Im new to all teh dvd recording systems.. i am looking for a decent dvd recorder that i can not only record from tv but also make copies of dvd's .. for example.. if i record something on a dvd with my dvd camcorder.. i ould like to be able to make copies of that dvd so i can send home movies to family.. are there any dvd recorders that actualy make copies of dvd's and if so.. could you point me in teh right direction?
You need a DVD recorder with a hard drive to make copies. Or you could buy a burner and make the copies on the PC, that would be faster, cheaper and give more options for editing etc. I've got a JVC that does videotapes pretty good, but it has some issues, I wouldn't buy another one. If you want to copy anything prerecorded you need a stabilizer.
im new to this.. what is a stabelizer.. and when you say a dvd recorder with a harddrive.. is this what you mean? http://www.shopathometv.com/shopathome/network/jshop/shopdev/product/detail.jsp? BV_SessionID=@@@@1021920062.1100749332@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddddjmdgklcefeceeedffjdfjg.0&n=0& OID=59167 and what exactly will the dvd recorder hard drive allow me to do?... and is it hard to figure out? you will have to excuse me but i know nothing about this.. and my wife wont let me get one until i research it.. and we can can see what they do so we make sure we get the correct one..
sorry that link didnt work.. but this is teh info.. one last question.. how big of a hard drive will i need to record movies and what not.. for instance how much time will a 30 gig drive like this one hold?
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I wouldn't buy anything by RCA myself, cheap trash. It depends on what speed you do stuff in as to how many hours you will get per disc space used. 2 hours in SP uses about 4 1/5 gigs, in LP it would use half that much. I don't use one with a hard drive, so I don't know if they are different, but LP recording drops the resolution to half what it is in SP on one without a hard drive. As far as what a hard drive will do, it will let you make exact DVD copies of stuff that isn't copy protected. You can take the DVDs out of your camcorder, if you buy a compatible recorder, copy the disc to the hard drive, then burn as many copies as you want from the hard drive. You need to find a recorder that accepts whatever format your camcorder is.
ok cool.. thank you.. would you or anyone else happen to know of a good dvd recorder that i could get..? and what is a stabelizer? and what is a good one to get?
thank you.. would you or anyone else happen to know a good dvd recorder to get ?.. and what is a stabelizer and what type , and where should i get one of those?
A stabilizer is a box that goes between the source and the recorder for recording copy protected material like prerecorded videotapes or DVDs. I don't really know what's out there these days, I've had mine for over a decade. Sima makes one and their products are pretty good. What format does your DVD camcorder use?
dont have teh dvd camcorder yet we will be purchasing it when we get teh dvd recorder but this is teh one we will be buying, Sony DCR-DVD101 Digital DVD Camcorder
which brings me to a whole nother subject i will be asking about in another section.. i have heard that is dvd camcorder is not a very good .. and that it doiesnt take very good quality still images.. but i have also heard good things about it also.. so i may need help finding a good dvd camcorder also
I don't use a camcorder, so I can't help you there. You need a DVD recorder that uses the same format as the camcorder, whatever format you decide to get.