Posted by rocky47 on 01/15/06 15:41

Hi-and thanks for opportunity to post.

I have finally bought a DVD recorder (Panasonic---DMR-ES20) in an
attempt to wean myself off of my VCR.

I have a question involving DVD -RW (this unit can use +R, DVD-R,
DVD-RW and DVD-ram): I have set the unit up to tape 2 hours worth of
news from mon-fri (10 hours per week) using SP mode on the disc (2
hours).

Now---for VHS, every two days I merely rewind the tape and the VCR
tapes over the data.

For DVD-RW---what do I need to do-if anything?

Will the DVD recorder recognize that the disc is full and start over by
itself OR do I need to do something to the disc ( a method which
replaces rewinding a VHS tape?).

The owner's manual talks about formatting (I formatted the disc prior
to setting up my timer recording). It also talks about deleting
"titles".

So I am asking: Do I need to reformat this disc every time it gets full
and/or just delete titles (I guess it has to be the most recent titles
if more space is to be provided).

Thx for any help!

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