DMREH50-Crashes creating titles/Erasing discs on finalization

[Snaque]

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[Musing on how to beat the tuner issue, but will deal with that when the time comes]...

I thought you needed an ATSC tuner for recording over-the-air broadcasts, since that is not something any of the gray-market recorders would have. (Some do include an NTSC/PAL combo tuner, and the Canadian models would have an NTSC tuner.) The coupon elegible converter boxes are not useful for tuning anything but OTA digital channels.

The "grey" I ordered makes these claims (If this makes sense)...In theory, I "should" be good with cable....
Recording and playback:


Records in PAL or NTSC on DVD-R DVD-+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM - Regular or Dual Layer discs
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The DVD made on this model will be all regions you can play it on any DVD player in the World, even on PAL DVD players. You can send the DVD made on this recorder to a PAL or NTSC country.
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Records PAL to PAL
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Records NTSC to NTSC
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Plays NTSC on NTSC TV or Multi-System TV
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Records in "ALL" regions format for worldwide compatibility
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250 GB Hard Disk Drive (up to 711 hrs)


54MHz/10-bit video DAC
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96kHz/24-bit audio DAC
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Progressive Scan for PAL
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Selectable interlaced/progressive-scan video (playback only)
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de-interlacer with 3-2 pull down processing
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Built-in PAL/Secam DK, BG, I, DK TV tuners

[usually_quiet]

The specs for that model list "Built-in PAL/Secam DK, BG, I, DK TV tuners", so you are correct about there being a tuner issue.

The gray-market DVD recorder will have to be used exclusively with line inputs originating from either a VCR or the cable box, which will act as an external tuners. At worst, you may need to buy some switches to allow more inputs to the DVD recorder and/or splitters to provide more outputs from the VCR or cable box, depending on what your equipment has in the way of line-in/line out connections.

[Snaque]

The specs for that model list "Built-in PAL/Secam DK, BG, I, DK TV tuners", so you are correct about there being a tuner issue.

The gray-market DVD recorder will have to be used exclusively with line inputs originating from either a VCR or the cable box, which will act as an external tuners. At worst, you may need to buy some switches to allow more inputs to the DVD recorder and/or splitters to provide more outputs from the VCR or cable box, depending on what your equipment has in the way of line-in/line out connections.

Affirmative, Bro'...At this point it is a waiting game for both units to arrive back in my hot lil' hands from distant locations ...Will update as the action happens....