DVD Recorders?

[Diamondback]

I'm thinking of getting one of these around Christmas time. I have a few questions about them. What brands and models are worth looking at, not neccesarily the most expensive ones? I understand that it has an internal hard drive to record x amount of hours. If I have a DirecTivo and record a football game on that, is it easy to transfer it from there to the DVD recorder, or would I want to just record it straight from the satellite to the DVD recorder? Basically, how would I hook up the DVD recorder, Tivo, and TV to get it to work this way? Thanks.

 

[Swiffert]

for the price, you may want to check out a dvd burner for your computer. they usually offer more burning options

 

[SynTex]

I have a Panasonic (got it open item for about $240, regularly retails in the mid300s).

If you have a DirecTivo, it would seem that the need for internal harddriveon the DVD recorder would be pretty miniaml.

I also have TiVo, and have little difficulty transferring from my TiVo to a DVD recorder. Quality is generally pretty good. Works essentially the same as a VCR. you can inputi nto the DVD recorder usually via either traditional composite or S-Video (which I use). Some DVD recorders may also have component inputs as well.

You will be more limited in being able to use it for copyrighted mat'l, though (for instance, I wanted to "burn" all my VHS movies I bought onto DVD.... no dice). A DVD burner on a computer may allow more options in terms of "hacks" on doing that... but IMO, doesn't offer the same convenience for other purposes.

 

[RRS2002]

get it before the UNT game so you can have the entire season on DVD.... or else buy it direct from UT

 

[shaq]

I have a Pioneer DVD burner w/ Tivo and I think it blows.

The first football I tried to put on DVD off my Tivo, It asked me to put in disk 1 of 5.

 

[Bob Wills]

1 of 5? Damn. It must be recording at a greater than required quality. I put the entire 2003 Holiday Bowl game (3 hours and 45 minutes) on one DVD with no loss in quality from the DirecTV broadcast.

I keep hearing bad things about the TiVo/DVDR boxes -- anyone happy with their purchase?


Diamondback,

You have a couple of typical options. You can either purchase a standalone DVD burner that will record from the outputs of your TiVo or you can get a DVD burner for your computer along with a video card that has A/V inputs. The standalone burner would probably be the easiest solution, but the DVD burner on your computer will give you more editing and customization options.

 

[shaq]

It will burn 30 minutes a disk at Extreme quality, but if you record at lesser quality settings you get longer recording time, but the quality is less than that of VHS.