Posted by Deke on 12/28/05 02:46

"John Colannino" <jondot@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Big BOB, BIG BAD BOB said:
>
> >Why not get an ILO DVDR05MU1 DVDR for
> >$98.74 and a Panasonic PV-V4525S VCR
> >for $59.98, both at WalMart, total $1
> >58.72. When one eventually dies from old
> >age, you still have the other. And you >can use a Macrovision defeator.
>
> Well, for one reason, there is the space requirement. With the same
> space usage, I have two DVD players (so I can copy DVD's) plus the one
> VCR player. Works good for limited space availability.
>
> Second, I have already bought the combo and I had the other DVD player.
>
> Third, I can always put the Macrovision thing between the two DVD
> devices or if a VCR issue comes up, I have a another VCR player I can
> move in easily.
>
> Now, Big Bad Bob, tell me something I don't know about DVD recording,
> which is a lot; differences between the -and + R and RW formats; tips
> on editing and establishing chapters using just the DVD unit ( I don't
> have a PC, just a WebTV ).
> That's what I am looking to learn about. Where is the best place to
> learn that stuff.
>
> John

Stay away from anything DVD+R, it will go the way of the Betamax and Edsel.
Its a compatibility issue.
Go here grasshopper, read and learn, all your questions will be answered.
www.videohelp.com
Live long and phospher.

Deke

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