Another innovative feature is the inclusion of both Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity. However, despite network connectivity, the MDRH does not provide internet streaming content, such as Netflix. Here is a budget-priced DVD recorder with convenient features. However, the DR does not have a built-in tune, so it is necessary to use an external cable or satellite box to record television programs.
If you subscribe to cable or satellite, use a box, and have an HDTV to access the 's p upscaling video output capability, this DVD recorder might be a good match for your entertainment setup. This allows the reception and recording of over-the-air digital TV signals, which replaced analog signals, effective June 12, Another bonus is Panasonic's enhanced playback quality on discs recorded using the four-hour LP mode. This DVD recorder has been officially discontinued but may still be available via clearance outlets or third parties.
Another bonus is Panasonic's enhanced playback quality on discs recorded using the four hour LP mode. The EA18K can also play Divx files. This particular model brings all of the features you'd expect from a top of the line model and pairs those with an integrated GB hard drive.
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Can I put more than one movie on a DVD? While this largely depends on the size of the Movie file you're burning, but in some cases, you can fit as many as 5 movies on a single DVD-R.
However, it's important to note that when burning a DVD, all you're getting is the MKV file and not the additional bonus content, subtitles, or commentary tracks. It is possible to include these features when burning a DVD, but everything you add eats up space that could potentially be used for more movie files.
What DVD formats can I record to? There are a number of recordable DVD formats that are all slightly different from one another. Re:Isn't that reasoning contradictory?
Score: 4 , Informative. As an addendum to my previous thought, perhaps this says something about the disposability of American television programming. It's just not worth the plastic to burn it on :P. TVs with hard drives Score: 5 , Insightful. Otherwise you get a mediocre device which does many things poorly, at a high price.
Also if one device fails it kind of sucks. I have disagree. Having set up and used one I believe it was a Samsung, though this was 6 months ago for my parents, it is a boon. With that, they only had to have one single remote that did it all without any extra setup. It took about 30 minutes for me to teach my dad how to work the JIT recording, programming guide etc. As for the audio and video quality, I can honestly say that it looked more than acceptable, though slight pixellation occurr.
Irregardless, you're arguing against the market, chief. Repeat after me: "just because an item is not intended for me, does not mean the product 'sucks' or there is no market. Combo units don't sell well here in America. Luckily, while people accept that, they haven't grown to accept building DVD players and hard drives into TVs in the same way. But you do presumably expect to have a tuner inside your television. And speakers.
Why those and not a hard disk? That's mainly historical, and because those items don't usually add much to the cost. However, with the huge penetration of digital cable and digital satellite, having the tuner built-in isn't really all that useful for most Americans now.
Hard drives aren't cheap like 10W speakers. The real reason Score: 5 , Funny. Just ask the MPAA. My reasons Score: 5 , Insightful. For us, initially the cost of the hardware and media was too much compared to the good old VCR. Later, our DVR pretty much made it pointless.
Most recently, the ability to watch TV shows off the internet on-demand, or to obtain them via BitTorrent, has almost supplanted the DVR completely. Dan East. Where to plug it in? Aghast, I had to admit I wasn't sure how that could be done! Yeah, I could hack up something involving a PC, HD tuner card, ill-supported software, bittorrent, etc.
Well, that makes me depressed. I work long hours and often record shows on TV I am in Australia to watch at my leisure. If I get HDTV, then the lack of insert blank, choose channel, record is going to seriously affect me. Your comment has opened my eyes to something I had not even thought of. And, uh, I've bee. Better to build, not buy Score: 2.
DVD seems like a large medium when you are storing something like old documents, but it really isn't when you are talking video.
Totally agreed, and as for the "European successs" talk in the article, I haven't seen many DVD recorders compared to HDD ones lately over here anyway. DVD Recorders? As an American who is pretty knowledgeable about tech, I'm pretty surprised I hadn't heard about these myself.
Ever look at a Best Buy circular? My mother definitely not a techie asked me about buying a DVD Recorder a couple years ago. For the record, I convinced her n. The hardware vendors really screw themselves w. DRM again Why in the world would anyone get a crippled stand-alone DVD recorder? You have to record in real-time, at low quality, and that's if you or an installer can even figure out how to get the wiring right Meanwhile, if you put a TV tuner and DVD-Burner in your computer, you can trivially edit out commercials, decide after the fact whether or not it's worth wasting a disc on the show You can make backup DVD copies at 16X.
You can back-up data from your computer. You can record high-def video to disc. The story here is that Americans aren't stupid enough to buy DRM crippled, expensive, and inherently limited, stand-alone DVD recorders.
Re:DRM again I'm a phd student studying media and my dvd recorder has been pretty invaluable in recording things that won't get shown again.
