Can you all tell me these recording choices with Blu-Ray

[AlexKx]

Can you all tell me if Blu-Ray will be able to record in high definition using all of the time allowed in the GB that it will be released in at first? My understanding is that it will have options like a VHS tape in terms of quality and length of time you want to have recorded on it. How is this compared to the HD-DVDs? I understand they won't be able to hold the same about of time of ten hours under any circumstances. This leads to my main question. If I have old home videos the best quality I can get from them transfered to Blu-Ray would only be a good as the video itself, right? It would not be able to make my home videos into digital would it? If it would make it digital would there be any less quality to them? I am concerned about losing old home videos which is why I am asking. In the meantime some have already been transfered to other video tapes and c.d.-r.s.

[-zombie-]

Originally Posted by AlexKx

Can you all tell me if Blu-Ray will be able to record in high definition using all of the time allowed in the GB that it will be released in at first? My understanding is that it will have options like a VHS tape in terms of quality and length of time you want to have recorded on it.[/b]

I don't know for certain but I believe their will be a levels of quality you can choose for when recording to a Blu-ray disc just as their is now for HD-DVRs.

[b]If I have old home videos the best quality I can get from them transfered to Blu-Ray would only be a good as the video itself, right? It would not be able to make my home videos into digital would it? If it would make it digital would there be any less quality to them? I am concerned about losing old home videos which is why I am asking. In the meantime some have already been transfered to other video tapes and c.d.-r.s.

You can't polish a turd. When transfering videos to Blu-ray discs the best you can hope for is the exact same quality as the original source, i.e. the videotape you've recorded from. The main plus for transfering tapes to disc is that a disc won't wear out with repeated viewings the way a tape does. Picture and video quality remain the same.

[AV_Integrated]

Your old tapes are not high definition, and are not likely of the highest quality for video and audio.

Both formats will have a far higher quality than you will ever need for video tape dubs. The format is all digital, so, of course your video will be in a digital format. But, the quality, as said above, will never be any better than the original. Actually, anytime you go from an analog original, like VHS to another format, there is at least a little bit of quality loss, though with good cables and attention to detail, this quality loss is minimal.

You could also edit them into your PC and make DVDs or do any number of other things with your old videos.