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Posted by - Bobb - on 01/03/07 03:11
"The Wizard" <the_wiz@nospamhere.com> wrote in message
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> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
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>> On these stand-alone ( non-PC ) recorders ... The ones I've seen have
>> a button that you press and it copies the VHS to DVD. What do I do
>> when I have a 6 hr VHS and it won't fit onto DVD ? would it "fail"
>> or would it record only 4 hrs ( or whatever fits) then close the DVD
>> so that at least the first 4 hrs is usable ? How to capture that last
>> 2 hrs ? Any 6 hr DVD media out there yet ?
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> Well firstly, I think you're forgetting most DVD Recorders have a
> LP/XP etc mode Usually 1 hour,2 hour,4 hour and 6 hour.
> To be honest the 6 hour mode is pretty poor, I usually use the 4 hour
> mode on mine (2 hour for a normal movie)
>
> The quality goes down as you select the longer mode, 1,2 and 4 hour
> are o-k but the 6 hour is definately noticably poor!
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>> I also have a lot of camcorder ( VHS-C ) video. Rather than buying
>> full size 4 hr DVDs , could I buy physically smaller DVD's for less
>> money ? ( do they exist ?) The point in asking is this is a LOT of
>> family video ( boxes full) that are maybe 20-30 minutes long and I'm
>> wondering if cheaper /easier to store the smaller dvd's since even
>> one the "full sized 4 hr DVD'd" it's still only gonna store only one
>> vhs tape when I hit the VCR =>DVD "record button". So it'll record 20
>> minutes then "waste" the rest of the DVD.
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> No need to to, The Standalone DVD recorders won't play in a normal
> player until you have finalised them, So you can make several short
> recordings on one disc :-)
> Depending on the recorder, It makes a simple menu for each recording
> and on most can be renamed to wahtever you like,Some have a simple
> thumbnail type menu,The more expensive ones have animated pics of the
> movie you've recorded.
> I'd just record as normal from tape to DVD, press stop,Let it write to
> the disc then record again on the same disc only finalising when
> you've filled the disc, Assuming you have 8 hours to record, I'd split
> it to 2 x 4 hours or for better quality 4 x 2 hours.
> Just imagine the standalone recorders as a disc based VHS system with
> LP mode just lowering the quality as it does with tape.
>
> T.W.
>
I guess I misunderstood ( I don't yet have a DVR) The ones that I've
seen ( like panasonics for instance) have a rocker-switch that is
labelled VHS- DVD or DVD- VHS and I was told ( by a few sales reps at
different stores) that there's nothing to do - hit the button and it
copies the tape. Specifically I was told that I could not pause - change
tapes - continue - but it seems like that is incorrect ?? Or maybe it
has simply changed in the past 6 months since I looked. As for setting
the speed on the DVR , again I thought the only variable here was 4/8gb
DVD media. Wrong also ?? I do "get it" as far as more hrs = lousy
quality , but I thought since the only option that I had was to hit the
"copy" button. So in my example earlier, I can FF the tape to 3.5 hrs
( the start of home movies for instance) THEN hit the VHS - DVR button
and it will start from there ?? That makes sense but according to the
sales reps at Best Buy, Circuit City etc I didn't think it was an
option. I thought It rewound the tape and starting playing at the BOT -
or I just misunderstood all of them.
OK - sounds like I've got some homework to do.
Any advice on brands to choose. Last I saw there was a lot of Panasonic
ER models -15,25,35,etc - OK ? or Samsung or any other recommendations ?
I'm looking to spend ~$200-$250
I'll do some more homework/shopping and report back . Thanks very much.
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