Posted by Adrian on 02/28/06 09:27

Tiffany S. wrote:
> I am about to start the project of dubbing my VHS collection to DVDs.
> Then I am going to discard the tapes. I figure that very soon, they
> are no longer going to be playable, anyway.
>
> After I finish, I want to be able to make additional copies of those
> DVDs, and of course I want them to be digital clones. All of the
> material originated from my camcorder, so there is no copyright
> violation or Macrovision Copy Guard involved. The problem is that I
> cannot find a two-deck DVD player/ DVD recorder for the cloning. If I
> splurge for two machines, I cannot find any that has a firewire
> output.
>
> The DVD recorder has to be a stand-alone unit, because my PC isn't
> powerful enough to support a burner. Can you guys recommend
> something? I don't want to buy a DVD recorder yet for the VHS-to-DVD
> dubs if I will not also be able to use it for the DVD-DVD cloning.

I don't believe such a machine exists, or ever will do for the consumer
market. You say your PC isn't powerful enough to support a burner, then it's
time for a new PC. You should be able to get one that is powerful enough for
arround $300 or less.
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Adrian A

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