Standalone DVD player with DVD+ and hard drive(HDD)..ideas?

[jimdan]

I am new to this board and its a simple question. I have a NEC dvd+writer on my PC and wish to buy a DVD recorder for my lounge that will play DVD+. Would prefer NOT to have to finalise discs, so I suppose it has to play DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. A hard drive would be useful too. The search enginge on this site doesnt include HDD, so im looking for recorder models that do DVD+ and have a hard drive (HDD). Help

Jimdan

[rhegedus]

There don't appear to be any +R recorders with a hard drive.

Of the -R recorders with HD, only the Pioneer models have -RW capability (to transport to PC without wasting a -R disk every time).

I've just bought a Pioneer DVR-510H-S on the basis that it had RW capability, a HD and firewire i/o.

If you want to go down this route, you may have to get a +/-R burner for your PC.

Either way, if you want a HD, it's going to cost you....

[KDH]

Sony,Philips and Mustek will be launching DVD+RW/HDD units later in the year-announced at CES in January.

KDH

[rhegedus]

Do you have a link for that?

[KDH]

http://www.cirrus.com/en/press/releases/P395.html

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7912_1-5115746-1.html

http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4230

Seems likely that Sampo/Maxent may offer a DVD+RW/HDD too

KDH

[jimdan]

Many thanks KDH. No wonder I could not find one. I will wait then til later in the year to examine Sony's offering.

Jimdan