"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Y-qdnfZDs40EF3zenZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@giganews.com...
If you meant the DirecTiVo DVR it's a Philips DSR7000/17.
Just the unit they were shipping when I placed my order with
DirecTV. Not a considered selection on my part.
/Ken

"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:Iu1K95.unv@wjv.com...
That would be my interpretation as well.

I own a DVD recorder without a HD. Rather than being "basically worthless"
I find it quite useful. Indeed, I do most of my time shifting on it. Would
I like to have one with a HD? You bet. As it happens, I paid only $100 for
my existing DVD recorder; all the ones with HD were at least $300, and I
didn't feel they were 3 times as useful.

I'm always in the market for a new DVD recorder with a hard drive. In order
to qualify, such a recorder would have to be capable of programmed recording
on the HD at the same time I'm playing something already on the HD--or a
DVD. The $300 unit I had briefly wouldn't do that. Once you programmed it
to record a TV show on the HD, the entire unit went into standby, and I
couldn't play anything. Not acceptable.

Norm Strong

In article <4_WdnQWT4IGV0X_eRVn-gA@comcast.com>,
<normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:
And Norm, may I ask what the $300 dollar unit that you had briefly
was. It would be good to know so it could be eliminated from my
choices when going to an HD model.

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:Iu736u.nI0@wjv.com...
It was a Lite-On 5045, which I bought from Costco. It was an impulse
purchase. I noted that it would play and record DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW, and
also play mp3 or wma audio files burned to DVDR. I have a lot of DVD+R/RW
discs with 160 hours of music on them in wma format.

The 5045 was a bitch to learn. The instruction manual was not too good.
When I found out that you couldn't play the DVD player while the HD was
programmed or playing, back it went. I can't think of any reason why you
shouldn't be able to play the HD while it's recording. Tivo does it. Most
assuredly, you should be able to use the DVD player independent of the HD.

The only really neat feature was the ability to transfer HD recordings to a
DVDR at 6x speed--even on 4x blanks.

Norm

In article <l4SdnZrDGOLt3XveRVn-jQ@comcast.com>,
<normanstrong@comcast.net> wrote:
Thanks for the info. I needed a spare when my Philips got hinky so
I picked up a Lite-On 5115GHC+ at Costco. Sticker said $129 but
it checked out at $119.

I was wondering how good the big model with the HD was, but from
you description I'll look for something else as and adjunct.

I've recently been making new covers for the things I've recorded
from cable, moving from standard boxes to the slim-line double DVD
boxes - as I've run out of room. This stuff really gets
addicitive.

Add that to the huge amount of analog audio I'm transfering
from LP, 45, and later 78s, these shinny little disks are taking up
a lot of room.

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

don't forget the LDs Bill - I am sure you will get to those babies one day!

And speaking of DVD storage - this is mine.........

Recipe:

Take one redundant doorway and add wood, glass and DVDs


http://www.geocities.com/seriph1/DVDHALLSIDE.jpg


http://www.geocities.com/seriph1/DVDLIBRARYSIDE.jpg


Steve



"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message news:IuJ4pG.21vn@wjv.com...

In article <G1sHf.1438$k6.30362@nasal.pacific.net.au>, mindesign
<seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM@consultant.com> wrote:

And about 800 CEDs too - but most have been re-issued - some only
took 10 years to come out on LD or later DVD because RCA had some
rights exclusively for 10 years.

I need about 10 more hours per day and about 2 more days a week.

That's nice. When we built our world-class recording studio back
in 1977 I looked at the design and saw it made for traffic THROUGH
the control room so I got with the designed and we moved the CR
about 10 feet to the left. We kept the design the same with large
doors on both sides - solid core doors with a 1/2" cellotex
sandwich and oak plank for decor - made them about 250 pounds each.

But on the non-traffic side we cut the center of the door out, put
in hardwood rails for rack mounting. Then we had the combo
1/6&1/3 octave room EQ at the top, the electronics crossovers next,
then the BGW 100 for the tweeters, a pair of BGW 500s' for the
mid-range and woofers, and anther amp - forget the brand - at
200W/channel for the stereo headphone system. And another less
powerful for the other headphone system - so we could give two
stereo, or one stereo and two mono headphone mixes to keep the
players happy.

THe really nice thing was that anytime we needed to change anything
we just pulled the door open - which also revealed some other gear.

Doors are good for much more than walking through. In this case
it gave us sealed access so there would not be any sound problems.

Since I only have 2 Edison flat diamond disks and 1 console I
figure I can play them and record with a mike :-)

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com