standalone dvd recorder or the pc dvd recorder?

[sesquim]

hi i have been using my computer to burn svcd and vcd for my home videos i think its great! but now that standalone dvd recorders price has come down and so have pc dvd recorder i think i'll just go to dvd's now. Which one is better do u guys think?

[donpedro]

You might need both to get done what you need.

[proton]

What I do is record my homevideo's and VHS tapes/ TV recordings to DVD using a standalone recorder and DVD+RW disc's.
Then I copy the files to my PC, edit the files, add menu's and then I
burn then to DVD+R.

[jo-rope]

I was wondering since you guys advised useing dvd+r whats the difference? I use (on my burner) dvd-r is + better for movies or what ? jo-rope

[donpedro]

I was wondering since you guys advised useing dvd+r whats the difference? I use (on my burner) dvd-r is + better for movies or what ? jo-rope

I don't think that they advice to use DVD+R, it is just what they use.

For example I was recording on DVD+RW and once I editid everythink (chapters, dividing, deleting), I make copy to DVD-R on PC.

Thing is that when you record on RW (+ or - ro RAM) you have ability to edit/add/delete. You have much more limited options on R (+ or -).

[verchad]

DISCLAIMER - I use the term dvd-r because I have units that use dvd-r/rw/ and ram. I'm not promoting one format over the other, please don't attack me for my choice. Substitute +r/+rw wherever appropriate in this response.

I have DirecTivo and a panasonic dmr-hs2 ( Dvd-r with hard drive built in ). If you record things off of the tivo, you would go through these recording steps - satellite signal to tivo, tivo to panasonic hard drive, edit on hard drive, record to dvd-r. About the same as if you didn't have the hard drive and recorded to media and then transferred to pc and worked on it there. It gives you the flexibilty to record to hard drive if you want to. Sometimes, I record things from Directivo to the panasonic just to clear the now playing list.

Where it saves imho is for converting vhs to dvd-r. Just pop in vhs play it and record to hard drive to edit out ads at beginning or end, then record to dvd-r. Or just record straight to dvd-r. The panasonic has a built in time base corrector that makes your video as good or slightly better than the source was.

If you want to be able to customize the dvd, menus, etc then you will have to go through the pc as the standalone recorders are limited as to what you can create for these. Just make sure you get a stanndalone/desktop recorder that uses the same format ( -r or +r ) as your computer drive.

I was wondering since you guys advised useing dvd+r whats the difference? I use (on my burner) dvd-r is + better for movies or what ? jo-rope

[sesquim]

wow lots of replies! really helped Me!!! thanks aLL!!! i have no more questions so faR.

merry christmass!