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    =B1H=A5=F3=AA=CC: Kenji Shimizu <shimizu@telnet.or.jp>
    =A6=AC=A5=F3=AA=CC: megami@ML.usagi.org <megami@ML.usagi.org>
    =A4=E9=B4=C1: Friday, April 02, 1999 2:34 PM
    =A5D=A6=AE: Re: AMG VCD?
   
   
    Cary H. Chao wrote:
    >
    > One thing about VCDs compared to tapes is that VCD has a longer
    > lifespan. If you look at the tapes being rented on a regular 
basis, it
    > wouldn't last long whereas VCDs... well, think about how long an 
audio
    > CD lasts. I have a CD from 1986 and it's still ticking fine 
:=3D3D)
   
    Same with LD and DVD.
    (I have yet to meet a big fan who collects everything with VCD, 
instead
    of LD or DVD... ^_^;)
    Well, DVD isn't mainstream yet and for both LD and DVD prices are 
still on the high side. As Bruce said, VCD is a good medium for archival 
purposes. Especially if your anime are mostly on tape. I personally 
would follow his suggestion of converting them to VCD format.
    Furthermore, the VCD quality IS ADJUSTABLE! Most people doesn't want 
to waste discs so the use high compression ratios in which they 
sacrifice quality for disk space. If you were to use VCD version 2.0 
protocol and using high quality compression, sure you need an extra disc 
or two but showing it on a regular TV (in which the DPI is like .38mm) 
it's just fine. (besides, i like to watch anime on something bigger than 
a 13.3' LCD monitor) I recently watched Love Generation (Japdrama) VCD 
2.0 format on a 29' SONY, (played off my laptop) and it was darn good.
    (Opinions only)
   
   
    If DVD-RAM becomes mainstream in the next few years, I might 
consider porting over to that but until that happens (god know when) for 
video archiving (and long storage life), I'd go with VCD.

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