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From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com
RGrannus wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> RGrannus wrote:
>>> Thanks for the information. Now all I have to do
>>> is pick a DVD recorder, which seem to range
>>> from $60 to several hundred dollars on Amazon.
>> I dont bother with DVDs anymore, keep stuff on
>> 2TB hard drives used in a docking station now.
>> Much cheaper than DVDs. 2TB is the best $/GB currently.
> Do you have any problems interfacing the docking
> station with the video comonents (DVD/VHS and TV)?
No, because I capture stuff using a PC.
> The docking stations I've seen had USB
> or some computer-type connector.
Yes.
> Video equipment (at least mine) doesn't have computer-type connectors.
Quite a few do support USB.
> Do you use a connector adaptor?
No, because I capture using a PC most of the time.
The set top box does have a USB port and I normally captured to a USB
stick and then moved what was on that to the docking station using a PC.
I dont use that to capture anymore, I have just rebuilt that PC completely
so it can capture everything broadcast itself and so dont need to use the
set top box when I am recording all the 3 channels the previous PC could
do simultaneously and needed to record another, usually just for the
overlap between programs etc.
You could just use a DVD-RW for the immediate movement
of say VHS to DVD and then use a PC to move the stuff
from DVD to a 2TB hard drive in a docking station.
>>> gordonb.d2...@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) wrote
>>>>> I have an Optimum DVR and Sony VHS/DVD player. The DVR is nearly
>>>>> full. I know you can get another DVR to extend capacity, but only
>>>>> once, and
>>
>>>> You can get another DVR indefinitely, although eventually you might
>>>> have to get another warehouse to store all of them and some kind of
>>>> giant switch to connect to the right one.
>>
>>>>> if you move you have to take a new DVR from Optimum.(It's happened
>>>>> to me) I've been transfering to the VHS without problem.
>>
>>>> The basic idea here is:
>>>> connect output of the source device (DVR, live TV, or VCR) to the
>>>> input of the destination device (DVD recorder). Press PLAY on the
>>>> source device and RECORD on the destination device. STOP both when
>>>> the show is over. I'm sure you've done this plenty of times with
>>>> the VCR.
>>
>>>> It is possible you will run afoul of copy protection restrictions.
>>>> Chances are what devices you use won't matter much here.
>>
>>>> The connection you use will determine the quality. In decreasing
>>>> quality:
>>
>>>> - HDMI/DVI (not sure if this is possible, mostly due
>>>> to copy protection paranoia) (digital)
>>>> Does any DVD Recorder have a HDMI *input*?
>>>> - Component video (red/green/blue video jacks, red/white sound)
>>>> (analog)
>>>> - S/Video cable (analog)
>>>> - RCA cable (red/white/yellow jacks) (analog)
>>>> - RF modulator (ick!)
>>
>>>>> I'd like to transfer from DVR to DVD and VHS to DVD. Is this
>>>>> possible with an ordinary DVD recorder, or do I need to get a
>>>>> particular type (know of a good model)?
>>
>>>> Figure out what *outputs* you have, then get a DVD recorder with
>>>> the same type of *inputs*, and a corresponding cable.
>>>> If your TV is analog, you want your DVD recorder to have analog
>>>> outputs (possibly along with digital ones).
>>
>>>> Some DVD recorders also have a hard disk. This feature comes at a
>>>> price but it makes it a lot easier to arrange stuff before you
>>>> record it on the DVD. I use an old DVR/DVD recorder. It's analog,
>>>> so the tuner and time-and-channel recording no longer works. It
>>>> allows editing and has a fairly large hard disk, so I can transfer,
>>>> for example, all the episodes of a series, trim off junk at the
>>>> beginning, end, and commercial breaks, and put them in order, then
>>>> transfer them to individual disks.
>>
>>>>> Do you just buy more disks for the recorder
>>>>> as you fill them up, like a VHS? Any type of disk?
>>
>>>> You probably want DVD-R or DVD+R disks (record *once). I don't
>>>> think the extra cost of DVD-RW disks gets you much benefit in
>>>> re-using them, assuming you are planning to archive shows
>>>> essentially forever. You record on them once, possibly in several
>>>> parts, but once you fill it, you're stuck with what's on it.
>>
>>>> Which of DVD-R or DVD+R do you want? Ones which your recorder can
>>>> record and (*all*) your players can play (the answer is decidedly
>>>> *NOT* always "both" for any old equipment you might have around.
>>>> Some might do both but one at a lower speed). It's not a matter of
>>>> which is "better", it's a matter of which square peg fits in a
>>>> pentagonal hole. Also investigate which type of disks cost more -
>>>> lately they seem to be the same. With really new equipment, it may
>>>> not matter. Read the manuals for your equipment.
>>
>>>> Panasonic DVD/DVR recorders have the alternative of DVD-RAM disks,
>>>> which can be thought of as mini-hard disks. Record, delete,
>>>> re-record, edit, etc. repeatedly. Sure, they eventually will wear
>>>> out if you re-record often (so do VHS tapes, for both recording and
>>>> playing). Also, their capacity is limited to that of a DVD. They
>>>> also cost a lot more than regular DVD+/-R blanks.
>>
>>>> If you're doing digital-to-digital DVD recording, there may be no
>>>> quality settings. With analog, there usually are. After you get
>>>> your DVD recorder, try out the different qualities and see which
>>>> setting you like, trading off quality vs. the recording time per
>>>> disk. I get decent quality (non-HD digital TV converted locally
>>>> to analog with a converter box) with 4 hours/disk. 6 hours/disk
>>>> was a bit much. 1 hour/disk chews up a lot of disks with little
>>>> gain in quality over the 4-hour setting. If you record a lot of
>>>> action sports and don't want the ball disappearing, you may need
>>>> more quality. Try it yourself.
>>
>>>>> I have a
>>>>> relatively new system but it's not Hi-Def and not set to digital.
>>>>> I
>>>>> assume the Optimum technician set it that way because of the VHS.
>>>>> So
>>>>> I'd set it Cable input to DVR to VHS/DVD player to DVD recorder to
>>>>> TV.
>>
>>>> If some of your devices have more than one input or output (my
>>>> analog TV has 3 inputs, plus the RF input which is no longer
>>>> useful) selectable via the remote control I'd recommend slightly
>>>> different wiring:
>>
>>>> /------------------------------------\
>>>> cable box -> DVR ------------------> DVD Recorder -> TV
>>>> \-> VHS/DVD Player--/ /
>>>> \-----------------/
>>
>>>> Using a setup like the above, you can do things like:
>>
>>>> Transfer a VHS tape to the DVD recorder *AND* simultaneously watch
>>>> live TV or from the DVR.
>>
>>>> Transfer a recording from the DVR to the DVD recorder *AND*
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