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#3/4" or SVHS edit?

    22-Mar-95 18:02:09
Fm: John Small 72550,2150
To: Steve Bennett/SYSOP 76702,1071
John, if you master to Hi8 then you can use that master a do PCM audio dub … with the proper Hi8 deck of course. This will be MUCH better than the simple linear mono low fi audio dub of SVHS. The only way round this is to mix audio with initial assembly which will not give smooth transitions between cuts. Or suffer a generational loss with SVHS. Either SVHS or Hi8 the final target will probably be VHS for distribution. So I don't see the wisdom of going SVHS for master unless this is for personal use and this is all you're going to playback AND don't care about audio (unlikely). The issue of SVHS/VHS tape better standing up to repeated viewings than Hi8 notwithstanding. Am I overlooking something here? Thanks. -jts