Walt Wayman wrote:
> Actually, I really don't even have a DVD burner, not yet -- ergo,
>the S-VHS -- but I'm looking and in the market for one. Anybody
>have any suggestions? I want one that'll let me make DVDs of TIFFs
>and also copy video, S-VHS tape and "live," maybe even in both NTSB
>and PAL. I do have a couple of friends in third-world countries.
Well, if you're looking at putting a burner in a PC, pretty much any of the
current ones will do the trick -- as ever, they keep on getting faster and
cheaper, but they're amazingly cheap now, all things considered [1]. I got the
BenQ one 16xdual-layer one and it's been fine so far. TV capture, the ASUS TV
FM card is cheap and will capture s-video with fairly respectable quality. I
think the Hauppage ones are better but substantially more expensive. Or you
could just get one of the ATI All-In-Wonder cards if you want 3d acceleration
as well.
-- dan
[1] it's one of the things that boggles me about the price of consumer goods --
DVD burner, containing amazingly precise mechanics, a tiny laser reader and
writer, stepper motors, electronics, who knows what else, $69.99. Glasses
frames, made of a bit of bent metal and two hinges; $250.. Something seems very
wrong with that, somehow.
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