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Anakin
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Post Posted: Dec 18, 2008 22:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

I'm looking for a hard drive based DVD Recorder, but with some sort of link to PC where I can like "drag and drop" my recordings direct to my PC hard drive for editing. Does anyone know anything like this? Thanks guys, Ani

redwudz
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Post Posted: Dec 18, 2008 22:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

I really doubt it would exist. Most consumers seem to buy DVRs for end use, where editing can only be done easily within the DVR. Even HDD DVRs are difficult to find at present. Some users have hacked into HDD DVRs and made the HDD removable or external where it can be moved or hooked to a PC. But DVR manufacturers don't seem to be interested in this. sad.gif

But someone out there may know of one. smile.gif


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Post Posted: Dec 18, 2008 22:59 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Better off getting a good capture card for your PC.
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Anakin
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Post Posted: Dec 18, 2008 23:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Ah no worries. Thank you as usual for your help guys smile.gif

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Post Posted: Dec 26, 2008 09:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

Topfield 5800 (?) is designed to be hook- uppable.. but anyway what I do is simply burn recordings to disc (+rw) and transfer that to computer, any recorder should be able to do that. Have a look at the phillips LX range, out of your price range probably.. question.gif
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DB83
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Post Posted: Dec 26, 2008 10:09 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote

The nearest you can get to this is a 'Dreambox' with a built in hard disk (some do not have them)

This works like a PVR and records satellite transmissions wherever your dish is pointing to. There is no direct to dvd recording in these.

The difference of this to a standard PVR is that it is also a PC in it's own right operating under the linux system and you connect this box to your PC by a high-speed lan cable and transfer the recording much faster than real time as you would with a capture device. The recordings are done in .ts (transport stream) format and you can use video editors such as Vegas to do the business.

The advantage is that you are editing the original digital broadcast whereas with a standard dvd recorder there is some analogue-digital conversion.

But all of this does come at a price. These units do not come cheap.


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