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01-03-2006, 11:21 PM
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Well the DVD arrived today from yumheart from PO Box 31933, Bellingham, WA. The DVD played no problem on my PC. That's the good news. It works.
 ...However, image quality is about half of what you'd get from the internet and down loading the file yourself. I did a side by side comparison of the RCA Hillsboro videa. The DVD had about twice the pixel noise, and was grainier compared to the mpeg 2 (72MB) download from the archive site. Guess the DVD is ok for someone who can't burn their own. My conclusion is that I'd be better off pocketing the $2.99 for myself. However, you have to try new things to find out if it's really worth while. Could be for some of us. Live and learn! Last edited by Tom_Ryan; 01-03-2006 at 11:24 PM. 
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01-12-2006, 06:57 PM
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Got DVD today and everything worked great as should! Best clip was history of television, showing prewar sets, cameras, tv trucks, then manufacturing.
 Worth the money, good compilation and contents label on dvd jacket. Hopefully someone will make dvd for each genre, ie-early color, prewar, and postwar tvs. Clips are definetely better with sound though... 
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01-13-2006, 07:54 PM
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Hey Dave S. about your thoughts on VHS,
This is still the "dirty little secret" of the DVD world, and one which occasionally sets me off reminiscing fondly for the good old days of VHS tapes which, while offering relatively ratty picture quality, were pretty much bulletproof: they always worked no matter who you sent them to (except for overseas, but that's another story.) You are forgetting about Hi-Band or SVHS tapes, other than not having instant access to the section you are looking for I find the quality of an SVHS tape shot with a three CCD Camera had no digital artifacts or other flaws inherent in the system. Richard.
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