On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:56:18 -0800, "Randall Hyde" wrote:

[...]
>If I go the following route:
>DV -> Hi8 -> VHS
>is the quality loss going to be far worse than DV->VHS?
>I am assuming that the 400 lines (vs. 200 for VHS) helps
>make up (at least partly) for the generation loss. Is this
>assumption way off base?
[...]

No - the results won't be quite as good as a direct
DV-->VHS copy, but it will be good enough for most
people (and certainly better than a DV-->VHS-->VHS
copy!). I doubt your particular client will know
the difference...