Sharp HR-DV300 Cannot copy DVD from other recorder?

[Lucien]

Anyone having this machine, can you tell me if it can copy DVD's from another recorder? According to the manual you can't which seems odd.

I also looked at the Pioneer 510H which would be similar machine but that manual states it can do this (but then for some odd reason this machine doesn't have any zoom capability).

May have to wait for JVC HDD recorder if that's the case...

[handyguy]

It should copy anything you give it as long as the source doesn't have macro protection on it.

No recorder can copy a macro signal, thats why people return them to the store.

[Lucien]

Yes I know. Actually the manual states it cannot even copy from DVD+R/RW or any other DVD that is finalized. Seems pretty odd.
Well can always use computer (but then HDD becomes less functional).

[Synergy]

Actually the manual states it cannot even copy from DVD+R/RW or any other DVD that is finalized. Seems pretty odd.

You seemed to misunderstand what the manual means, it clearly states that the Sharp model doesn't allow finalized DVD-R/RW dubbing from its own DVD drive to HDD, and of course you can connect another recorder/player to the Sharp's input as long as there is no copy protection on the disc.

[Lucien]

Sure got that but then you lose a lot of quality using analog connection (unless I would use the computer firewire output but what's the point if I need the computer anyway).

The pioneer 510 claims it can do this and seems to share same video encoder chip.

[Synergy]

The pioneer 510 claims it can do this and seems to share same video encoder chip.

The Sharp and Pioneer 510H do share similar hardware design, but they have very different user interface and function implementation. The Pioneer 510H has a unique "disc copy" function which makes a mirror image of the content of DVD-R disc to HDD (but not editable on HDD), and can then be copied to a new disc, this is equivalent to using DVD Decrypter to make an ISO copy of a DVD-R disc and then write it to another disc on a computer.

As for dubbing finalized DVD-R discs to HDD, all models from Pioneer, Panasonic, Toshiba only allow real-time dubbing which requires re-encoding anyway, and this is almost equivalent to using another player for playback except without additional analog connection. The reason is that all files on HDD are supposed to be in VR mode for editing, and that's why dubbing VR mode discs back to HDD doesn't require re-encoding.