DVD Recorder that accepts HDMI or Component input

[AuditSup]

Does anyone make a DVD recorder that accepts HDMI or component input?

[CrazyCanuck]

I have 2 older Philips recorders, single drive DVDR 72/17 and the hardrive HDRW 720/17, that accepts component input but no HDMI. I believe that the Philips 520H (again an older model) has component inputs. I use a hacked Liteon-based recorder as a component output feed. The 720/17 got a whole bunch of criticism and bad reviews because of its clumsy TV GUIDE which crashes all the time, I don't need the TVG, I just set a manual recording if I need to, otherwise works great as a component input recorder. I read in the early advertisement of the Polaroid 2001 that it also had component input but I think they changed the model in the second production, not sure, I just stopped looking at this model because of its bad reviews.

I haven't seen any other models with component inputs, of course there could be others somewhere.

I have'nt seen any HDMI input recorders yet other than maybe the Sony blu-ray recorder.

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[ntscuser]

Best you'll find is DV input. The UK spec Panasonics have it but I'm not familiar with the US version. Hell, I don't even know what DV input is?

[David K]

My old Philips DVDR-615 has component inputs too, but it can only accept a standard def interlaced signal. (I tried feeding it from a digital tuner box but it would not accept anything higher resolution, or even a progressive standard def signal.)

Hi-Def content producers want to protect their content and so you won't see any Hi-Def in-puts on DVD recorders. Of course, there's really no point until we have hi-def recorders too, and I predict the content producers will only want to allow DVR harddrive devices which will restrict playback to the same device.

(DV imput is the firewire connection that allows you to directly transfer digital camcorder tapes to a DVD recorder - once again, standard def 720 x 480.)