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digitalfreaknyc said:

SilverWook said:

Must have been a really cheapo DVD recorder, as I've not had those kind of issues.

There were problems with the laserdisc, not the recorder.

The disc itself could have some dropouts, but using an high quality laserdisc player, like X0 or X9, AND a pc with a good capture card, should improve the quality a lot!

I've collected LD's since 1986, and have never seen dropouts that look like that. And I've had defective discs with everything from mild speckling, to rot so bad the player starts clacking loudly trying to compensate before the video image is totally lost, and it just stops playback.

If I didn't know better, I would think the disc was transferred to tape before it was recorded to DVD.