Length of DVDs? I have a lot of events I recorded on my old vcr from way back and would love to get them onto DVD but most of them are about 3hrs long. I was wondering, is it possible to dubb them onto a single DVD-R or DVD+RW, or am i going to have to use at least 2 disc, per event. Going to be a little dissapointed if I have to use 2 but at least they will still be around for awhile longer. What would be the best DVD-R or DVD+RW disc to use, or can I use any?Thanks for any answers Length of DVDs? I have a lot of events I recorded on my old vcr from way back and would love to get them onto DVD but most of them are about 3hrs long. I was wondering, is it possible to dubb them... » Read More Length of DVDs? I have a lot of events I recorded on my old vcr from way back and would love to get them onto DVD but most of them are about 3hrs long. I was wondering, is it possible to dubb them onto a single DVD-R or DVD+RW, or am i going to have to use at least 2 disc, per event. Going to be a little dissapointed if I have to use 2 but at least they will still be around for awhile longer. What would be the best DVD-R or DVD+RW disc to use, or can I use any?Thanks for any answers « Show Less
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Darlene: You've probably already figured it out by now, but I'm going to post this reply for anyone else who may be having the same problem. While in DVD mode (the green light above "DVD" is lit up, push the "Rec Mode" button on your remote control. It is the button just to the left of the red "Record" button. Each time you press that a new record speed will appear on your screen. It cycles through each one and then goes back to the beginning and will even tell you how many minutes you have left on that disc to record with at that speed.
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Felipe Alfau:The recording time on DVD will depend on the recording mode you select:Recording Mode Recording time Video/Sound QualityXP 60 min ***** ( The best)SP 120 min **** ( Very Good)LP 240 min *** ( Good)EP 360 min ** ( Bad) SLP 480 min * ( very badThe recording times listed above are estimates. I hope that this information help you.Felipe Felipe Alfau:The recording time on DVD will depend on the recording mode you select:Recording Mode Recording time Video/Sound QualityXP 60 min ***** ( The best)SP 120 min **** ( Very Good)LP 240 min *** ( Good)EP 360 min ** ( Bad) SLP 480 min * ( very badThe recording times listed above are estimates. I hope that this information help you.Felipe
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Does anyone know how to get your dvd to change to long play so that I can get more recording time I can't get mind to change from sp to anything else. Thanks Darlene
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While doing my own tests, I found that there was very little quality difference between taping at one hour and two hour speeds (i.e.: XP and SP). However, I'm not a very picky person when it comes to video quality (just glad to have my beloved tapes backed up) and even I could see a difference between two hour and four hour (SP and LP). I began by copying two movies onto one DVD and very quickly stopped that. I figured that for the price of the disc, I'd rather have the noticeable quality upgrade. "Bill M." mentions double density discs. I haven't tried one, but it's certainly something to look into if video quality means anything at all to you. While doing my own tests, I found that there was very little quality difference between taping at one hour and two hour speeds (i.e.: XP and SP). However, I'm not a very picky person when it comes to video quality (just glad to have my beloved tapes backed up) and even I could see a difference between two hour and four hour (SP and LP). I began by copying two movies onto one DVD and very quickly stopped that. I figured that for the price of the disc, I'd rather have the noticeable quality upgrade. "Bill M." mentions double density discs. I haven't tried one, but it's certainly... » Read More While doing my own tests, I found that there was very little quality difference between taping at one hour and two hour speeds (i.e.: XP and SP). However, I'm not a very picky person when it comes to video quality (just glad to have my beloved tapes backed up) and even I could see a difference between two hour and four hour (SP and LP). I began by copying two movies onto one DVD and very quickly stopped that. I figured that for the price of the disc, I'd rather have the noticeable quality upgrade. "Bill M." mentions double density discs. I haven't tried one, but it's certainly something to look into if video quality means anything at all to you. « Show Less
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You could get 30 mins. It has a normal def and HD setting. Definitely can get 30 mins on standard def. I bought this for my daughter to record armature movies. Her episodes are about 30 mins per shoot on standard def.
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Thanks for the reply.Yes, as I know of now, each clip can NOT contain more than 99 chapters. Now, even if I join all of my 130 clips(meaning I get ONE clip) still, I can't write into one DVD (MovieFactory 5.6 doesn't allow this). So, I have to have a clip of max 99. Again, I am not sure how to merge the chapters recorded in my camcorder. May be there can some option while doing recording ??
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I would like to ask the same question as "nature enthusiast" that is - I want to do is transfer VHS tapes to DVDs. Consumer Reports said this model "allows you to copy with a simple push of the record button." True. The answers already received are all conflicting, half say yes half say no. Please answer this ? only if you actually know for certain, Thank you !
