On Saturday, June 30, 1990 at 12:15:28 PM UTC-4, Russell Shackelford wrote:
I think I'm pretty much sold on Hi8, but just so I'm aware of any
mistakes I might be making...... *IS* there any meaningful quality
difference between what Hi8 can do and what S-VHS can do?..... *IS*
there any downside to going Hi8 rather than S-VHS?..... *IS* there
any downside to the reverse, i.e., going S-VHS rather than Hi8?....
all opinions (informed and otherwise) are welcome and will be appreciated
thanks,
russ
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Russell Shackelford
The College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332
russ@prism.gatech.edu (404) 834-4759
Almost 30 years later a reply.
In 1991 got the Fuji X H80 Hi8 (replaced the "Back to the Future" JVC VHS-C). It was a huge improvement. I used that camcorder for almost 9 years (some film projects, mostly family videos) and my only regret was that I didn't upgrade sooner to a Hi8
with image stabilization which came out shortly after the FujiX H80. In hindsight, Although those old Hi8 tapes lacked image stabilization, inexpensive video editing tools can easily (with some slight image quality loss)fix most problems. That Hi8
camcorder was in use longer than any camcorder I had before or since. I had SVHS VCR recorders but never felt a need to go with SVHS acquisition.
Fast forward (an old audio tape deck, VCR concept) 30 years and we're now looking at 8K camcorders... At this point, consumer 4K acquisition is working for me - at least for now.
I feel like I've been "back to the future". Ha
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