trouble recording DVD-RW, help please.

happyhero

Hi I want to record stuff for my mother to watch but I am having problems. Can anybody help me please?

I have a Panasonic DVD recorder with harddrive built in, under my TV which is probably over 5 years old but was one of the best at the time and has not seen a lot of use so it still looks like new although I have always found it incredibly slow to do things, reliable but slow software I suppose.

I have Sky and mostly use that with its harddrive but sometimes my wife asks me to record a film to keep for the kids so I record it from the SKY HD to the DVD HD so I can tidy it up (cut out adverts etc) and then I record it to a DVD-R which all works fine, but now I want to use DVD-RW so that I can keep reusing them ie lending them to my mother so she can watch some of her favourite programs and then I can record on the same disk again.

I got some Verbatim DVD-RW disks, thinking they are one of the better makes and when I go to dub (as it is called on the Panasonic DVD) it comes up as disk not recognised.

Any ideas what to do to achieve my aim?

I have seen DVD-RAM, is that what I need and will it work on my my mothers cheap DVD player?

Any advice appreciated.


Ps I have just tried formatting them on my PC but then the Panasonic DVD machine (DMR-HS2) does not recognise the disk.

steveE2

The DMR-HS2 is not compatible with dvd-rw discs so they will not work its also a great probability that your mums dvd player wont recognise dvd ram.

happyhero

Hi cheers for the reply, is there a way round this, ie is there a disk that would work as a rewriteable and work on my machine and others?

SteveJH200

Try a DVD-R disc instead - it should work okay. Buy, borrow or steal one to test it out. You can't use rewriteables though.

happyhero

what about DVD-RAM, do they work on other machines apart from Panasonic or are they only supported by Panasonic?

Lincoln_Imp

With the price of blank DVD-R nowadays its just not worth the agrro you get with RW`s

As been said use DVD-R

googler

I think you'll have to stick to the DVD-Rs

GeoffX

You'll have to avoid the superior DVD+R discs and all RW formats as well. DVD-RAM support isn't provided by many drives, so you'll need to check in advance the capabilities of any other devices you want to use. DVD-Rs should work with all drives.