Posted by Brian on 01/10/44 11:37

rocky47@my-deja.com wrote:

>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!

I don't own a Panasonic---DMR-ES20 but your DVD recorder might be
similar to mine.
I have an option to replace a recording each day, so if I set it up to
record the news for 30 minutes then each day the recorded news on the
DVD (or hard drive) or replaced with the latest 30 minute recording of
the news.
If you format your DVD-RW in the VR mode then you can delete videos on
the DVD-RW to make room for more recordings. You also have the option
to format the DVD-RW which deletes every video on the DVD-RW disc, you
might want to do this once a week so that you can continue to record
one week's of news video's.

Regards Brian

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