Posted by GMAN on 05/15/07 04:18

In article <1179168421.885229.310850@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, Googleer <stocksami@earthlink.net> wrote:
>On May 12, 3:54 pm, MassTechTeach <jeddy1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am considering getting a DVD Recorder that will record and play DVD-
>> Ram as well as -/+RW. My question is can I continuously record over
>> and over. Meaning that if I tape Rescue Me on Tuesday and watch it on
>> Wednesday will it automatically record on the DVD-Ram or -/+RW the
>> following Tuesday without me doing anything to set it up again? Kind
>> of like using a VHS to record, watch and then rewind so I can tape to
>> it the following week. Thanks.
>> MTT
>
>
>RW DVDs seem to have limits on how many times you can reuse them. I
>have had them fail after 2 uses. Most seem to fail after 5 uses.
>This might be a function of brand of disk and recorder. I have no
>experience with DVD-RAM disks.
>
You must either be using media that is poorly mached to your recorder or you
have a problem with your recorder. I have reused and reformatted on some of my
DVD-RW's hundreds of times using my Sony Standalone.

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