recording TV signals

[blacklab88]

OK, I have been researching this subject for now over a year and yet have still not received an adequate answer after posting this question on many message boards. My question is this: can I buy (or build) a computer that will allow me to capture either satellite broadcast or cable signals onto a hard drive, edit, and then burn to DVD with good results or will I have to buy a dedicated DVD recorder (very expensive) to do this? I know that Phillips, Panasonic, and Pioneer all have standalone units that will do this, but these units cost anywhere from about $1000 to over $2000 and for that kind of money, I could almost build a kickass video editing machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I would also like to know what capturing device to get. I have considered the Compro Nvidia Personal Cinema, ATI Radeon 8500DV, and cards by Hauppauge. PLEASE ADVISE!!![/b]

[Mirror_Image]

My question is this: can I buy (or build) a computer that will allow me to capture either satellite broadcast or cable signals onto a hard drive, edit, and then burn to DVD with good results?[/b]

Yes.

[tmcmvd]

if you want to do it plain and\simple...buy an analogue video/audio to dv convertor for aprrox $ 300,- and edit /burn you movies/tv-programs etc on any pc from about 450 Mhz and up with enough HDD space and a $ 50,- firewire card.

Other solutions are a Pinnacle PC-TV-SAT card, which can record digital sattelite programs directly to hdd.

Any other capture card is intensive more work for capturing.

S-Video signal into convertor, dv signal into PC, dv videofile into MPEG encoder, MPEG file onto DVD...

Any pc video file > convertor > analogue TV set/VCR also possible.

Next option is realtime MPEG-2 Hardware encoder...but they are way expensive...and MPEG editing isn't a good idea.

Hope to have helped you on this...

Greetz,

Michael

[thxkid]

Wrong you can buy the Panasonic DMR-E20 now for $649 and the prices are dropping it was just $799 2 months ago, I got there older DMR-E10 for $399 and it has a 5.1 DD decoder built In. Plus I get blank DVD-R's now for $1.60 and the DVD-Ram's for $5.95.
Plus you can record and watch your problem right away, without all this time waiting to burn after you recorded it as an MPEG2, plus most cards under $300 do not capture Satelite or cable programs very good, I know I have tried it, the DVD Home recorder does a fantastic job and it also has the benefit of having a TBC built right into the machine which improves your quality of your picture also. Plus it works just like a VCR I have 4 speeds to record on 1hr, 2hr, 4hr and 6hr. Plus if you but the right DVD player for dubbing, backup copies look Fantastic!