Posted by Jack Yazel on 01/03/07 03:06

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 10:40:54 -0500, "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote:

>On these stand-alone ( non-PC ) recorders ... The ones I've seen have a
>button that you press and it copies the VHS to DVD. What do I do when I
>have a 6 hr VHS and it won't fit onto DVD ? would it "fail" or would it
>record only 4 hrs ( or whatever fits) then close the DVD so that at
>least the first 4 hrs is usable ? How to capture that last 2 hrs ? Any 6
>hr DVD media out there yet ?
>
>I also have a lot of camcorder ( VHS-C ) video. Rather than buying full
>size 4 hr DVDs , could I buy physically smaller DVD's for less money ?
>( do they exist ?) The point in asking is this is a LOT of family video
>( boxes full) that are maybe 20-30 minutes long and I'm wondering if
>cheaper /easier to store the smaller dvd's since even one the "full
>sized 4 hr DVD'd" it's still only gonna store only one vhs tape when I
>hit the VCR =>DVD "record button". So it'll record 20 minutes then
>"waste" the rest of the DVD.
>
>Bobb
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I record a lot of 6-hour VHS and 6-hour DVD (-R and -RW).

The quality of both depends on the viewer. I can't see any difference between
the TV, VHS and DVD.

Test a DVD recorder and decide for yourself.

Jack

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