BERIGAN Posted August 11, 2003 Report Posted August 11, 2003 (edited) I forget the models I have seen at Wal-Mart (Well, one is a Apex, but wouldn't buy one of those ) but I think Panasonic advertises one for $450-500 and the blank dvd-R discs run just a little over $2 these days, in bricks! Oh, and what is up with the recording times on those discs? They say 120 minutes, but they can for longer just like a black tape? How's the quality in the other speeds? I would like to one day transfer stuff that was taped off tv in the 80's 90's onto discs, and quality will not be that big an issue? Thanks! Edited August 11, 2003 by BERIGAN Quote
BFrank Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Hey - I don't even have a DVD player yet! Quote
Christiern Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 I don't have a stand-alone DVD burner, but there's one built into my main Mac. Works fine, albeit slower than the CD burner. Quote
vibes Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Like Chris, my DVD burner is a part of my computer. If you're going to go that route, I suggest getting a multi-format DVD burner (one that reads/burns both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW). The biggest problem in recordable DVD right now is that there is no one standard out there. Getting a multi-format burner would save you the headache of finding the right media or of having to ditch the burner if you find out that the discs it requires aren't compatible with your standalone DVD player. Mine is incredibly slow, but I like having it for data storage. So far, I haven't put any of my movies onto discs, but I've stored a lot of mp3's I've created from box sets on discs. 4.7GB per DVD-R, as opposed to 700MB per CD-R is great. Quote
BERIGAN Posted August 12, 2003 Author Report Posted August 12, 2003 I don't have a stand-alone DVD burner, but there's one built into my main Mac. Works fine, albeit slower than the CD burner. Chris, have you tried to record anything like a Vhs tape? Or even burning a cd to dvd? Can you change speeds like I read that you could on the back of a blank disc? Why is the sky blue? Quote
BERIGAN Posted August 12, 2003 Author Report Posted August 12, 2003 Hey - I don't even have a DVD player yet! What are you waiting for? For the players to come down in price? I bet you are a Vinyl guy as well, aren't you? Quote
Peter Johnson Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Berigan said, I bet you are a Vinyl guy as well, aren't you? Hmmmm, I resemble that comment... Quote
7/4 Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 Mine is incredibly slow, but I like having it for data storage. So far, I haven't put any of my movies onto discs, but I've stored a lot of mp3's I've created from box sets on discs. 4.7GB per DVD-R, as opposed to 700MB per CD-R is great. Back up is the main reason I got mine. But I only got it on a new machine last week, so I haven't even used it yet. Quote
Christiern Posted August 12, 2003 Report Posted August 12, 2003 I don't have a stand-alone DVD burner, but there's one built into my main Mac. Works fine, albeit slower than the CD burner. Chris, have you tried to record anything like a Vhs tape? Or even burning a cd to dvd? Can you change speeds like I read that you could on the back of a blank disc? Why is the sky blue? I have not tried to burn a VHS onto a DVD disc, but a friend of mine has, with very good results--it is, however, a mighty slow process. The DVD burner I have is Apple's so-called "SuperDrive," made by Pioneer. I have used Apple's iDVD and Final Cut Pro, but only when I want the result to have the bells and whistles of a commercial DVD release (menus, scenes, etc), for straight copying (archiving) I use Roxio's Toast software, which is far more flexible than Apple's built-in OS X (Jaguar) software. Changing speed is an option. Is the sky blue? I hadn't noticed. Quote
BFrank Posted August 13, 2003 Report Posted August 13, 2003 Hey - I don't even have a DVD player yet! What are you waiting for? For the players to come down in price? I bet you are a Vinyl guy as well, aren't you? Berigan - Fact of the matter is I really don't watch movies at home. I'm really not interested in all the "extra" crap that they throw on DVDs, either. I pay enought for HBO & Showtime that if I really want to see something at home, I will watch (or tape) something off of one of those - or IFC or Sundance or whatever. I really only use my VHS for taping weekly shows anyway. Nothing I need to keep or see more than once. So, there you go....... BTW, I do have lots of vinyl - but also tons of CDs and MP3's (from EMusic). That's where the REAL entertainment is! B) Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 17, 2003 Author Report Posted December 17, 2003 UP for air....Just somehow hit something on the old keyboard that refreshed away a long paragraph.. So let me be short this time, and add later...getting this dvd recorder for Christmas... http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPO-Panasonic_DMR_E50 I bitched about how confusing DVD-R Vs. DVD+R is, let alone DVD-RAM....has anyone gotten a recorder since this was a baby thread?????? Quote
grey Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 I have a satellite dish into the satellite receiver into a S-VHS recorder into the television-monitor. I have had the set-up now for 8 years. Two months ago the S-VHS recorder broke and as opposed to fixing it I got the Panasonic DMR - E50 which took over the functions of the S-VHS recorder. I learned long ago that a standard VHS recorder was useless with satellite recording since it provided such a degraded picture. The set-up with the DVD recorder as a replacement for the S-VHS recorder is excellent and unlike TIVO (which is an alternate method) the DVD recorder can play any DVD recording. Quote
Claude Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 (edited) I find that recorders which can save films onto (re)writable DVD only are not very useful, as most of the time one only needs temporary storage, to record a movie and watch it later. Therefore harddisk video recorders are preferable because: - no need to have an empty recordable DVD ready - much bigger storage space (you can program it for a 2 week holiday and record many hours in DVD quality, whereas DVD-Rs can record a maximum of 8 hours in low (VHS) quality) - no DVD burning problems (anyone burning CDs or DVDs knows that this can be tricky) However one also needs the possibility to save movies onto DVDs for long time storage, or to play them on another system. So a perfect recorder has both a DVD-R burner and a large hard drive. Currently the $500 recorders are DVD-only, recorders with a hard drive still cost more than $1000. I will only get such a machine when they are below $500, which should not be too difficult given the standard components that are in these machines. Edited December 17, 2003 by Claude Quote
rockefeller center Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 Have a DVD multi-format burner in my PC. VHS videos and stuff captured from cable or satellite TV can easily be edited before burning (like cutting out commercials) - is this also possible with stand alone burners? Quote
rockefeller center Posted December 17, 2003 Report Posted December 17, 2003 I find that recorders which can save films onto (re)writable DVD only are not very useful, as most of the time one only needs temporary storage, to record a movie and watch it later. I prefer to archive the stuff and watch it/have it accesible whenever I'm in the mood to. Quote
chris Posted December 18, 2003 Report Posted December 18, 2003 I have a firewire DVD-R recorder that I use all the time for archiving data (including lots of SHN live shows) and a few DVD movies. Very cool-- no idea how I went without it for so long Quote
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