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Hi. I am Patrick and I have gone thru what you are about to do. Get DVD-R, by using this version you can set the machine to burn so as not to ERASE BY ACCIDENT,, once you burn the dvd your machine will ask you a series of questions about keeping what you recorded, if you want to keep temporaly use DVD-RW this series -rw can be erased and re-recorded DVD-r,,once it it is burned you can delete the title but you loose that portation of the DVD-R
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Cnythia: I hope I have helped you, just rember DVD+ or- R it is permenant RW means re-write, also only 2 movies should go on a DVD and you have the Option on your remote to go to 1.2.3,4.5 and 6 hour capacity settings. or ask pdouglass2222@aol.comBuy Sony DVDs thru amazon, Sony are the best, trust a recording engineer,,, I only use SONY 4.7 GB DVDs and I am not pushing Amazon but they give me what I order and dont sub some sub standard quality DVDs
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I had a Sony DVD Recorder to VHS model RDR-VX535 which would record on Verbatim DVD-R 16X or DVD-R 8X speed. I managed to transfer only 5 home movie tapes to Verbatim DVD-R 16X or 8X speeds. Then the machine wouldn't work anymore. The Sony technician told me I needed to get more 8X discs, which was not true. 16X worked fine. The quality of the machines is not dependable. I sent it back to be restored to factory condition, got it back and it had the same problem with which I started. Fortunately, Costco gave me my money back. Memorex discs didn't work. S. M. Cox So maybe try Verbatim discs. Good luck.
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Depends on the quality/rate of the video or your recorder's settings. You can fit 297 minutes (5hrs) on a 4.2Gb DVD at a 2mb per second speed. It is mainly up to your DVD writing software and the settings you choose for it. Most DVD's from movie studios are from 4-8Mb per second, 8Mb gives your 74 minutes of time, and 4Mbs 148 minutes. The quality of the video is naturally better at the higher rate, but you can't "add" quality or clarity simply by increasing it's rate, it may have the opposite effect in extreme cases.
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ok, question that will reveal how little i know about this. you mentioned recording to DVD. Can a DVD recorder record over the air broadcasts? can you set it to record at certain times, the way you would a VCR? And can you re-record over the dvds or do you have to keep buying them? (the advantage of vhs.)thanks!
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Hmm...difficult to answer that one but DVD's I recorded on from Verbatim, 5 years ago still run fine. If you keep them in a case, no reason they won't last a very long time.
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If you use a DVD format (i.e. Video TS with IFO,VOB, etc.) you can burn a 4300MB DVD-5. If you use other formats (e.g. AVI, MKV, WMV, etc.) you can fill the DVD to capacity with multiple files. Depending upon the size of the video files, you can put many files onto one disk and they will play as individual videos as long as your player recognizes that particular video format.
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Depends on recording "speed". Many DVD recorders can record 1, 2, 4, or even 8 hours of standard definition video on one side. Quality goes down of course. Standard setting is 2 hours.
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It's not a DVD recorder- only a player so it won't record new material onto DVD like a VHS. You want a DVD recorder. There are a lot of them listed on Amazon. I don't have one personally so can't recommend one from personal experience. Good luck.
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I have not done it with this machine yet. I have done it before with an older machine. I have not checked the quality of doing two tapes on one dvd yet. I will give it a try and let you know though.
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yes, you can record to a DVD with either the set time program feature or by just clicking 'record'. There are two buttons, one for HDD which records to an internal hard disk and one for DVD which records to a DVD disk. You can also dub a show you recorded in the HDD mode on to a DVD. It's a pretty cool set up and I like it better than my cable company's DVR box because it will record something like 100+ hours on the HDD mode so you are not having to always delete a show for space. You need to set up the DVD function to finalize the show you recorded so it can be played on any DVD player. I set mine up to do this automatically which is very simple. The instruction book is easy to understand. Don't forget to take the plastic protective skin off of the remote, it isn't very apparent and it is hard to read the writing on it if you don't remove it.
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It has been a loooong while since I used that DVD/VCR (mine broke down and was thrown out years ago), but if I remember correctly it could NOT record DVDs. I think there was a button that could copy the content of the DVD to a VCR tape, but only if the DVD wasn't copy-protected, which most are.
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I am looking to buy a dvd recorder that will record from vhs. I have sooo many videos of family that I want to transfer to dvd in order to preserve them. This tuner vs tunerless thing is confusing me. Can someone explain it to me? I do not have cable tv and do not want it.