ihula
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posted on December 26, 2001 05:08:35 AM new
I have been trying to research DVD recorders. I want to buy one, but I can't find any good websites that do a side by side comparison between the major brands - Philips, Panansonic, and Pioneer. The Pioneer seems to have a pro model which tends to run more expensive, but I can't see the benefits of going that route. I want to eventually make my own DVD's to resell (not bootleg copies of anything I'm thinking of making Hawaiian dance Instructional dvd's/videos). Has anyone purchased one or done research on them? I want good quality, etc. Any help would be appreciated.
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REAMOND
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posted on December 26, 2001 06:45:11 AM new
I just bought an internal HP DVD burner. It uses the DVD+RW standard, which HP claims is the standard that is the most universal for use in PC DVD drives and DVD players. Thus far the DVD+RW blanks are about the same price as the DVD Rs.
The problem with commercializing DVD material is the high cost of the blanks, right now around $10 each. But hopefully it will follow the price of CDRs.
The recording standard is what you have to pay attention to. I hope I made the right decision with DVD+RW. But it would pay to do your homework especially if you're going to be selling the DVDs.
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ihula
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posted on December 26, 2001 08:07:03 PM new
I'm not looking for the computer kind - I'm looking for what is called a "stand alone". It works just like a VCR does. I have looked at everyone's website (Philips, Pioneer, etc.), but just can't figure out the differences in them - except for the price - anywhere from $700.00 to $2000.00 (those are ebay prices - they're higher on the websites). They run on DVD-R (which I found a website that sells them for about $4.00 each so I didn't think that was bad) or DVD-RW. I even called a few electronics stores around town that supposedly deal in "cutting edge technology", and they say they won't even carry them until the end of next year at the earliest.
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REAMOND
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:05:49 AM new
I don't know how versitile the DVD R format is. You may want to check into that.
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REAMOND
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posted on December 27, 2001 08:36:49 AM new
Here are some links that may shed some light on the different standards:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6403940.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6909288.html
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lindajean
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posted on December 27, 2001 09:49:37 AM new
I just bought a Panasonic stand alone DVD recorder. I haven't had time to play with it yet but I can't wait to get it set up.
It will let you record from TV, Camcorder, etc even a vhs tape so I hope it meets my expectations.
I decided not to go with the computer type as I have an older computer and do not want to buy another one where I will have to use windows XP.
I will post a new message on Monday and let you know how I like it.
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sun818
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posted on December 27, 2001 04:04:01 PM new
Whether you get a stand-alone or a computer DVD burner, you'll need to ask yourself which "standard" will work on DVD players NOW. The only one that I've run across is the computer DVD burner by Pioneer. They are the only standard that currently plays on every DVD player because they don't implement a proprietary "standard". You burn and it will play on any machine.
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tomwiii
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posted on December 30, 2001 03:34:12 AM new
My new SONY VAIO PC came with the PIONEER DVD-RW recorder, & I've learned the hard way about the two formats (don't even go down that road called DVD-RAM!)!
The advantage of the DVD-RW format is that it will play on MOST (not ALL) new DVD players.
The HUGE DISADVANTAGE for me is that this format requires DISC AT ONCE recording! IOW: it doesn't support TRACK AT ONCE recording! How WIERD!!
Does anybody have any idea how to get around this?? I read an interview with a SONY exec who said they went with the DVD-RW format only because it was available at that time!! He said that if the DVD+RW format had been available, they would have used that instead! Notice that the drive in my VAIO is a PIONEER drive!!  
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ihula
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posted on January 1, 2002 06:03:34 AM new
I'm bumping this up because I'm hoping that lindajean will let me know how she likes her new recorder 
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REAMOND
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posted on January 1, 2002 11:57:22 AM new
The DVD+RW is SUPPOSED to be THE STANDARD for DVD burning. I bought into this standard.
But, as my luck tends to run, DVD+RW might not be the wave of the future. But I bet $600 that it would be.
HP and others are supposed to bring out DVD R capabilities in 2002- I only hope it is a matter of adding drivers to be able to use DVD R disks on this burner.
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lindajean
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posted on January 1, 2002 08:41:14 PM new
Hi all,
It took me a while to test it as I was swamped with Christmas and fld. I wanted to let everyone know that it works great!
I bought it to put a lot of old tv shows I have taped like Homefront on DVD for my own use to free up some space that the VHS tapes took. It not only worked, but the quality was 5 times better than the original VHS copy I was making it from.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised to find the finished DVD played on my very old RCA DVD player which does not even work with CD-rs. I just knew it wouldn't work but tried it anyway and it is truly great. A little expensive at $999.00 but the way we love the old tv shows it is worth every penny. Now if the DVD-r's will just come down so I can afford to buy them in bulk I will be completely happy!
I know they will play on any DVD player made if they played on this old one of mine. Now if I could just figure a way to tape the slide shows of our personal photo's which I have on my PC onto vhs so I could put them on DVD I would have everything I needed. If not, I guess I will have to wait a couple of years until I buy a new computer with the DVD'r on it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. I hope you all have a Happy and Prosperous one!
[ edited by lindajean on Jan 1, 2002 08:43 PM ]
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lindajean
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posted on January 1, 2002 08:48:04 PM new
BYW the Panasonic is a stand alone recorder. You can watch TV, tape from TV or VHS, edit when finished before finalizing and a lot of other things. It uses the DVD-r general purpose only. Says it won't work for the DVD authoring. I don't even know the difference so if anyone does, please let me know what the authoring is for?
Also, it uses DVD-ram which I bought a package of just to test the player and for testing before recording since it is rewrittable. But the DVD-r is the only medium that will play in other dvd players.
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ihula
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posted on January 2, 2002 05:15:08 AM new
Thanks so much for the post! Which panasonic did you buy? I think I saw an E-20, or an E-10. Also do a search on dvd recorders through a search engine...I found one web site
http://americal.com/cgi-bin/smart_cart2.cgi?page=gt_dvd.html
which had DVD-r's pretty cheap, and sold the cases with sleeves too if you don't want to just use jewel cases. I don't know what authoring is either, but would be very curious if anyone knows.
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lindajean
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posted on January 2, 2002 07:58:27 AM new
I have the Panasonic DMR-20. It works just like a VCR as far as recording, pausing, etc. Thanks for the site with the discs. They also had CD-r's very cheap which I am using to convert my LP collection over to MP3's.
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