I have been using my DVD recorder on maximum quality settings to completely replicate the original quality of my VHS tapes. When I use staxrip and xvid after, the quality is very close to the MPEG 2, but the color seems to be slightly faded and the detail is slightly missing. With all the filters etc, the computer can easily compensate with post processing, but I am using a tvix M-4000 media player and it plays it as it is.