DVD Recorders

[Redback]

We have just purchased a new LG HDD DVD recorder, and so far we are very happy with it being able to record onto it's 80Gig hard drive then being able to put it on a DVD as well is great.
It will also record or put on a DVD from an outside sourse like a analog or digital camcorder as well from a tape if hooked up to do this through another VHS recorder.

Only thing that we can't do is watch the recorded DVDs on our DVD player as it won't play them, they play fine on our sons DVD player but not ours

Guess we'll have to buy another DVD to watch our new DVDs of our trips we record

So just thought i'd tell you how well they work, i must admit i was a bit sceptical about them, one tip though, record in high quality when recording from the hard drive to DVD, if you decide to buy one.

Baz.

[drivesafe]

Hi Baz, from most of the articles I’ve read on making your own home grown DVDs, they are all pretty well saying just what you posted.

As long as your not planning to do more than simple editing, they are easy to use and cost heaps less than buying a computer to do it and you are more likely to get more use from one as compered to a computer.

Cheers.

[101RRS]

Only thing that we can't do is watch the recorded DVDs on our DVD player as it won't play them, they play fine on our sons DVD player but not ours

Guess we'll have to buy another DVD to watch our new DVDs of our trips we record

Baz.

Baz - I don't understand - you can play back your DVDs in the DVD recorder. I appreciate that DVDs burnt on one piece of equipment may have problems playing on other equipment but your new DVD recorder is also a DVD player so you should be able to watch them.

Sorry if I have missed something here.

Gazzz (rhymes with Baz )

[stevo68]

Sorry if I have missed something here.

Ditto, as if I have read correctly, that doesnt make sense ie the recorder then wont play the DVD,s recorded

Regards

Stevo

[Redback]

Ditto, as if I have read correctly, that doesnt make sense ie the recorder then wont play the DVD,s recorded

Regards

Stevo

Well we have a DVD player and the new DVD recorder hooked up to the same TV we expected to be able to play them on both, we don't want 2 hooked up to the same TV, we were going to move the original player to another room and used there, but no point now as it won't play the DVDs we record on the new one.

Baz.

[dobbo]

have you finalised your burnt DVD's so they can be played on other players? Also your player might be a + or - format whilst your sons a multizone. Not all plastic shiny discs are the same unfortunately

[stevo68]

Well we have a DVD player and the new DVD recorder hooked up to the same TV we expected to be able to play them on both, we don't want 2 hooked up to the same TV, we were going to move the original player to another room and used there, but no point now as it won't play the DVDs we record on the new one.

Baz.

Ahh ok I get ya now, you need to play on one to be able to record onto the other..correct? Then with the copied DVD they will only play on one of the players. It cant play and record at the same time through the one source ie playing the dvd on the recorder and copying at the same time? Im looking to get one soon so am interested as want to copy movies from video camera onto disk etc,

Regards

Stevo

[Redback]

have you finalised your burnt DVD's so they can be played on other players? Also your player might be a + or - format whilst your sons a multizone. Not all plastic shiny discs are the same unfortunately

Yep done that, we didn't first up but the others we have done we have finalized.

The fact that it works on ours sons DVD leads us to think that it's just this player.

Baz.

[Redback]

Im looking to get one soon so am interested as want to copy movies from video camera onto disk etc,

Regards

Stevo

It does this well, we paid $460 at the Good Guys cash price, $499 retail

[dobbo]

go down bilo / kmart / big w somewhere like that and buy a $50.00 - $100.00 unit most of them play everything

Worst case scenerio it doesn't you still have a new dvd player for another room

Have you tried them on your P.C?