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Just got my first DVD recorder - a Panasonic DMR-E30. Anyone else out there in HDLand been using this or one similar for any lenght of time? Just curious what you think. The vcrs here will soon be collecting lots of dust............. :cool:
BadCamper
01-26-2003, 10:57 AM
Before you start archiving all your VCR tapes onto DVD-R/RW's or making copies of stuff for your friends, I'd highly advise you make sure the DVD player you intend on putting those discs in is compatible with the DVD-R/RW format.
VHS may be old, bulky and out-dated technology but it had been standardized over 20 years ago.
Unfortunately there are still many formats available for DVD recording:
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
and
DVD-RAM
A quick check on the compatible DVD player section on http://www.vcdeasy.com/ will show you which DVD players will play those recorded DVD-R and DVD-RW discs that the Panasonic makes.
Originally posted by BadCamper
Before you start archiving all your VCR tapes onto DVD-R/RW's or making copies of stuff for your friends, I'd highly advise you make sure the DVD player you intend on putting those discs in is compatible with the DVD-R/RW format.
VHS may be old, bulky and out-dated technology but it had been standardized over 20 years ago.
Unfortunately there are still many formats available for DVD recording:
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
and
DVD-RAM
A quick check on the compatible DVD player section on http://www.vcdeasy.com/ will show you which DVD players will play those recorded DVD-R and DVD-RW discs that the Panasonic makes.
Camper:
You bring up a very valid point. I took a homemade DVD (that I burned on my Sony Vaio) (DVD-R) to the store I was shopping for the dvd recorder. I had the salesman put it in there to make sure the Pana unit and the Sony dvd player I got would play it. I found out the hard way that my old Toshiba 6-disc changer wouldn't play certain dvd's. Live and learn.
It is nice to push a button and burn a dvd right then and there of what you are watching and replay it almost immediately.
:cool:
