DVD RECODERS with HARDRIVES

[wolfdon]

Hello, can someone tell me if it is best to get one of the new DVD recoders that have large hardrives and burn to them first. And then copy onto your DVD medium. I want reliability and have to record live DAnce recitals that go about 2Hr 20min. Need it all on one DVD but don't want to edit much. I use 2 cameras and live switch it . Any recomendations ?

[dphirschler]

The harddrive will allow you to fit maximum quality to your disc. Since you want 2hr 20min, you will likely get crap for quality using realtime encoding found in other recorders.


Darryl

[SCDVD]

A benefit of recording to the hard drive first is that most recorders with hard drives in them will allow recording to the DVD at a faster recording speed when burning from the hard disc in the recorder. A lot of media doesn't perform as well at 1X recording speed. If you record directly to the DVD disc, you have no choice. By definition, recording in real time is 1X --- unless you somehow invent some type of time warp.

[wolfdon]

Thanks ! makes sense ! Any recomendations on a consumer model that I could buy to get the job done? Gig is this weekend! Sony, Philips, Toshiba ?????

[Marvingj]

The Best DVD Recorders with Harddrive are JVC, Pioneer, Toshiba & LG.