"Damien Evans" <guest@anon.com> wrote in message

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> > 1 hour dv tape = 13 gigs of video for $3 - $5

> > 3 blank DVDs = 14.1 gigs of storage for $2 - $6

> > 80gig hard drive for $60 = .75 per gig * 13gigs = $9.75

> Yeah, but you usually compress to MPEG2 when storing on DVD therefore...

>

> 1 dv tape = 1 hour

> 3 dvds = 6 hours (at least)

Uh.....,

1 DV tape = 1 hour of 5:1 compressed video info

(SP-mode, 60-minute tape).

3 DVDs = 1 hour of DV video-data (as above) or

3 hours of further-compressed playable-video (the

quality-loss is generally visible but acceptable at this

level of compression, but at double the playing time,

it is close to unacceptable unless the original image

has little fine detail and/or it has almost no image

motion...). And, the DV tape, if properly stored,

will likely remain playable over a longer period than

it would be with either of the other two storage methods...

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