Posted by Paul Heslop on 11/02/05 19:05

Industrial Mineral wrote:
>
> I bought a sony set top dvd recorder and recorded a movie from cable. It
> used a weird format. The folder was DVD_RTAV. and inside it were files
> VR_MANAGER.IFO and VR_MOVIE.VRO.
>
> The dvd in my computer will not play the video, only the recorder that made
> it will play it. I took the expensive Sony recorder back and told them it
> did not work. I got my money back. If this is the furure of video
> recording, it sucks.
>
> I can record ro capture the same videos from cable to my computer with a ati
> video card in it and burn a dvd using win producer, and they play in any
> player. I was trying to get rid of the computer beside the TV, by using a
> set top recorder, but the Sony model sucked. It recorded fine, picture was
> great, but it used a weird format that nothing else would play, so I dont
> want it or the format.
>
> I went to vegas with the money from the returned dvd recorder and said fuck
> sony, while rolling the dice at the crap tables.

Um, aren't Sony dvd recorders multi format?
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