S-VHS vs D-VHS

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Chip Chester

The real benefit of D-VHS is the ability to directly record the MPEG2 transport stream from a station. The all-digital I/O is via 1394/"firewire" connection, which sadly few sources or destinations support anymore. We have digital rights management in its many forms to thank for that.

Elgato EyeTV tuners and software do this, too, and well. What Elgato does not do is turn it back into some sort of analog signal for playback on things other than computer monitors.

Chip

If you can get the file onto your computer, then you can play it back on an analog TV. There is file conversion software out there and devices that let you use analog TV as a monitor....You just gotta do the research.

[Chip Chester]

Yes, that conversion is easy and cheap, but I would bet that a conversion system built into a D-VHS machine (designed by video guys) will end up looking better than a $30 box from a computer store.

Chip