Cheaper DVD recorders on the way

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Use DVD+RW?

We bought a "DVD Recorder" last year that could record 17 hours to hard drive, and play DVDs. It did not have any built-in way to record to removable media.

Recently we bought a "DVD recorder" that can record to DVD but does not have a hard drive. I think it uses DVD-R media.

To fully compete with VCRs, they need to use DVD+RW (or maybe DVD-RW if the technology improves) to gain the ability to record onto the media multiple times. They would still need a hard drive since the current media can only record 120 minutes. Only recording 2 hours was what killed BETA-MAX. Dual-layer DVDs should hold 4 hours, but VCRs record 6 hours, and many people have switched to 20-hour-plus TiVO-like systems.

It will be important to be able to easily mark the beginning and end of recording from the hard drive, and put separate recordings onto 1 DVD. With editing capabilities, you could fit 5 commercial-free half-hour shows onto a 2-hour DVD.

[Disclaimer: "We" means friends. I do not watch TV.]

Posted by: solprovider   Posted on: 07/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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