Which Dvd Recorders Have the best ep and lp PQ

[jim15800]

I was wondering which dvd recorders regardless of format have the best picture quality in the 4, 6 and 8 hour modes? Thanks in advance for any information.

[lordsmurf]

Best 4-hour = LSI encoder chips using true VBR specs (JVC is the winner for the best machine using that spec)

Best 6-hour = This is tricky. You need a machine that does an adaptive deinterlace. Not a field drop. The spec of 6-hour is always 352x240, normally bitrate of 1500 VBR/CBR/CVBR. The LiteOn 5001 (maybe 5005 also) seems to do this. Again, LSI chips, although CVBR, so only 1-hour, 2-hour, and 6-hour really look nice. So does 3-hour, if you get no jitter problems from the firmware hack. The 4-hour is okay on cartoons sometimes. Most machines drop a field, and that looks horrible. In PAL, some Panasonics look decent at 6-hour too.

Best 8-hour = None.

[handyguy]

It would depend on what you are recording.

Dvds are cheap enough these days that you can buy more rather than trying to stretch what you can put on it.