Recording in HD help please?

Question

I am trying to record in HD on my Samsung VCR, its only 4yrs old and I use good tapes but I am not happy with the results, the hand book does not mention anything about recording in HD. Please can you tell me how to do this.

Answer 1

You definately will not get HD on a VCR. They are designed to be recorded on other formats like Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Reason being that HD carries an immense amount of data which is why Blu-Ray and HD-DVD have the required space to carry that data. Also, to record HD you will need a HD receiver (like Sky) and a HDMI input and VCR's will not have them.

Answer 2

Even if you record at SP (2 hours on a T-120 tape), you won't get nearly the quality of HD.  VHS video resolution tops out a maximum 240 horizontal lines, whereas HD signals currently top out at 1080 lines.  If your recorder is S-VHS, it will record a maximum of 400 lines, still well below HD quality.

Answer 3

VCRs don't have HD capablility for you to record, you have to use standard resolition 480i.

Sorry!!