Why I don't have one Score: 2. There's nothing to be easily recorded. Disks are a pain in the Arse Ass to Americans Score: 2. They get scratched and refuse to play. I've seen quite a few different model. The one I bought sucked Score: 2. After looking over several models I settled on one by Phillips. Score: 3 , Insightful. Use a Magnavox, not Philips.. I have two DVD recorders. Don't watch so much TV Score: 2. Buggiest peices of sh Score: 4 , Informative. If most are like the Panasonic one Im about to return, then its simply because these have to be the buggiest, slowest crappiest devices ever sold.
Read the rest of this comment I should have, but too lazy. It's barely usable and it was cheap. Bad enough to ruin the brand, good enough not to be worth returning. That's one of the problems big companies have; they might not find out how much damage a product has done until they fail to make the next sale.
And that's invisible. I don't know that I agree with the statement, "With cable, the same show can appear on a channel several times. In years past we always had the summer reruns to catch up on a missed series, but no longer. Now a show goes through a season and never reruns unless it's highly popular and picked up as such a few years down the line.
Seasons are broken up and new shows are now being introduced in what used to be mid-season January. I am still using reliable VCR Also, I don't want to use a dedicated computer since it takes a lot of heat awful in my 90 degrees F room , power, and potential to break want a dedicated hardware recorder without subscription.
Video recorders were always a niche use in the USA. Think back to the VCR days. What was the main use of recorders, other than copying movies to build a movie collection? Most of it was Video Rental. It was the only reason most people got VCRs. The fact that the box could also record was unimportant.
From a tape perspective, a playback only unit didn't make any sense anyway, the hardware would play or record without any real cost difference. The few who did know how to program their VCR's used it to record broadcast television.
And almost all of that was not archival, it was one-time-use. They'd record it because they wanted to see it later. They didn't want to see it over and over again.
Oh, sure, they recorded some things for the kids to watch continously, but really, once you've seen most programs once, that's enough. Nobody really used consumer VCR's to make archives of video material. Sure, they copied movies and kept them around a while, but eventually a lot of people recorded over even these. Who has stacks of video tapes anymore?
Did they move their material to DVD's? Home movies sure, but most of it just got trashed. DVD Recorders did not take off because of all of these reasons. And most people wanted them for rental only. They don't really want to create their own long term storage except for their own home made materials.
If they do, then they're perfectly willing to buy a high quality copy on DVD that they can keep for a long time. The market isn't there for DVD Video Recorders simply because it doesn't fit the use cases of people who want to record video as well as other solutions do. Personally use a computer for everything Score: 2. The one computer does the job of a dedicated TV, DVR, DVD player, cable box, web browser, mp3 player, picture frame, and video editor for a lot less money.
Better connectivity? I'm surprised to hear people talk about incompatible cable boxes etc. I don't know many people with pure DVD recorders though. Some believe subscription DVR companies such as TiVo and cable companies have used their weight to restrict these free alternatives. Others claim that copyright holders TV networks and movie companies got antsy about people recording high-quality versions of their favorite programs onto a hard drive, especially now that digital ATSC tuners--which are capable of pulling in HD signals--are required on any DVD-recorder that includes a tuner.
Conspiracy theories are fun, but I think it's more likely that the increasingly small market for DVD-recorders with hard drives just wasn't worth it to manufacturers to keep producing them. It's possible that when manufacturers realized they would have had to spend extra engineering dollars to update the old models with an ATSC tuner, they figured it was time to cut their losses and stop producing the niche product.
In fact, when the CNET home theater crew met with the Panasonic engineers and product managers responsible for DVD-recorders earlier this year, we asked them why they stopped making DVD-recorders with hard drives and their reaction was basically, "people still want those? So while there are still some very dedicated enthusiasts who are willing to pay big bucks for old DVD-recorders with hard drives, it seems likely that we've seen the last of them as a product category.
That's tough luck for those who still want them, but I'm betting a lot of people are going to be checking their gear when they get home to see if they can make a quick thousand bucks. Special thanks to reader Errol H. In fact, it was only in the past year that money made from downloads and streaming subscriptions surpassed the revenue from DVD purchases and rentals.
A cult classic like The Goonies? Even if you never purposefully hit up the DVD section of a store, those bargain bins full of B-list gems and straight-to-video flicks are pretty tempting to rummage through.
But if movie distributors are still rolling in it, why all the slashed prices? TV shows are another story -- it's costly to get the necessary rights for every episode, so they're more expensive, and you probably won't find them in the bargain bin. Annual sales are in the billions, and there are still a whopping 4. Who are they? Your parents, and other people who see no reason to change their ways. It could be that the learning curve for hooking up a streaming service seems too steep, or maybe it's a product of pure luddite stubbornness.
Whatever it is, some people just want to enjoy their movies the good old-fashioned way, dammit.
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