What economic incentive to rip DVDs?
nospam1
to Divx? And honestly I can't think of a good reason. I occasionally
run to Blockbusters to rent a few DVDs and record them onto tape by
using a SIMA Macrovision remover box. The result is generally fairly
good, but not spectacular and the SIMA box destroys the Closed
Captioning signal. So I usually just record with subtitle on. I use
TDK digital tape at SP speed. It costs $1.65 a tape at Costco.
When it comes to Divx, however, I just can't find a very good reason to
do it. First I have to spend upwards of 10 hrs. to rip a DVD and burn
it onto a CD. Then the playback will look good only on a PC. To see it
on TV, I need a video card with TV out. My experience with TV-out video
cards is the output on TV is generally a great deal fuzzier than on the
PC monitor, perhaps even worse than the tape I produced with the SIMA
box. So to sum it all up, copying the DVD to tape is easier, quicker,
almost as cheap, and probably gives higher playback quality on the TV.
Plus I won't have to tie up my PC for a whole 10 hrs. Am I overlooking
something?
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john bulchi
elses case,
few points you should consider:
. most people who rip dvd's have more than 1 pc ( ihave 1 just for
ripping)
- if you get a good tv-out card then the quality is just as good,
-i dont want subtitles on my movies
-i dont have to buy a sima box
-a divx although may take a little longer to create then a vhs copy but cost
alot less, say 30cents per movie.
- if we all had money to burn then we would have dvd's and not bother
ripping them
-tapes are dead, long live the cd-r
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Taxman
"john bulchi" <som...@somewhere.so.what> wrote in message
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> your not really overlooking anything in YOUR case, but thats not everyone
> elses case,
> few points you should consider:
> . most people who rip dvd's have more than 1 pc ( ihave 1 just for
> ripping)
> - if you get a good tv-out card then the quality is just as good,
> -i dont want subtitles on my movies
> -i dont have to buy a sima box
> -a divx although may take a little longer to create then a vhs copy but
cost
> alot less, say 30cents per movie.
> - if we all had money to burn then we would have dvd's and not bother
> ripping them
> -tapes are dead, long live the cd-r
And most important of all :We can trade/send them over the net. Try
snailmailing your vcr cassettes around the world and then come tell me that
its so cheap with tapes :-)
John
with divx. 2nd cdr's only cost 20p here in the UK [30c US] 3rd cdrs last
forever. last but not least like console games these dvds are overpriced and
the object of it all is "backing up" or else "sharing" with fellow inet
movie ppl.
start ripping and sharing as 1 day there wont be vcr's
sc0tsman
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maurice bongarts
whole, you can keep them in a beschuitblik and they even fit in those funny
drawers you got in your pc, try that with tapes or am I overlooking
something ...
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gobbledygook
computer-based technological changes, CDRs may become obsolete faster than
VCRs. There are already high density CDRs with twice the capacity of regular
CDRs.
John wrote:
> yes m8 you are overlooking something 1st tv out for me is almost dvd quality
> with divx. 2nd cdr's only cost 20p here in the UK [30c US] 3rd cdrs last
> forever. last but not least like console games these dvds are overpriced and
> the object of it all is "backing up" or else "sharing" with fellow inet
> movie ppl.
>
> start ripping and sharing as 1 day there wont be vcr's
>
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Creed
on them you have no problems, if you spill something into your vcr casette
you can throw it away!
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john bulchi
quality, massive frequency response BUT only sony have released a decent
player (affordable for home users)
as for digital vhs, its quality is much better than a dvd, BUT its about 5
years to late,
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Fidelio
>Exactly, and if you use them as beercoasters and you spill some of the beer
>on them you have no problems, if you spill something into your vcr casette
>you can throw it away!
Only fools use CD's as coasters. A good coaster is soft and absorbs
liquid. CD's are too hard, a grain of sand or dust will seriously
scratch your table whenever you move one, they stick to the table,
inviting you to slide them instead of lifting them. They are too
thin to be lifted without sliding them to the side. Plus whenever
you spill something it just runs right off, and goes below the
CD, further damaging your table.
R
Fidelio
storing 100 tapes requires a large box or lots of shelf space, but
100 CDR's take up much less space.
R
ZeroAXE
bookshelf
;o)
ZeroAXE
"John" <j.mck...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> yes m8 you are overlooking something 1st tv out for me is almost dvd
quality
> with divx. 2nd cdr's only cost 20p here in the UK [30c US] 3rd cdrs last
> forever. last but not least like console games these dvds are overpriced
and
> the object of it all is "backing up" or else "sharing" with fellow inet
> movie ppl.
>
> start ripping and sharing as 1 day there wont be vcr's
>
> sc0tsman
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