getting started - some questions about TTG/HMO/transfers

[cs8100]

When I transfer a video recorded in "High" quality on my Tivo to my PC and use Sonic to get it to a DVD, is the video on the DVD the same 'quality' (res, bit rate) as the original recorded on my Tivo? Or, is it 'lowered' to 'fit' some DVD requirements?

Can I be certain that is a transfer completes between Tivo and DT on my PC that the resulting video file is 100% correct even if my PC has been shutdown/rebooted/powered off, etc? Is TivoDesktop resilient with respect to WinXPsp2 restarts?

Thanks,
cs

[rkester]

I'm going to guess that even at Best quality, the image from the tivo is going to be less than DVD standard quality when burned to a DVD.

The tivo itself can only do a certain resolution max, i think 640x480, and that is well below DVD resolution.

[Bai Shen]

When I transfer a video recorded in "High" quality on my Tivo to my PC and use Sonic to get it to a DVD, is the video on the DVD the same 'quality' (res, bit rate) as the original recorded on my Tivo? Or, is it 'lowered' to 'fit' some DVD requirements?

Can I be certain that is a transfer completes between Tivo and DT on my PC that the resulting video file is 100% correct even if my PC has been shutdown/rebooted/powered off, etc? Is TivoDesktop resilient with respect to WinXPsp2 restarts?

Thanks,
cs

I'm pretty sure that High quality files get transcoded to fit on the dvd. I think medium and one other level(not sure which) are the only two that get recorded in a dvd compatible format.

As for desktop and reboots, it seems to recover okay, but you really should minimize those kinds off issues.