DVD Recorder Question

[Pardus]

I want to record some tv shows to dvd for a long trip i have coming up and it would be nice to watch them on a laptop while in route. would a dvd recorder do the trick as i need something i can hookup to my cablebox and output from there. i know its possible to record tv directly from a pc with a capture card, but its too much hassle for me.

Do dvd recorders record stuff as a true dvd or just dump the files in avi format or something?

I seen these portable recording devices by Archos that do something like this, but i have no idea how they work.

Don't really care what format the video is in, long as its decent quality, not hd.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[DrVos]

It may differ from manufacturer to manufacturer, but my DVD recorder records to a standard DVD format. You just have to make sure to finalize the compilation in the recorder before you try and play it on a standard DVD player. I believe mine is a magnavox...I got it on sale at walmart for around $55 a couple of months ago and it's worked great!

 

[Pardus]

picked up a phiips DVDR3475 dvd-recorder, finally got it setup, able to record normal broadcatst like cnn without a problem, trying to record a movie channel like hbo doesn't work, getting a error code.

found this unit that supposedly will let me copy protected video content, the unit only works with svideo - not hdml cables.

 

[DrVos]

Hey, that's pretty nifty. Report back on how that works out for you.