Some opinions please for pioneer DVR-220-s recording.

[jarvizo]

Hi all, I will be getting one of these recorders in the mail shortly & wanted some advice (I know I'll be experimenting a lot with this machine, but I would like your opinions) I mostly will be backing up some VHS tapes (some commercial, some recorded by me, none available on DVD already) & PLENTY of laserdiscs. What I really want to know is which method is better for picture Quality:

A: recording my source material at the highest setting (1 hour) & then
authoring as an approximate 8GB DVD , then using dvd shrink with
"deep analysis" or
B: simply recording at final bitrate setting, then just authoring the file


will both of these methods produce the same quality or would one be better?

I already intend to re-author everything (so I can do custom menus, & precise chapers ect.)
but need to know if involving dvd shrink would yield better results?

[tjdmobile]

I would say that the answer would be a solid "Yes" and "No".

Yes, I think that method "A" would render the best results, as recordings in the highest quality are recorded Full-D1. Once you go to 4 hour mode on the Pioneer, it will drop to half-D1. The DVD Shrink keeps the resolution the same as it compresses it, so I think for LD you will have better quality using 1-2 hour with DVDshrink.

NO stems from the fact that my Pioneer 220-s has outstanding quality, and recompressing it will add artifacts.

TJD