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oldschool1 · 2012-07-11, 02:26 PM

is it better to dvr a HD program, or a SD to vcr, one would think hd, but would it be compatable?

example: simpsons in sd and hd, which would be better to record to vcr

Bayguy · 2012-07-11, 02:48 PM

oldschool HD to DVR is better than SD on VCR but if you have to use a VCR instead of a DVR then you have to use SD. Well you could tune to a HD channel but youd still have to use the SD output.

57 · 2012-07-11, 04:03 PM

A VCR has roughly 240 lines of resolution vertically (unless it's S-VHS, which very few people have, in which case it's up to 400 lines). A PVR can do 1080i or 720P, which is 3-4 times the vertical resolution of a VCR, along with the same horizontal difference, so overall the HD picture is roughly 10+ times what you can record on a VCR. Nuff said?

numba1killa · 2012-07-13, 09:08 PM

If you could find a Beta Max player and some blank Beta tapes ... that would be like DVD quality ..

S-VHS is also almost like DVD quality. But, What you could do, is buy a cheap little DVD recorder, and and get like a 50 stack of blank DVDs ... that could work as well.

2012-07-11, 02:26 PM	#1
oldschool1 Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 31	Recording To Vcr is it better to dvr a HD program, or a SD to vcr, one would think hd, but would it be compatable? example: simpsons in sd and hd, which would be better to record to vcr

2012-07-11, 04:03 PM	#3
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,294	A VCR has roughly 240 lines of resolution vertically (unless it's S-VHS, which very few people have, in which case it's up to 400 lines). A PVR can do 1080i or 720P, which is 3-4 times the vertical resolution of a VCR, along with the same horizontal difference, so overall the HD picture is roughly 10+ times what you can record on a VCR. Nuff said? __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

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2012-07-11, 02:48 PM	#2
Bayguy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baja BC Posts: 430	oldschool HD to DVR is better than SD on VCR but if you have to use a VCR instead of a DVR then you have to use SD. Well you could tune to a HD channel but youd still have to use the SD output.

2012-07-13, 09:08 PM	#4
numba1killa Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SSM Canada Posts: 264	If you could find a Beta Max player and some blank Beta tapes ... that would be like DVD quality .. S-VHS is also almost like DVD quality. But, What you could do, is buy a cheap little DVD recorder, and and get like a 50 stack of blank DVDs ... that could work as well.