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  1. 22nd Dec 2003 09:38 #1
    SirReco
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    I was wondering what are the really advantages of paying 2x just to have a HD?
    Is it really a must have or can I live without it.
    I will be buying a recorder soon, but i havent decided which model yet.

    Besides the HD is there any other important feature I should consider?

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    Editing is one advantage. You can edit post recording. You can also decides whether or not to keep your recorded programming for posterity after it has been recorded without wasting a disc. I'm sure there are many other advantages, but I can't think of any more.

    Oh... if it has a built in TIVO, you can pause live tv...
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    bumped..re-read post and realize he's talking about a built in HD (hard drive) in a standalone recoder. Wish there was a delete post option...
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    panasonics write to dvdram which is the same as a 4.7 gig HD & so you can edit on it. HD models do have a more tivo sort of thing called GUIDEPLUS, thats why they cost more, but all my TVs already have GUIDEPLUS....which is completely free.
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  5. 22nd Dec 2003 15:04 #5
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    Originally Posted by SirReco
    I was wondering what are the really advantages of paying 2x just to have a HD?
    Is it really a must have or can I live without it.
    I will be buying a recorder soon, but i havent decided which model yet.
    First of all, a hard drive recorder doesn't need to cost you twice as much as a one without a drive -- it's not nearly that much to go from, say, a Panasonic DMR-E50 to a DMR-E80H.

    Secondly, the hard drive recorder gives you all kinds of editing options that you won't have on a non-HDD recorder. Plus, if you use it to do basic time-shifting, you can record hours and hours and hours of stuff without ever having to worry about blank tapes, blank DVD's, and so on. It's ultra-convenient.

    I wrote up a good look at how the editing functions work in this thread:

    https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192261

    You might check that out, as I think it would help you envision the kind of things you could do with a hard-drive machine.

    Hope this helps!

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