| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 88794 | 2008-04-09 10:45:00 | Reccomend me a DVD recorder | pine-o-cleen (2955) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 657349 | 2008-04-09 10:45:00 | The VCR has finally died, so i think a DVD recorder is in order. Just want something basic that the olds will understand how to use. Cheap is good! Oh and I need it by Sunday, new top gear episodes are out! |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 657350 | 2008-04-09 11:10:00 | Pioneer ones are good, not cheap tho ;) | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 657351 | 2008-04-09 12:03:00 | We have had a Panasonic DMR-ES10 for about two years now and we are well pleased. Initially we used an ordinary DVD RW, but as the recorder is capable of using DVD Ram we bought one and now believe it out performs any other type of DVD RW. The big advantage of a DVD Ram is that you can begin watching a programme before it has finished recording. That means that you are not tied to having to be in front of your TV when the programme starts and you do not have to wait for it to finish recording. We do that with the news every evening. The other advantage of a DVD recorder is that you have a button that moves on in 30 second steps. There are usually eight commercials in each break so press the button eight times and within seconds you are back to the programme and you have no idea as to which commercials just played. Brilliant! You are also able to watch one programme while recording another. Another plus. The method used to programme the recorder is very similar to a VCR with the added advantage that you are able to name each programme and you do not need to watch them in the order that they were recorded. DVD Rams come either in a case or not. I recommend in a case - it looks a bit like an oversized floppy disc. Because the disc is completely enclosed there is almost no possibility of surface damage. We have had the DVD Ram RW for about eighteen months and it appears as good as new. Other RWs have not fared so well. Can't remember the price exactly, but about $400. While I don't say that you must buy a Panasonic, I would most definitely recommend a DVD recorder that is capable of using a DVD Ram RW. Big advantage. Very useful. Hope that is of some help. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 657352 | 2008-04-09 19:46:00 | Get a Sony, which will skip adverts. Forget RAM disks, even though they are way better than VHS tapes they cannot compare to hard drive recorders. There is another [huge] thread on this topic: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz You want cheap? Are you sure? Think about it: you will probably have the recorder for 5 years, maybe longer. Paying an extra $100 now is only a couple of dollars extra a month. You will not regret getting quality. |
Morpheus1 (186) | ||
| 657353 | 2008-04-10 02:36:00 | While a hard drive recorder may be the answer for some, I wonder if you are able to record DVD RW and play a DVD as well? While I do agree that hard drives are good, they may not be so good for everyone. If you want a DVD recorder just for recording and playing TV programmes then that may be your best option but if you want to record a DVD to keep (as I do) then you may have to consider a recorder that does both. Is there such an animal? Must agree with Morpheus1 - buying cheap not an option. You had the VCR for some years, surely you would want the DVD recorder to last as long? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 657354 | 2008-04-10 02:52:00 | I recently bought a Panasonic HDD recorder (250GB - can't remember the model # - about $600 from the Appliance Shed) for the same reasons outlined by Roscoe . DVD-RAM . :thumbs: I was deciding between the Sony, Pioneer and Panasonic - initially wary of the Panasonic because it comes Region-locked (:angry ) . However Next Electronics 'fixed' this under warranty (weird - how is this a warranty issue??), so I can watch all my DVDs from around the world now . The Sony wasn't the same as my TV (again Panasonic 37" Plasma) and the Pioneer, although it looked good, was another $100 or so more expensive than either the Sony or the Panasonic . Very happy with my Panasonic! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 657355 | 2008-04-10 04:45:00 | I have a Panasonic hard drive recorder (don't remember the model) and it too has DVD RAM. I have a DVD RAM drive in one of my computers too, so I can also copy the stuff onto there if I want to :) | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 657356 | 2008-04-10 07:15:00 | Roscoe its time to come out of the cave. My hard drive recorder will burn dvds of whatever I want to keep, skip most ad's with one button (only Sony do this) and record TV while I watch a dvd. | wotz (335) | ||
| 657357 | 2008-04-10 07:26:00 | While a hard drive recorder may be the answer for some, I wonder if you are able to record DVD RW and play a DVD as well? While I do agree that hard drives are good, they may not be so good for everyone. If you want a DVD recorder just for recording and playing TV programmes then that may be your best option but if you want to record a DVD to keep (as I do) then you may have to consider a recorder that does both. Is there such an animal? Must agree with Morpheus1 - buying cheap not an option. You had the VCR for some years, surely you would want the DVD recorder to last as long? Hi there Roscoe, You might be thinking of something else, when everyone refers to hard drive dvd recorders these days (and through the last couple years) they for sure are referring to dvd recorders (the same as yours) but with a hard drive inside. Yep, they still offer you the convenience of recording to disc and playing from disc (as they do still have the optical drive built in). More advantages :some will let you put your music right onto the HDD and you can use that as your jukebox, if you don't want something, you can just delete it, don't have to spend any time waiting for a disc to go through the erasure process, you can operate them without any discs in there at all, just record straight off tv and you can watch other things while doing it. Hope that helps. As for the dvd recorder, have a good look through this thread : pressf1.pcworld.co.nz , very popular topic on the issue and some very good advice around there. |
Deathwish (143) | ||
| 657358 | 2008-04-10 09:01:00 | Thanks for that, Deathwish. I bought my DVD recorder before recorders with a hardrive was available and so I was not aware that they were so similar. Wondered if you could transfer a programme recorded on the hardrive to a DVD? That would be helpful. The DVD Ram allows me to do a partial erase (to remove ads and other extraneous pieces) so I imagine that the hardrive will allow that as well? I wonder how many people on F1 bought a VCR shortly after they came out in NZ? I bought my first in about 1982. Were VCRs available much before then? I still find it hard to understand why people who have had a VCR and used it to record TV programmes (obviously) would buy a DVD player. Why would you not want a DVD recorder? As in Pine-o-cleen's case I would have thought that your VCR would be quite knackered by now so would'nt you want your DVD to do the same thing as your VCR? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||