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Which DVD recorder?
Oakey22
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I have around £100 to spend on a dvd recorder, ideally i would like a dvd+r one with a TV tuner in. Also Videoplus.
I have been to teco and had the Technika 2005 which was very noisy and had a goodmans one from there aswell at £99 which had already been used by someone, lol. So i am on the lookout for a dvd recoder around £100.
I have been to teco and had the Technika 2005 which was very noisy and had a goodmans one from there aswell at £99 which had already been used by someone, lol. So i am on the lookout for a dvd recoder around £100.
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First the - is the official standard. However spend jut £20-00 more & get the Panasonic DMR ES 10. It's available in several places now at that price. It records onto - R/RW & + & also the fantastic DVD-RAM. The 4 hour record is better than any other on the market, it's the only one with a high quality record at this speed & it's the speed most people use to record & wipe. Panasonic is also much higher quality than any of the brands you mentioned.Nice to save.0
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Here's a quote of a post I made previously regarding DVD formats which may be of use:
I thoroughly recommend the Panasonic LSD mentioned - it is by far the best cheap DVD recorder out there.Okay, there are three types of DVD disk:
DVD-R/RW is the most common format.
DVD+R/RW is equally good, but slightly less common.
Most DVD players can play DVD-R and DVD+R disks, and a lot can play DVD-RW and +RW disks as well.
DVD-R is more common, and so it is better to use this format if you intend for the disks to be viewed on a DVD player.
(nb. R disks are recordable only once (ie. you can't delete stuff once it's on) and RW disks are re-writable (you can delete stuff and put other stuff in its place ).
Most DVD recorders will actually use both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW disks - so you don't need to worry too much here.
The third format is DVD-RAM. Very few DVD players will play DVD-RAM (so you couldn't, for example, lend them to someone with just a DVD player), but it is probably the best format to go for, as it can do a nifty thing called "timeslip" - which means you can start watching a program before it finishes recording (or "pause" live TV while you go to the loo ). About half of all DVD recorders support DVD-RAM.
Any DVD-RAM recorders will always use at least one of the other formats too (normally both). They usually cost a little extra, but I think it is well worth it.
Just look at the spec of any DVD recorder you are interested in and most should support both + and - disks, and if you can get one with RAM support, even better.
Hope this helps!
The logos by the way look like this:
DVD+R/RW
DVD-R/RW
RAM looks the same as the DVD-R/RW one but with the word RAM instead.
You can get it for £120 in store at Richer Sounds:
http://ws1.richersounds.com/productlist.php?cda=productlist&sgroup=DVDRECORDERS&sort=price
(also available multi-region for an extra £10 if you need that)0 -
so the Panasonic DMR ES 10 will record dvd+rw's?0
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I bought the Panasonic DMR ES 10 a few weeks ago.
Im very pleased with it, Im not much of a handywoman but Ive got it working ok.
I use DVD-RW discs.Member of the £2 savers club.£320
so far
saving for Holiday :j
You are never too Old to learn new tricks.:rotfl:0 -
No. But that doesn't matter. It will support DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM.Oakey22 wrote:so the Panasonic DMR ES 10 will record dvd+rw's?
DVD+R/RW is no better than DVD-R/RW - the + one was invented by a selection of manufacturers to avoid having to pay licences to use the proper DVD-R/RW technology designed by Sony/Philips - that is why it doesn't use the same DVD logo.
DVD-RAM is the one you need to look for and it does support that
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the thing is i brought 25dvd+rw's from pc world the other day. and used 1 of them already, oh well,
Where is the cheapest place for this?0 -
Richer Sounds - £120oakey22 wrote:Where is the cheapest place for this?
There is a link in my previous post with the descriptions of the DVD formats - I cannot repost it as I am now surfing though a proxy and it is messing up my links :mad:
It is the first in the list (there is also a £130 version which can play region 1 (American) DVDs).0 -
ahh, there is a richer sounds just around the corner from my girlfriends. i will pop in tomorrow0
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Make sure you check the Richer Sounds price on the website - my DH went there to buy a Panasonic DVD recorder/player/video player all in one. It's £300 most places, House of Fraser £270 in the sale but none in stock - Richer had it in the shop for £259 but on the website for £229. DH asked if the in-store and the web prices were meant to be different and was told they should be the same but shop hadn't always caught up with web. DH said what web price was and they sold it to him for that price without even checking! (Guildford branch, in case you're wondering)0
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L.S.D. wrote:First the - is the official standard. However spend jut £20-00 more & get the Panasonic DMR ES 10. It's available in several places now at that price. It records onto - R/RW & + & also the fantastic DVD-RAM. The 4 hour record is better than any other on the market, it's the only one with a high quality record at this speed & it's the speed most people use to record & wipe. Panasonic is also much higher quality than any of the brands you mentioned.
Totally agree - I bought an LG 6 months ago - it's OK, but I wish I had waited and bought this one. This has got to be the best deal on the market - yes you can get an Akinoname for £50 from a major retailer of Baked Beans, but this is a decent brand with decent quality.0
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