCR), sadly the box does not have S-Video output.

P.S. I probably should re-do the video and explain earlier that on a split screen digital is on the left and VHS is on the right.

Don't have time to watch now.

It's not the end of the world not having S-video if the comb/notch filters in the VCR are good.

S-VHS-ET is great because you can put S-VHS recordings on plan old VHS tape stock. I did a lot of that before I switched my main media to DVD, then a few years later went full digital for HD recording. I gotta start saving the discs. Tape lasts centuries if stored right, digital on HDD lasts as long as you have 2 copies and check them for function, but recordable DVDs die fast and easily especially if exposed to sunlight...

[DVtyro]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I gotta start saving the discs. Tape lasts centuries if stored right, digital on HDD lasts as long as you have 2 copies and check them for function, but recordable DVDs die fast and easily especially if exposed to sunlight...

I have CDs recorded in the previous century, they still work fine, were stored in an album. I don't think DVDs should be much different.

[redk9258]

Originally Posted by DVtyro

I have CDs recorded in the previous century, they still work fine, were stored in an album. I don't think DVDs should be much different.

Recordable media is a whole different animal!

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by redk9258

Recordable media is a whole different animal!

+1

Factory pressed CDs and DVDs are fairly resilient, but recordable media is VERY different. Some of the last DVDs I burned sat on a window sill for a year or two in stacks...The tops of the discs changed color and they became unreadable... Lettering from the top burned into the disc below and other goofyness...The top 1-3 discs in those stacks were ruined, and better kept older ones about a decade old now are starting to die...It's a crying shame.

I will say CDRs do seem less fragile than DVDRs, but of course when you aren't storing as much data you don't need to shrink or complicate the physical data tracks as much so it's going to be more solid.