Posted by dubbah on 10/13/05 16:45

Serial # 19781010 wrote:

> >At what cost? Those stand alone DVD recorders are not cheap.
>
> Yes they are- 98 bucks at Walmart. 200 buck if you want a first rate
> Pioneer etc.

$800 for Sony, $300 for a Philips-Magnavox (mine went after
several months! Piece of crap), $200 for a Coby (which a buddy
bought).

> Just burn it onto a RW disk and edit it on the PC just as you would
> do with a card.

IF you have a PC.

> >
> Have you ever heard of "Disk Copy"?
> The disk you burn on the recorder can be taken to the PC and copied at
> a rate of about 15 mins per disk on my machine.

That's after burning on recorder, not before. Ah.


> Those built in HD drives are for time shifting not editing.
> You don't need nor really want an expensive built in hard drive-which
> won't help with PC editing anyway.

Don't need expensive hard drive. Buy a good recorder,
it pays for itself, I'm sure. Computers cost a lot as it is,
good ones!

> Capture cards are a lot more problematic and complicated and often
> more expensive than using a recorder. At least for the simple transfer
> of VHS to DVD.

Agree. Was told PCs are a pain in the rear for video dubbing
from vhs.

> For the transfer of tapes to DVD a recorder is cheap, simple and
> effective and you have all the power of your PC to edit and/or copy
> the recorder's output just as you would with a card but a lot faster
> and more trouble free.

Well said.

I can't tell anyone what to do, it's his choice.

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