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- 3/7/08 11:37 AM
Poll: How do you record your favorite TV programs?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 3/7/08 11:37 AM
How do you record your favorite TV programs?
-- DVR through my cable/satellite provider (How’s that working out for you?)
-- TiVo (How’s that working out for you?)
-- Set-top standalone DVR with hard drive built in (Which model, and how do you like it?)
-- Set-top standalone DVD recorder (Which model and how do you like it?)
-- Through my PC (Tell us how you do it.)
-- My good, old VCR (Ever consider a DVR?)
-- I don’t record no stinkin’ TV programs.
-- Other (What is it?)
DVR
by bevillan - 3/7/08 11:45 AM In reply to: Poll: How do you record your favorite TV programs? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
DVR through Comcast.
It gets the job done but it can run slow and the menus aren't as smooth as DVRs offered from satellite providers.
DVR recording
by veesc - 3/8/08 5:09 AM In reply to: DVR by bevillanI LOVE It... the OLD VCR you always had to dig to find the other remote etc... One remote and SO easy to use..It is like looking at the Whole TV guide / Pick program and hit record... No putting time in, and then day etc.. DVR the way to Go Much Cheaper than TIVO...
"- I don’t record no stinkin’ TV programs."...if I can help
by ahtoi - 3/7/08 12:38 PM In reply to: Poll: How do you record your favorite TV programs? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
it...but if I do, I use the standalone dvd recorder.
DVD Harddrive and VCR
by Clarkhill37 - 3/7/08 12:45 PM In reply to: Poll: How do you record your favorite TV programs? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If I have only one program to record at a time I use the hard drive on a Panasonic DVD Video Recorder, Model DMR-E85H. This really works great and recordings are easy to set up. If I need to record more than one program at a time, I also use a vcr.
Al
DVD Harddrive DVR
by artpoz - 3/7/08 6:57 PM In reply to: DVD Harddrive and VCR by Clarkhill37I have 2 Panasonics. One is the DMR-EH55 (considered the best one every made) & I have a DMR-EH75V (with VCR). U cant buy them any more & if u do find one they are selling for twice as much as new. I love mine so much that I would not sell if offered 3 times as much.
Digital tuner?
by dcalhoun38581 - 3/7/08 8:04 PM In reply to: DVD Harddrive DVR by artpozDoes either of them include a digital tuner (ATSC) or jsut analog (ATSC)? In less than one year, analog will be a thing of the past.
Dennis C.
Typo correction.... must proof read!
by dcalhoun38581 - 3/7/08 8:06 PM In reply to: Digital tuner? by dcalhoun38581An analog tuner is NTSC, not ATSC. Sorry, I must remember to proof read!
Dennis C.
PVR Tuners
by Zouch - 3/8/08 3:17 PM In reply to: Typo correction.... must proof read! by dcalhoun38581Hi Dennis,
here in the UK, we are in the middle of the digital takeover and this has produced "digiboxes" (a set top box that converts the digital signals to analogue to feed into the TV. Similarly, Personal Video Recorders come with digital to analogue converters in them. I have a "white box" unit that has a 120 GB hard drive and two digital tuners, so you can watch one channel while recording another, and it has live TV pause, and all the other gizmos. The disk offers 85 hours recording time! It also has a SCART connector to connect to a VCR or DVD recorder to offload the recordings, if required.
I also have a USB DVB unit that plugs directly into my PC, takes an antenna or cable connection as the input to watch or record digital broadcasts directly on my PC. Recordings use 1.5 GB per hour.
RE: PVR Tuners
by dcalhoun38581 - 3/8/08 3:59 PM In reply to: PVR Tuners by ZouchSuch Digital-to-anaolg converts are also on the market in the US now, but my existing VCR is due for replacement soon. I'm not going to replace my TV until it dies, so I won't mind using a converter between the antenna output of a new DVR and my old TV.
I'm looking to replace my old VCR with a DVR that has a digital tunre built in and antenna (open-air) pass-through to connect to a converter to analog for my old TV. I really want to be able to record to a HDD in the DVR and get true HD if a channel is broadcasting that. Later, if I decide I want to keep a recordidng, I want to dub it to a DVD disk. I also want to be able to connect the old VCR to an aux input on the DVR to save several old movies I've got.
Haven't found anything that's quite right yet.... I really wonder what, other than the Echo what-ya-ma-call-it, might be coming to market in the next few months.
Dennis C.
Digital tuner?
by artpoz - 3/12/08 4:42 AM In reply to: Digital tuner? by dcalhoun38581There are no DVD recorders with built-in harddrives that have a ATSC tuners built-in. Its some kind of government conspiracy. They dont want you to be able to record programs with quality that high, they fearprograms will be bootlegged. U might be able to buy one in Canada or overseas. But if u use cable as the input u will still be able to use analog tuners.
DVD Standalone
by Sherif_H - 3/8/08 12:27 AM In reply to: DVD Harddrive DVR by artpozI have the same type HDD recorder as Artpoz, the Panasonic DMR-EH 55. It has outstanding feautures like, recording from a tuner, playing DIVX, some modest editing capabilites, DV- input and built in SD card reader, so you can watch your pictures on TV. Offcourse many other feautures, but they are irrelevant to our discussion at hand.
It also has another feature, that i am very interested to try: On its rear panel, it has a network cable socket ( RJ45), so you can actually connect it through a regular network cable to your PC. So you can watch whatever you recorded from VHS or SD camera cards on the units HDD, on your PC. I am not sure though if it allows you to capture it on the PC, i.e. save it on your PC.
Artpoz, have you tried this feature?
DVD Standalone
by artpoz - 3/12/08 4:49 AM In reply to: DVD Standalone by Sherif_HNo, I have'nt tried that. Really didnt know it was there.
DMR-EH55
by 80sGuy - 6/3/08 3:04 AM In reply to: DVD Standalone by Sherif_HI also have a Panasonic DMR-EH55 (N. American model) and I haven't heard of an RJ-45 plug, last I checked, there weren't any.
recording
by Ralphdb - 3/7/08 8:04 PM In reply to: DVD Harddrive and VCR by Clarkhill37I also have a Panasonic DVD recorder DMP-55 I can record DVD-R, DVD-RW I also have my panasonic VCR and DVD combo hooked up for VCR home movies to DVD
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