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| Thread ID: 124955 | 2012-05-29 23:36:00 | Freeview and VCRs. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1278288 | 2012-06-02 10:10:00 | I've converted tapes, it's very time consuming and I'd hate to consider it for a large collection so I understand wanting to keep the VCR for playback and it should be easy enough to hook a VCR up to a modern TV still. As for playing it in any room, if you get the networking package for your TiVo you can transfer shows between TiVo's, transfer it to a PC, and find and play recordings on one TiVo from another on the same network. Not quite as flexible as a tape (pun intended) but even better in many ways, it can even stream photos and videos from PC to TiVo I think. I haven't actually used these features though, I have a media PC in the lounge which makes it unnecessary and I don't keep my recordings once I've watched them. A cheap PVR option for anyone with a PC is to add a Tuner card, under windows 7 media centre it comes pretty close to everything TiVo does except there's still no support for more than the now/next guide in NZ and it's about half the price of a Tivo on special, about the same if you buy a media centre remote as well. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1278289 | 2012-06-03 13:38:00 | I've converted tapes, it's very time consuming and I'd hate to consider it for a large collection so I understand wanting to keep the VCR for playback and it should be easy enough to hook a VCR up to a modern TV still. I have lost count of the number times some muppet in the shop says to me "Why don't you convert your tapes to DVD".I tell them do you know how many bloody tapes I have.... Yeah but if you want to keep them, you should convert them. Tapes won't last forever, and you might as well start sooner than later. Hard drives\DVD mightn't be that much more reliable, but at least once the video is digital it's much easier to copy and backup, also copying is lossless. That said, I'm not saying you should ditch your VCR either, if it works well for you, great, I still use mine for recording sometimes too. But the tapes are the problem. Just a thought... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1278290 | 2012-06-04 03:27:00 | Absolutley start converting. I have a few that have gone moldy, so keep an eye on them if you store them away. | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1278291 | 2012-06-04 12:26:00 | What do you have on VHS that needs keeping? I can understand with personal stuff. But old VHS recordings of tv shows? many of which appear in the Warehouse DVD bargain bin for $5? Can you even buy blank VHS tapes these days? |
apsattv (7406) | ||
| 1278292 | 2012-06-04 12:37:00 | But old VHS recordings of tv shows? many of which appear in the Warehouse DVD bargain bin for $5? There have been many films that were never released on DVD. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1278293 | 2012-06-05 04:55:00 | What do you have on VHS that needs keeping? I can understand with personal stuff. But old VHS recordings of tv shows? many of which appear in the Warehouse DVD bargain bin for $5? Can you even buy blank VHS tapes these days? I mainly have old shows some of which were recorded in 1981 onwards.And yes they still play great as they were only ever recorded on TDK Super Avilyn.Yes I can still buy them as my local Noel leeming orderes in for me if I order 20 x etc..Maybe not much longer though.Clearly I will have to start recording to DVD in which case I'll have to get one of those Panasonic HDD/DVD PVR.As I said I have quite a few tapes so converting is not an option as it would simply take to long...If there's a way of getting recorded stuff off the Tivo then that could work for me.As I understand it this can be done perhaps with the network package that costs $99. What worries me is it encrypted meaning I can only store but not play on the pc's ext hdd??? |
Koenig Tiger (14621) | ||
| 1278294 | 2012-06-05 05:25:00 | Might want to look into using an HTPC for recording instead, then everything you have recorded is in a PC-readable and normal format from the start | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1278295 | 2012-06-05 11:21:00 | Good quality tapes are still available at various outlets, Supermarkets, and the Warehouse. Any of the 'Name' Brands are OK. You can also record Freeview to a VCR using a cheap Freeview box at $90-$100 depending on the current sale pricing. It seems that most TVs seem to lack AV outputs these days, we have a Sony, a Samsung and a Sanyo covering a period of about 5 years and none have AV out, only AV in (in various flavours). I too 'stocked up' and bought a NIB Panasonic HiFi Nicam SuperLP VCR/DVD Player off TradeMe for peanuts, you just have to be patient and wait for a good one to appear. This one was still in the box! I have a couple of DVD 'Video Recorders" as well, one is an HDD/DVD PVR and the other I'm not sure about, but they will have to run from a Freeview Box as well because I don't like the off-air VHF/UHF analogue quality these days. One gripe I do have about Freeview and the range of flat screen TVs is the time the FreeView Boxes and the flat screens take to boot up, and their slow channel changes as well. P's me off that some models don't seem to let you re-order the channels either. My office Sanyo is one example, I though I had it all set up and saved etc per the manual and it worked fine till I turned it off then it went back to the old order again, then I saw a line in the book that said it wouldn't or couldn't do that. :mad: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1278296 | 2012-06-05 11:26:00 | What is 'normal' PC format? Be wary as NZ digital HD uses HE-AAC audio encoding which can be a bugger to find the right codec as we are in a strict minority using this. | linw (53) | ||
| 1278297 | 2012-06-05 11:51:00 | More normal than some probably proprietary thing hidden away in who knows what filesystem type on a DVR hard drive, I expect. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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