Posted by Denzil Hathway on 02/28/06 18:24

"Tiffany S." <NiceTiffany@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:2920-44037963-1299@storefull-3231.bay.webtv.net...
>I am about to start the project of dubbing my VHS collection to DVDs.
> Then I am going to discard the tapes. I figure that very soon, they are
> no longer going to be playable, anyway.
>
> After I finish, I want to be able to make additional copies of those
> DVDs, and of course I want them to be digital clones. All of the
> material originated from my camcorder, so there is no copyright
> violation or Macrovision Copy Guard involved. The problem is that I
> cannot find a two-deck DVD player/ DVD recorder for the cloning. If I
> splurge for two machines, I cannot find any that has a firewire output.
>
> The DVD recorder has to be a stand-alone unit, because my PC isn't
> powerful enough to support a burner. Can you guys recommend something?
> I don't want to buy a DVD recorder yet for the VHS-to-DVD dubs if I will
> not also be able to use it for the DVD-DVD cloning.

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Get a standalone DVD recorder with a Hard Drive (HDD). There are numerous
brands available and prices have come down considerably. I prefer the
Panasonics. The higher end have bells and whistles I don't use - so buy a
midrange with the biggest HDD you can afford.

Technically they are easy to use and allow a surprising amount of editing.
You can burn directly to DVD if you wish. Mostly I copy to the HDD, edit,
then dub to the DVD. You can make as many copies as you like. The only
downside is time. It's quicker to dub on the computer. Denzil.

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