Heres a question....

[MeekloBraca]

What are your guy's opinions on the best DVD Recorder. Here are the conditions.

1) It can have a hardrive or not
2) It must either have 3 hour mode or FR Mode or some form of flexable recording.
3) Why?

[redwudz]

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For your questions, I wouldn't buy a DVR without a hard drive. It makes the DVR much more flexible to use. You can do time shifting with it and it makes editing easier. You can also store more video so you don't have to burn while you are recording, but anytime you want.

Most any will do 3hr or more, depends on the quality you want.

I like my Pioneer 633H. It has a 160GB HD, so I have plenty of space. Toshiba is well rated also.

[ejai]

I'd like to state that I prefer a HDD unit as well after being fustrated having to burn to disk each and every time I record something. I personally like my Toshiba XS54, with a 250GB HDD I have plenty of room now to play without having to make disks all the time. I am extremely pleased with the video quality.

[davideck]

I agree that a hard drive is essential. Now that I've tried it, I can't do without.

I really like the Toshiba RD-KX50.

For daily use, its a more convenient program timeshift recorder than any of my VCRs.
Its a better TBC / Frame Synchronizer / Proc Amp than my TBC-3000.
Its a better capture device than my PVR-250.
For much of my work, it is also a more convenient basic editor / authoring device than my PC.

It hasn't detected any False MV on any of my tapes. I am not capturing any copy protected content. So far it has performed flawlessly.

3 hour captures of VHS and Beta look great, noticeably better than standard VCR playback.

[dylanb2cm]

The Hard drive is nice but if you're on a budget then I would recomend the Panasonic DVD recorder as it uses DVD-Ram technology. every ram disc acts like a little hard drive. This will benifit you in 2 ways.
1. Timeslip: watch the begining of the show while you are still recording the end of the same show.
2. Does not record in a linear fashion like DVD-RW so you can delete shows at the begining or middle of the disc and have room to re record new shows.

[LCSHG]

[ dylanb2cm ]

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The Hard drive is nice but if you're on a budget then I would recomend the Panasonic DVD recorder as it uses DVD-Ram technology. every ram disc acts like a little hard drive. This will benifit you in 2 ways.
1. Timeslip: watch the begining of the show while you are still recording the end of the same show.
2. Does not record in a linear fashion like DVD-RW so you can delete shows at the begining or middle of the disc and have room to re record new shows.

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Will very many home units play a Ram Disk