If i buy a dvd recorder can i transfer movies to my pc?
28 February 2004, 08:03 PM
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If i buy a dvd recorder can i transfer movies to my pc?
My VHS is kaput.Looking to buy a dvd recorder,can you then put the discs in your pc and transfer smallmovies to your pc?
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erm....it's a little more complicated than that I'm afraid.
Stand-alone DVD recorders (Toshiba, Philips, Panasonic, Pioneer etc.) that I think you are considering are limited to stereo recordings. That means that Sky is OK but Sky+ movies 1 to 3 will not record in any surround format (works OK in stereo). There may be products coming out shortly that can do this. If the recorder has a firewire input then DV should be OK subject to what editing is then available.
Some DVD recorders include a hard-disk as well which gives you some more flexibility as to keeping or watching and trashing recordings.
If you want your PC to read the recorded disks then it will need a DVD-ROM and if you want to edit the contents then the appropriate software.
If you have a PC with a DVD-ROM & DVD-Writer (or a big hard disk - approx 4.7gb per film) then a whole additional world is available to make back-up copies of any disk.
Another possibility would be a dedicated PC that does the whole thing. Plenty of information out there on this option and one I'm considering myself as it gives you shedloads of options without any A/D conversion.
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Stand-alone DVD recorders (Toshiba, Philips, Panasonic, Pioneer etc.) that I think you are considering are limited to stereo recordings. That means that Sky is OK but Sky+ movies 1 to 3 will not record in any surround format (works OK in stereo). There may be products coming out shortly that can do this. If the recorder has a firewire input then DV should be OK subject to what editing is then available.
Some DVD recorders include a hard-disk as well which gives you some more flexibility as to keeping or watching and trashing recordings.
If you want your PC to read the recorded disks then it will need a DVD-ROM and if you want to edit the contents then the appropriate software.
If you have a PC with a DVD-ROM & DVD-Writer (or a big hard disk - approx 4.7gb per film) then a whole additional world is available to make back-up copies of any disk.
Another possibility would be a dedicated PC that does the whole thing. Plenty of information out there on this option and one I'm considering myself as it gives you shedloads of options without any A/D conversion.
Baz
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