DVD recordables

[Rushby Hinds]

I wont one, like anything bloody hard to work out whats what and whats to avoid.

All i can work out is..


..bigger hard drive the better
..seems like they all burn to DVD's quite easily, and presumably re-write dvd's work fine
..

anything else i need to look for, good/bad stories etc?


I think if i spend a grand i'll be well happy.

[felicity shagwell]

I've got an LG RH7 823W and it rocks!

160GB hard drive, records to a whole heap of DVD formats, and has time shift mode, so you can pause live tv and play it back while it's still recording.

I think it set me back $700-$800

can connect VCR, digital set top box, and Digital camcorder to it, or use the built in tuner to record straight from analogue TV.

when burning a DVD you can create chapter points and all that sort of stuff

if you've got any specific questions, ask away...

[Wedgie]

I got a LG DR4812W and have had nothing but problems with it.
I will recommend getting an extended warranty as I've had repairs worth twice as much as the bloody machine cost done to it since I've had it (twice in the extended period).
I will never ever buy a LG anything again. Absolute heap of crap.

Just about all DVD recorders can do what felicity mentioned above.
I could probably get you an extremely good dea close to cost price if you could handle a trip down to Noarlunga.

Make sure you take a range of different DVDRs/RWs with you to the shop included burnt discs to make sure they all play. I'd get one with DivX too.

[Rushby Hinds]

Cheers Wedgie, man, Noarlunga is SO far away from home!


Looked @ 3 today, a Toshiba 250 gig, $995

Pioneer 160 gig $968


and a LG 160 gig $738

For the life of me or the shop attendant he couldnt explain why i would pay $260 more for the Pioneer over the LG, apart from a "better brand name"

Wedgie has answered that question...


Now i just have to work out why he thinks i should buy the Pioneer over the Toshiba which has buckets more hard drive.

[Dissident]

I have a Panasonic that I've had for over 18 months. 80 Gig HDD but what I like is that ir writes to DVD-RAMS which no others did at the time.

Big HDDS are ok these days - though it just breeds laziness when you should be putting things on DVD.

[Rushby Hinds]

Bought a Pioneer system, got super mates rates and owe someone a beer

Rush home, carefully plug it in.

Doesn't work.


I have to leave to go to the cricket

Mrs has to watch the tennis on the small telly

Had another crack yesterday, checked every connection three times, really getting grumpy.


Faulty cable (mine), replaced it, works beautifully, and is a dead sinch to use, hooray!

[Wedgie]

Bought a Pioneer system, got super mates rates and owe someone a beer

Rush home, carefully plug it in.

Doesn't work.


I have to leave to go to the cricket

Mrs has to watch the tennis on the small telly

Had another crack yesterday, checked every connection three times, really getting grumpy.


Faulty cable (mine), replaced it, works beautifully, and is a dead sinch to use, hooray!

Christ, you had me worried when I read the first bit of the post (bet there may have been a few swear words involving Wedgie and his mate when you grumpy yesterday! lol) but I'm glad it all worked out well in the end for ya, glad to help.

[Dogsbody]

I recently got myself a Panasonic DMR-ES10 model recorder, a great piece of machinery.

I record from a matching Panasonic SD-STB through scart to scart RGB and the results are awesome. The RAM discs, probably much like the HDD on other models are highly editable and idiot proof. You can even partially erase recordings with absolute ease. There are five different recording modes for all the models.

For 4.7GB discs, XP will give you one hour of maximum quality picture. SP is standard recording for two hours with excellent picture quality. LP will get you four hours with great picture quality and EP will give you eight hours with good picture quality. With the 9.4GB DVD-RAM discs you just double those figures.

But then there's FR-- Flexible Recording, which will fill the disc completely with whatever you record for the best quality picture possible. It will record all discs with Dolby Digital 2ch sound.

It also records to DVD-R/RW and DVD+R, and for those with HD-ready TV's, all Panasonic DVD recorders have progressive scan output.

[Dissident]

EP will give you eight hours with good picture quality.

Isn't it 6 ? I have an earlier model and it's 6. Or maybe it depends on the settings.

Regardless, I wouldn't call it "Good" !!

[Dogsbody]

Do you record from a STB or from the in-built tuner?

[Dissident]

Do you record from a STB or from the in-built tuner?

Foxtel Digital box (and a standard STB previously)

Haven't even touched the tuner.

[am Bays]

*Bump*

Looking to re-purchase a DVD recorder after buying "her indoors" a DVD /VCR recorder combo in Dec 2004.

Brought a LG, didn't get the extended warranty, it failed after 11 months had "misplaced"/lost the receipt so now we have an $800 video recorder

We will be getting a DVD recorder HDD appliance this time.

I see from the above posts Pioneer appears to be the best one to get but part of me wants to go back to LG because all our other TV/video's are LG. However this time I will ensure we get the extended warranty.

Any other experiences/stories the learned contributers to this site want to impart on this techno-phobe before I hand over the readies again.....

[Wedgie]

LGs are crap, glad I got an extended warranty on mine. Cost $800 (no hard drive) and has been repaired twice to the value of about $1500.
Worthless heap of shit.
I don't think I'll ever bother with a DVD recorder, just get a personal hard drive for the TV and have it networked to the PC if I ever want to archive anything.
Added with the Foxtel IQ and Multi Media PC I have most things covered now.
The $800 LG DVD recorder (well $2300 if you count the stuff done to it) is a bloody expensive DVD player (doesn't even play DivX), would have been better off getting a $50 model from Strathfield.

[Dissident]

Depends on what you use it for TM. What you use it for mainly, anyway.

In my experience, the Panasonic ones are the best all round recorder.
But I'm toying with the idea of creating a media centre machine as well.

[Wedgie]

Depends on what you use it for TM. What you use it for mainly, anyway.

In my experience, the Panasonic ones are the best all round recorder.
But I'm toying with the idea of creating a media centre machine as well.

I actually got a Panasonic, wouldn't even play legally burnt DVDs (footy DVDs from Pine Lodge) so traded it straight in for the $100 cheaper LG which did.

[Dissident]

Depends on what you use it for TM. What you use it for mainly, anyway.

In my experience, the Panasonic ones are the best all round recorder.
But I'm toying with the idea of creating a media centre machine as well.

I actually got a Panasonic, wouldn't even play legally burnt DVDs (footy DVDs from Pine Lodge) so traded it straight in for the $100 cheaper LG which did.

There isn't much difference between legally and illegally burnt DVDs
surprising though - I've played P/L DVDs on mine - and my own creations, and originals!

[Dogsbody]

Some DVD/HDD recorders now come with Standard Definition Digital tuners. Much better than hooking up a separate STB to record from, less of a pain in the arse.

They start from $699 for an LG model RH197 which has a 160Gb hard disk drive and a HDMI output.

[am Bays]

*Bump - again*

Okay we got a Pioneer DVD hard drive with DVD burner. Thanks for your tips last time, Pioneer was dearer for the same features ($900 vs $800) but after our last experience we went with the Pioneer over the LG.

We've started recording on the hard drive - no probs and playing back at our own (her indoors) convenience, however burning to DVD disc has been a problem.

We can burn discs that will play on this DVD player, but as soon as we put the discs into our other DVD player (cheap Sony $120) we get the picture but no sound.

we have used both R+ and R - DVD discs is this a problem - manual says this shouldn't be problem.

Any ideas on what we are doing wrong?