S-VHS vs D-VHS

[Chip Chester]

The real benefit of D-VHS is the ability to directly record the MPEG2 transport stream from a station. The all-digital I/O is via 1394/"firewire" connection, which sadly few sources or destinations support anymore. We have digital rights management in its many forms to thank for that.

Elgato EyeTV tuners and software do this, too, and well. What Elgato does not do is turn it back into some sort of analog signal for playback on things other than computer monitors.

Chip