Pana E80 and hi speed transfer from HD to DVD-r #2

[tienquang2]

The last time I ask about high speed dubbing in e80 using the terms of 4x and so on. I think it is miss leading. Let me rephrase. Did anyone do a high speed dubbing using the e80? And what is the results in minutes?

For one hour show, for two hour show and so on. I was told that a two hours show can be done in 15 minutes. Is that true?

Thanks...

[houtx67]

I don't have the E80, but according to the manual on my E100H, a 2 hour disk should take 30 minutes (15 minutes would be 8X). A 1 Hour (or XP mode) would take 15 minutes. This is provided the source material was originally recorded with the "high speed dubbing mode" enabled (will not work after the fact). I haven't tried this yet because I only have 1X media.

[donpedro]

There are two ways how you define speed.

1. This is the one that I believe manufacturers use to look it better on advertisement. Compare minutes of recorded program to minutes that you need to burn it. So if in lowest quality it is 6h and you fill your DVD (4.37GB of data) and your medium and burner supports 2x burning speed you will get 12x. So 6h of movies will burn in 30minutes. This all is just big lie.

2. There is an number that represents 1x speed when we are talking about computer DVD-ROM or DVD Writers. That number means that you can burn at 1x 4.37GB of data in ~1h. There are DVD Writers (PC Internal) that can burn at 4x speed = 4.37GB in ~15minutes. Again... 4.37GB of any data. So it is up to you what you put on the disc. Some crappy DVD video at very low bittrate that is 8h long...

[kc33]

The last time I ask about high speed dubbing in e80 using the terms of 4x and so on. I think it is miss leading. Let me rephrase. Did anyone do a high speed dubbing using the e80? And what is the results in minutes?

For one hour show, for two hour show and so on. I was told that a two hours show can be done in 15 minutes. Is that true?

The time required for high-speed dubbing depends on the length of the recorded program as well as the record mode used. A one-hour program recorded in XP mode and a two-hour program recorded in SP mode will use up the entire disc and will both require approximately an hour to dub. The DVD-R write speed of e80 is same as a 1X DVD-R burner regardless of the DVD-R media used.

I believe the longest program you can record in e80 is 6 hour long. So a two-hour program recorded in that mode (I forgot what it is called) will dub in approx. 20 minutes. However, the program will take up only 1/3 of disc space and PQ will likely be very poor.

[tdhg566]

I'm not a video scientist, but I do have an E80H and here are my observations:

-DVD-R dubbed without being recorded to the HDD in DVD-R compatible mode copies at 1X
-DVD-R dubbed after being captured on the hard disk in DVD-R compatible mode copies from the HDD at about 2X
-DVD-RAM copies from the HDD at 3-4x