DVD recorder £119.99 at Argos + £10 voucher

Going_Digital

No VideoPlus though I guess ?

benbfc

ok so DVD recorders confuse me....

i am looking at getting one but people have told me to wait because the manufacturers have still not decided which of the 2 formats to use? is this true and if so is there a model that plays both already.

Cheers

ben

sf

Thats a shame as I want to record speech to an audio CD, but it is for a group of older people who need a box that will work just like a tape recorder. It seems that CD-Recorders are hard to find and cost more than a DVD-writer.

actually I read a review that said this Liteon 5005 -can- work as an audio recorder; it would need a mic pre-amp to record speech, but it did say it would record audio CDs. if I find the review again I'll post the link.

zakony

in the spec, it says
no receiver
but it has a tuner
someone can enlighten me with the meaning of these?
thanks

talkshop

ok so DVD recorders confuse me....

i am looking at getting one but people have told me to wait because the manufacturers have still not decided which of the 2 formats to use? is this true and if so is there a model that plays both already.

Cheers

ben

There is no standard format, and probably never will be until Blue-laser machines arrive in a year or two.

The current main types of recordable DVD are DVD-R and DVD+R. Both are playable on most modern DVD players after formatting the recorded disc. In addition there is DVD-RW and DVD+RW, these are re-writable discs that can be used more than once, and in my opinion is the most useful.

There are lots of arguments about which is the best format. I have been using a Philips DVD recorder for a few years now which uses the DVD+R/RW discs.

Another type of disc is the DVD RAM disc. These cannot be played in conventional DVD players, but are used in Panasonic DVD recorders and some others.

talkshop

in the spec, it says
no receiver
but it has a tuner
someone can enlighten me with the meaning of these?
thanks

A tuner means it can record from a TV tuner built in for recording normal analogue TV channels, just like a VCR.

A receiver is normally a radio with an amplifier, and is fitted to some home cinema DVD players that include Dolby 5.1 speaker systems.

discodown

and to confirm this is dual format +r/rw -r/rw and as a bonus will record to vcd / svcd, a fairly rare feature.

g10_2

Full spec according to manufactures website...

http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/lvw_5005/lvw_5005_2.htm

talkshop

I don't think this has a stereo NICAM TV tuner ?

ONLY MONO ?

Found some good reviews here
http://spod.cx/s?7ac

moneylearner

I have a 5005 recorder and it has a simple interface and options compare to my pannny and sony dvd recorders.

It does record audio cds but has no editing features like a standalone cd recorder, though you can use normal data cds which my yamaha has to use audio cds. You could use it to record radio from a freeview tuner or from another external source.

You can record on DVD-+R/W and use normal cds to record VCD and SVCD. The liteon sets the right options in it's guided menu.

It has a mono tuner but will record freeview sound as mpeg audio and not Dolby Digital 2.

It has no editing features that I know of.

It can be updated to remove macrovision and provide a 3 hour mode. The 3 hour mode i don't think is full resoultion like my sony 720x576