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Recording TV with DVD Burner

olds

olds

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A friend asked me this and I am not sure.
He wants to buy a stand alone DVD burner and burn TV cooking shows. I told him I didn't think he could do it as the show needed to be on a hdd first. I suggested he buy the Tivo with built in burner. He doesn't want to do that.
Is it possible to accomplish what he wants to do?
 
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
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He has that. It's a 650 Celeron with 50 gb of ram.
 
all you really need is to have a lot of HD space. no matter how much ram you have, DVDR is just not going to act like VCR where you record there and then.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
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He has that. It's a 650 Celeron with 50 gb of ram.
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I thought you meant he wants to burn it on the fly since he doesn't want to buy anything with a hd.
 
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
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He has that. It's a 650 Celeron with 50 gb of ram.
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I thought you meant he wants to burn it on the fly since he doesn't want to buy anything with a hd.
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My bad. I thought you were being facetious.

 
The easy way to get a tv show onto a dvd is to buy a set top dvd recorder. It works like a VCR.

You can find them at Best Buy for $200-$300.

To use a computer, you will need a TV card in the computer and a DVD burner. You will save the show to the hard drive and burn it later.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Standalone DVD recorders work like VCRs, just less reliably 🙂

The $149 iLo from wlamart.com has gotten at least lukewarm reviews from users at www.AVSForum.com
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How are they less reliable?
 
They just are. Read some user reviews at amazon.com

People have problems recording to the end of a disc and it becoming unplayable.
Sometimes recording over several days, one day goes wrong and ruins the disc
Sometimes the player just stops recording in the middle of a program
Sometimes finalizing a DVD to make it playable on normal players messes it up

If these are "precious memories" and buying a DVD boxset isn't possible, buy one of the DVD recorders that includes a hard drive, for $400 - $1,000 and always record to the hard drive first.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Standalone DVD recorders work like VCRs, just less reliably 🙂

The $149 iLo from wlamart.com has gotten at least lukewarm reviews from users at www.AVSForum.com
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No they are not. I've had my settop box Philips DVD+RW for 5 years now. Not a single problem. The disks I record work fine on all other regular DVD players. Just because some people on Amazon complain, that must mean all STB DVD recorders are bad???
 
Originally posted by: eelw
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Standalone DVD recorders work like VCRs, just less reliably 🙂

The $149 iLo from wlamart.com has gotten at least lukewarm reviews from users at www.AVSForum.com
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No they are not. I've had my settop box Philips DVD+RW for 5 years now. Not a single problem. The disks I record work fine on all other regular DVD players. Just because some people on Amazon complain, that must mean all STB DVD recorders are bad???
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i don't think he said all stb dvd recorders were bad.

his statement was that dvd recorders as a whole are less reliable than vcrs as a whole.
 
Exactly. VCRs are a more mature technology where it generally either works or is obviously broken. You pop a tape in, and low-quality but dependable recordings ensue.

The current state of DVD recorders is that you must read up on each model to see what problems people are having with "working" units of that model. Some problems may be intermittent so you have no idea whether your unit has the problem or not. You may need to install firmware updates which might or might not correct the problems.

If that isn't "less reliable" as a group, I don't know what is.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Exactly. VCRs are a more mature technology where it generally either works or is obviously broken. You pop a tape in, and low-quality but dependable recordings ensue.

The current state of DVD recorders is that you must read up on each model to see what problems people are having with "working" units of that model. Some problems may be intermittent so you have no idea whether your unit has the problem or not. You may need to install firmware updates which might or might not correct the problems.

If that isn't "less reliable" as a group, I don't know what is.
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Fair enough. If you have the blinking 12:00 on your VCR, then you should not be using a settop DVD recorder. Beyond that, with enough know how, DVD recorders are no harder or less reliable to use than your common VCR.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
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He has that. It's a 650 Celeron with 50 gb of ram.
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i wish i had 50 gigabits of ram.
 
Originally posted by: JackBurton
For the love of God, tell him to get this and to stfu.

Cooking shows...Is your friend a girl by chance?
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I did recommend a product along those lines as well as the Tivo with a built in burner.
He wants a stand alone burner. I believe more out of cost savings and ignorance of the products.


 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Well he'll need some sort of uber computer that is able to stream the video to the dvdrw that either is insanely fast or has 42gb of ram.
Click to expand...

He has that. It's a 650 Celeron with 50 gb of ram.
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i wish i had 50 gigabits of ram.
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I was being a smart ass because I thought FleshLight was messing with me.
Not the first time I have been owned.
:beer:
 
likewise, if you already have a tivo-equivalent dish dvr, you can get something like a pioneer dvd recorder. you'd have the choice to record directly to the dvd (not recommended) or record to hard drive and then play it while recording to dvd (recommended). few who have used them would argue that the current dvd recorder is anywhere near as reliable as a vcr. think of it as the early digital cameras vs the film cameras. btw i still use a film camera and most would agree my pictures are better. the optics on most digital cameras are no better than a disposable, but i'm getting off the topic . . .
 
Are you referring to a DVD recorder in the form of a normal DVD player for the TV?

Don't mess with getting it recorded with a computer. There are plenty of DVD writers for around $200 he can plug into his TV
 
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