dvd to dvd help

[quickrej66]

I have just bought the panasonic dvd recorder with a 40gig hard drive and
I also have a dvd player in line with it, my question is how do I play a dvd on the player and record it to the recorder so I may backup some of my dvd's that I have, I would think there would be some kind of hardware you can put inline between the two units to be able to do this, but I dont know if they have or what it is called or where to find it on the net.
any help would be appreciated.

[gobama]

You can do this if your DVD player that you will be putting the original DVD in has no macrovision, region protection, etc. I've seen sites where you can have a chip installed inside your dvd player that takes all these restrictions away so you can copy 1:1 onto your Panasonic recorder. But I'm not sure if it could be done without the in-line player being hardware modified. Good luck

[Erwin]

It can be done with this for $40 though without modifing anything.

[gates69]

The Sima unit won't work.

[blazer96]

Yes, the Sima copymaster will NOT work. I tried it. Blazer

[quickrej66]

thanks for the replys, went to the sima page and it said it wouldnt work
with a sony, I will give them a call to see if it will work with my panasonic.

[blazer96]

quickrej66, it won't work with your Pan too. I have the DMR-E30 and I also talked to Sima's tech support. There is a video filter which might work. I'm also looking at macrovision, copyguard and region free dvd players, like cyberhome or sampo, that might do the trick.
Blazer

[quickrej66]

thanks blazer for the info, I just talked to a guy online that sells dvd players which he will put a chip in so that you can play on that one and record on the panasonic, he wants $300 for the dvd player with the chip,
but I hate buying another dvd player when I allready have 2. would like to find a cheaper way out. he also told me the sima dosent work, he said he had one in his store.

[blazer96]

quickrej66, try this website. It might help. Blazer

http://home.cfl.rr.com/filter/

[quickrej66]

thanks blazer, I went to the site to see the filter, I sent them email and will be waiting for there reply, thanks for your help.

[quickrej66]

for blazer and all the rest of you out here.
I just bought this Panasonic DVD-RV32-B DVD Recorder Friendly,
for $229 it is guarenteed to work in line with another dvd player
or vhs recorder with any dvd made in this country.

[blazer96]

quickrej66, is this a new dvd recorder from Panasonic? I'm not familiar with this model.
Blazer

[dcsos]

You don't say what PLAYER you have?
How can we help you..except to recommend these "MAYBE WILL WORK" standalone units...
Instead look up your player
www.nerd-out.com

Go to the APEX-HITEK pages..
They can supply you with a MACROVISION workaround

[blazer96]

I believe quickrej66 is referring to the Panasonic DVD-RV32 dvd player.

[quickrej66]

blazer, I dont know how new this dvd player is, here is the site where I got it from.

http://www.world-import.com/dvd.htm

I bought it and it was deliverd today, I will have it up and running over the weekend and will let you know if it works. the place where I bought it from had a tech guy that told me it would work, because he has the same player in line with his DMR-HS2, so he has the same setup that I have and he said it works fine, he can copy anything from this country.

I would like to thank all the people who have responded to my post.

[blazer96]

Yes, please let me know how your test goes. I would definitely be interested. Blazer

[quickrej66]

Blazer, it works great, very easy just put a dvd in it and play it and record on DMR-HS2 with no problem. Like the guy told me this will play
anything made in this country and he was right.
I would have to say this is the best way to go, because it is a great
dvd player, which will also play all formats and gets rid of the stuff you dont want. very easy copy tool.
and I would also highly recomend the DMR-HS2 recorder, its like having tivo for free. if you need anything else blazer let me know.
the service where I bought the RV-32 was great, had it in 3 days.

[blazer96]

thanks. i took look at the site, very interesting. so, they modify the dvd player to be macro/cgms free. how did you find this website? i hope it will work with my DMR-E30.
Blazer

[quickrej66]

I found the site in a google search, give them a call and they will answer all your questions, they seem to be very knowlegeable.

[blazer96]

Thanks again.