I am weeks away in purchasing a dvd recorder but this group is full of scary
mary posts condeming them and priasing them a little, is there any 100% good
machines out there in the uk ?. i want to be able to record from tv, hook up
a vhs, a laserdisc and transfer onto re writable discs. is there any
recommendations out there at all ??

cant go wrong with the panasonics, everyone i know of who has one certainly
hasnt bagged them in here, they are a great machine.


"howie feltersnatch" <neil@&&&pha-q.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 14:56:44 +0100, "howie feltersnatch"
<neil@&&&pha-q.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

As someone mentioned, Panasonics are pretty good, but you won't find
any *100%* good machines on planet Earth. No matter what model you go
with, each machine will have strengths and weaknesses. You just need
to research the models available to you and see if a machine's
particular weaknesses are something you can live with or not.

If you want a perfect machine that will digest all media brands and
formats with perfect compatibility on all players, you'll have to wait
a few more years for the technology to mature. Of course, by then,
the technology might be obsolete and replaced by an all new technology
with an all new set of issues.


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MCheu

"rob moody" <fuckoffspam@asshole.com> wrote
Totally agree with that, I transferred both mine and my parent's entire VHS
library over DVD-R. What a space saver ! The only weakness with *any* DVD
recorder is the lack of a Freeview tuner at the moment I think.

Sony will be rectifying this :-
http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/rdrhx10/rdr-hx10.htm although at a price, I bet
!!

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"howie feltersnatch" <neil@&&&pha-q.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

recorder has not missed a single beat since I bought it (probably about
a year ago now).
It is a multi format machine in that it will record onto +RW, -RW and
-R discs.
It will not record onto +R discs (only +RW), it will only play them.
Fingers crossed, still going strong.
Cheers!

--
Graham
The Main Control Room - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk
Deathzone Emulation - www.thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk/emulation

What is a Freeview tuner?

Can you be so kind as to explain?

Thanks!

<me6@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Its a digi box for terrestrial digital tv here in the UK!

Pete

and to be fair sort of sucks at present, the best bit about it inmho is the
channel 5 picture the rest is a bit weak ?

David


"PeteC" <aaaaaaa@bbbbbbbb.nob> wrote in message
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ah, this might solve a problem I have. I have about 30 childrens vhs movies
that my kids watch endlessly - can I take those over to dvd - I thought they
were protected ?

David

"David Cleland" <davidcleland@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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no the tuner is for tv, the problem you will have is macrovision, just buy a
remover box and you'll be fine.

ah, that could be handy as it means I do not have to keep a vhs video going
and I could get 3-4 videos to 1 dvd.

David

ps thanks

Panasonics are pretty good the only missing bit is support for -RW if you're
wanting lend DVD to friends or use in another DVD player. With DVD-R
dropping to fairly cheap prices this is less of an issue.
Pioneer and JVC also have models which do suppport -RW.


"howie feltersnatch" <neil@&&&pha-q.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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cheer chaps, i have always heard the panasonic is a more favoured range,
will have another look !


"Daver" <jbrockley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Daver" <jbrockley@hotmail.com> wrote in
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I use -RAM for this, a mate gets me to record stuff off ESPN for him, I
record them to the -RAMs he bought and he watches them no problems.

--
Trevor S


"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

On 8 Aug 2004 08:30:43 GMT, Trevor S <bill@gates.com> wrote:

In case the OP doesn't know, we should clarify that the players that
reads DVD-RAM are not (yet anyway) normal DVD-players.

As someone pointed out, there are limitations and drawbacks to any
recorder (type and model).
Depending on the planned usage, budget and your other equipment you
will come up with different trade offs.

Start with:
* Should discs play in ordinary DVD-players?

* Do you want to edit/trim these recordings?

* Should these discs be re-usable?

* Does your budget alow a recorder with a HDD?

* Do you have the possibility to include the HDD recording function in
a digital TV-receiver instead of the DVD-recorder?

* If you plan to record a lot from VHS-tapes, is there a major
drawback to leave the cuts on the disc (i.e. wasted disc space on a
DVD+RW) or to do some coarse trimming already when recording?

/Jan

nospam@nospam.se (Jan B) wrote in news:4115f21f.20765685@wingate:

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I don't understand that ? My definition of a "normal player" is one that
does _not_ record. My mates player does not record but can play back the -
RAM disks I record for him on my Panny E-100. I would call his machine a
DVD player. Wheter other peoples players can support -RAM is beyond my
capability, as I have no idea what DVD players they have, I was simpily
refuting the claim by another poster that because the Pannys don't support
-RW you can't give recording to others to playback, I cited an example of
it happening every week with -RAM. If compatabilty is an issue for some
unknown reason, then using -RW may not solve the problem as it will most
likely use the same -VR mode for recording as the Panny anyhoo, unless you
use "compatbilty mode" and why the hell you would do that is beyond me.

As to anyone buying a dvd player, except for HT only use, I would not even
consider buying a player that does not record these days. and if I was
buying a recorder, I would not consider one without a HDD

--
Trevor S


"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

How come?

Can you be so kind as to explain why?

<me6@privacy.net> wrote in message
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cos there's no real point without one. having the hard drive is excellent,
so much easier. if you tape a program to dvd then the dvd decides not to
finalize you've lost the program, at leats with the har drive you can just
burn it again. plus the diting you can do with the hard drive- eg take out
ads etc is awesome.

me6@privacy.net wrote in news:i18ch0lbmpfkedpne12sfclqtiueo7qibo@4ax.com:

Flexability is increased astronomically. In Aus and USA for example HDTVs
large storage requirments means recordable DVD is dead before it really
starts.

Think of using a PC with no HDD, you can do it but it's much better having
one.

--
Trevor S


"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein

which is why you would dub it to DVD-R for that very reason - the RAM discs
are really your day to discs that can be used 1000s of times.

David