Posted by Mike Walsh on 01/11/07 01:39

You can download manuals for most recorders.
You will not me able to copy most copy protected tapes without a box to remove the copy protection (in most cases Macrovision).
With a Panasonic you can pause during recording, but I don't know how well that works because it is not something I normally do. The best way to do what you want is to use a recorder with a hard drive. You can then record continuously while copying several tapes and then remove any parts that you don't want to keep before copying the final results to a DVD. You can also stop the recording after each tape so that each tape will be a separate title. My Panasonic DMR-E85H can't combine titles but will record and play back such titles seamlessly.
Once a DVD is finalized it can't be opened to record more. A rewritable DVD can be reformatted and be reused.

"Tiffany S." wrote:
>
> I am in the market for my first DVD (stand-alone) recorder. Because I
> do not have one yet, I cannot get the answers to the following questions
> by reading the manual or just experimenting. I am aware that a
> stand-alone machine supports only *simple* editing, but please elaborate
> on what "simple" means.
>
> I want to play videos from a separate stand-alone VHS player and record
> them in a certain sequence onto a DVD.
>
> 1) After recording from the first tape, can I press *pause* on the
> recorder, load and play my second tape, then release *pause* at the
> appropriate time to have a continuous glitch-free edit? The results
> with DVD+R vs. DVD-R?
>
> 2) After recording, if I press *stop* (not pause) and then decide to
> copy another tape at a later time, can I elect to append the second one
> to the first without getting either a glitch or a pause between the two
> resulting segments on the DVD, or must each recording be done as a
> separate "file"? The results with DVD+R vs. DVD-R?
>
> 3) If the answers to either of the above is "no," will a DVD recorder
> containing a hard drive allow me to accomplish glitch-free assemble
> edits?
>
> 4) Once a disc is finalized, can it be reopened to accept additional
> recording? DVD+R vs. DVD-R?

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

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