Posted by Large Farva on 11/28/05 19:05

<senior.dennis@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:50:14 -0500, Stan Brown
> <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:


>
> If there are that many differences in players/recorders, I wont even
> consider buying one. If the recorder dies, I'd be screwed and not be
> able to use anything I recorded.

No, as long as DVD players are available they will play the DVD's. Just like
a VCR...any VHS VCR will play a tape, no matter what machine recorded it.



I'll stick to my vcr for recording
> tv stuff. Besides, I am more interested in backing up my computer
> photos, but would prefer an external unit, since my computer has no
> more room for another drive, and because I'd rather watch them on my
> tv, than a small computer monitor. Hopefully in the future they will
> standardize all of this, and then I will buy one.

You might want to make room for an internal, I hate external drives. If you
have a CD burner or a DVD Rom...rip them out and throw them away. A DVD
burner will replace both of them.

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