Question about DVD Recorders with Satellite

[ZiRu$]

I was looking through many recorders and on my top list was the

JVC DR-M10S

and before i decided on that one I decided on

Panasonic DMRE55S or the Pioneer DVR-320


First listen to what i want.
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-Around $300us or less
-Great DVD Quality (mostly taping off tv (express vu satellite) [quality is my #1 concern]
-MACROVISION is not a problem as i copy all my dvds on computer with dvd decrypter
-Chasing Playback

Here's the problem. I want to be able to control my satellite, i read on most of the dvd recorders that they don't allow you to control your satellite and i dont know why. Is there a different one you guys would reccommend? Is this just a feature that they're not supporting yet but will later like Dual Layer?

Thanks in advance

[Capmaster]

Good luck finding a recorder that controls the satellite receiver with its own timer ...or vice versa.

Unless they have started putting that feature in, I think you'll be stuck setting both timers for the same program.

[tommyoz]

The Sony RDR-GX300 works with my satellite receiver.

[ZiRu$]

Good luck finding a recorder that controls the satellite receiver with its own timer ...or vice versa.

What do you mean with "Timer"? What exactly am i losing? I thought i couldn't change channels by pushing the numbers and i'd have to manually go up to the channcel....but are you talking about the only thing it cant do is change channels itself if you do a timed recording?

[Capmaster]

Good luck finding a recorder that controls the satellite receiver with its own timer ...or vice versa.

What do you mean with "Timer"? What exactly am i losing? I thought i couldn't change channels by pushing the numbers and i'd have to manually go up to the channcel....but are you talking about the only thing it cant do is change channels itself if you do a timed recording?

Sorry. I misunderstood your post. I thought you were referring to timed recordings and having both units controlled with one timer.

Our Sony satellite receiver has a "VCR Mouse" that is an infrared emitter that emulates the VCR remote. You set only the satellite receiver timer when you want to record a show and the receiver handles turning the VCR on and off for you at the right time.

I haven't had luck finding a similar feature that works with DVD recorders.

So now we just set two timers when setting it up. No biggie.

[handyguy]

There are some other topics about Sky & dvd recorders, you might search around for 'sky'

[Ziffelpig]

Your not looking at the Express vu PVR because ????
It's $300 CDN with credits, you already have one receiver, so you could be watching live TV while capturing from a different channel, ideal if you ask me.

[ZiRu$]

^because i want to record to dvd and throw the vcr away.


I still don't understand though, i dont care about "timed" recordings, i've never done that and i dont think i ever will. What i want to do is let a program start and tape it AS i'm watching it. Is that difficult to do with a dvd recorder?

[seb]

If you don't care about timed recordings then what you want to do is no problem. (I think when you said "I want to be able to control my satellite" - it was assumed you wanted your DVD recorder to switch channels on your satellite receiver automatically).

Anyway. Your DVD recorder will treat video input from your satellite receiver just like any other video signal input - you can record what you're watching. The only caution I would mention is that if the program you're watching has a copy protection signal added, your DVD recorder may not like that and you may need to use an external device to remove the protection.

[ZiRu$]

Thank You!

[oldfart13]

Some of the older IRDs would do you even better, like the old 4500. It had built in timers for changing channels as well as dual video/audio outputs, Dolby Optical Out and an Rf remote control. Too bad they don't sell those anymore but you can sometimes buy them and add them as a second unit to your existing equipment...