Posted by Rab on 01/08/12 11:27

<seanofford@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1127392728.330527.158420@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello all,
>
> I'm very new to all this dvd recording stuff so forgive me if this is a
> stupid question.
>
> I work in a college which has several Panasonic DVD
> recorders(DMR-E55EB/EBL) to record educational programmes off air.
> These recorders do not support DVD-RW format, only DVD-R and DVD-RAM.
>
> At home I have a Hitachi DVRX7000E and my colleage has a Pioneer
> recorder. Both of ours support DVD-RW formats. We want to buy a machine
> for work, and connect it to one of the Panasonics, that will enable us
> to bring in our unfinalised DVD-RW disks from the Hitachi and Pioneer
> machines, and transfer the recordings on to the work Panasonics. The
> machine we buy will also ideally play the unfinalised DVD-RAM disks
> from the Panasonics.
>
> Is there any such machine on the market or are all unfinalised DVD-RW
> disks and DVD-RAM disks only playable on the machines that recorded on
> them? I'm in the UK.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
I would say your best bet would be one of the newer Panasonics with a
harddrive and -RW support for maximum flexibility.

Can't guarantee how it would react to an unfinalised disc from a Hitachi.

Why not take a disc to a dealer and try it?

Richard

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