Need ideas on a good DVD recorder with hard drive.
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Looking to make a bunch of DVDs of home videos and the only one I've used is a Pioneer 533 which I like, but can't find one for a good price (everyone sells them for MSRP) if they are in stock (which a lot aren't)...
Basic needs are dual layer writing, RW would be nice, need the "i-link" or firewire port, internal hard drive (doesn't need a lot), and must work well.
We have a DVR with our satellite, so that is the reason that I don't need a lot of space on this one, just enough in case I want to do some editing.
Don't want Tivo (doesn't work with Dish anyway), and other "scheduling" pieces are not important because again they don't work with Dish.
Any ideas?
Farewell - June 4, 2020
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Re: Need ideas on a good DVD recorder with hard drive.
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EBay has a large selection.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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Re: Need ideas on a good DVD recorder with hard drive.
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I know, but what brad/models have people used that they liked?
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Re: Need ideas on a good DVD recorder with hard drive.
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The one's I've seen the highest praise for are the Pio 533/633 and the Panasonic DMR-EH50. I think Panny has a new line out now though. I don't know the model number.
The best place I know of for info is the AVS forum.
I researched there, ended up with a Panasonic ES-20, no hard drive. I'm using it to convert home movies. Works fine so far. Editing is very limited on the hard drive models. I will use my PC to do the editing. For the cost difference of non-HD to HD equippped stand alone recorder I bought a DVD burner for my computer instead.
For now just dumping everything as-is to DVD via the ES-20. I'll edit it later on the PC.
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When I said "editing" I just meant basic cut/slice stuff, nothing fancy. I've got Adobe Premiere Pro for that on my PC. Plus, if I ever do decide to dump stuff off of my Dish DVR (like I did one other time on the borrowed Pioneer) like kids' shows, I can at least cut out commercials on them.
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