Originally posted by: andij
@RichKS: Great! Then the VHS should be in very good quality as well.

Yeah, you'd think so wouldn't you?

OK, the good news is this is captured and the encode is great. I've got it as a DVD but it's very no-frills. It's high bitrate and the 1 hour thing comes in at around 4 GB

The bad news is that the original VHS quality was really bad. it's shaky and jerky in places. There are places where it looks like a bad encode because Vader's arm is jerking as if it's dropping frames. But that's exactly what it looks like if you watch the VHS straight off.

It's possible that someone else might be able to get a better capture from this tape, but with the equipment I have it's not going to be all that great. It's watchable I guess, but not pleasant. I have transfered other stuff to DVD and it's generally pretty good, but this puppy isn't up to snuff.