Canon, Sony, JVC -compatibility-what works for the family guy?

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I do own a Sony for years, TRV14... and my first "laptop" was an Apple Powerbook 100 - manufactured by <tadaaa> Sony...
... back to topic:
you really believe, a 8cm disk contains 30min of 800kPix/30fps? .. that 800kPix fullfill any video standards as NTSC/PAL...? that a lossy compressor as mp2 allows ANY quality with such a bitrate....(which defines pic quality on a disk, not what getting onto a ccd....)?
mpegs are just editable within the GOPs... any frame-precisions needs an "estimation" of content, due to the nature of this playback-codec....
... sorry, pal, the technique behind a dvd-recorder is a little more complex then any marketing-dept allows to write in any ad...
and that "immidiately" thing, in a thread a while ago, we remembered that endless evenings in the dark with our Dads, showing zillions of "un-edited"(=selected) slides... even after 20 years of doing homerecording, I will NEVER ever show unedited footage to anyone...
final word:
"don't like" is not enough, has to be "hate" (in capitals)? ... what a world....

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