I'm returning an Emerson EWR20V4 DVD R/RW/VCR combo. It would not respond to remote, finally got it to play a VHS tape (no sound), disc tray would not open, and setup up would appear on screen.
Reading the directions, I find you cannot RW to DVD from a copyrighted VHS tape (movies), which is why I brought it so I could transfer all my tapes to DVD's.
Question is, if I keep my old VCR and buy just a DVD Recorder seperate and add to hook-up on tv, then will the recorder then copy the VHS tape to DVD since they are being read by seperate machines?
If the tapes are copy protected, you need a stabilizer. Do a search here, this has been done to death.
lei
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I am trying to record home VHS to DVD and they are giving me a Recording Prohibited error....WHY? THey are not copyrighted???
Christina123
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I should have posted here... in the DVD recorder section. I want to go from SVHS to DVD. I also want to edit. Would the Panasonic DMR-E80H DVD Recorder be a good buy? I'm thinking I will hook up my SVHS player to the Panasonic as you suggested.
I've used a few Panasonics, as long as you don't go over SP to record they are fine. In slower speeds they get blocky. I haven't used one with a HD though, so I don't know about them.
Opps...forgot to mention that it takes forever. First you play the tape and record it. Then you title it, create a playlist. Then dub the playlist to the DVD-R (Not at high speed). Then finalize the DVD so it can be played. The process takes more than twice the length of the tape for each tape you record.
I bought Panasonic DMR-ES10 and am dubbing home movie VHS to DVD. All is going well except when trying to put in chapters. I followed the instructions but after going to "other functions", no "playlist" pops up so I can't add chapters. After finalizing, can't add chapters. But, finalizing did make the new DVD's playbable in another DVD deck. Any help on chapters?, thank you
It should make chapters about every 5 minutes, the older ones do anyway. To do chapters after the recording, you can either us a PC and an authoring program, or use RAM discs and make play lists. I don't and never have used + discs, so I don't know what they do.