Dear All,
I've decided I need a recordable DVD player as my Sky+ HD box (about 6 months old) will not come out of standby and the routine I need to go through to 'repair it' will wipe what I've recorded, including some beautiful coverage of the Tour de France in HD. So yesterday I went scouting through websites like What Hi-Fi? for guidance and looking at reviews. I know a fair bit about TVs and hi-fi but there is an awful lot I don't know such as what I am asking below. Can you help me understand some functionality, reasons for owning some of that functionality and any recommendations? Though it is rarely stated in the text accompanying Blu-Ray players, they seem to all play DVD players but you have to look in the spec list to know; do they assume everyone is comfortable doing this. I stopped keeping fully abreast of these things shortly after CD-R and RWs arrived but frustrate myself as I like to know everything to make the best decision!
Are there Blu-Ray players that record DVDs within my budget and do you have any examples? I actually got excited looking at machines like the Panasonic DMP-BD80 but then it dawned on me it may not do what I need.
If there isn't and I go for a DVD recorder do you have recommendations you'd share? And any thoughts on recommendations?
If I find myself faced with the choice of a DVD recorder with or without a HDD (specs to one side) is it worth spending the extra on the hard drive? Imagine that it will be given the convenience that I'd have but are there any other reasons? I may decide I value HDD over Blu-Ray - though I like HD a lot I record more TV than I watch films so may get to this position
- The Sky+ box will copy files to a DVD recorder but does anyone know if it wil export succesfully to a HDD? Or if the HDD record button is pressed and copy on the Sky menu does it fail for any reason?
My budget is up to approx £200, may be a little over but preferably less. I have a Samsung tv so another machine by them would mean one less remote as it would use the existing one.
Thank you
Craig
I've decided I need a recordable DVD player as my Sky+ HD box (about 6 months old) will not come out of standby and the routine I need to go through to 'repair it' will wipe what I've recorded, including some beautiful coverage of the Tour de France in HD. So yesterday I went scouting through websites like What Hi-Fi? for guidance and looking at reviews. I know a fair bit about TVs and hi-fi but there is an awful lot I don't know such as what I am asking below. Can you help me understand some functionality, reasons for owning some of that functionality and any recommendations? Though it is rarely stated in the text accompanying Blu-Ray players, they seem to all play DVD players but you have to look in the spec list to know; do they assume everyone is comfortable doing this. I stopped keeping fully abreast of these things shortly after CD-R and RWs arrived but frustrate myself as I like to know everything to make the best decision!
Are there Blu-Ray players that record DVDs within my budget and do you have any examples? I actually got excited looking at machines like the Panasonic DMP-BD80 but then it dawned on me it may not do what I need.
If there isn't and I go for a DVD recorder do you have recommendations you'd share? And any thoughts on recommendations?
If I find myself faced with the choice of a DVD recorder with or without a HDD (specs to one side) is it worth spending the extra on the hard drive? Imagine that it will be given the convenience that I'd have but are there any other reasons? I may decide I value HDD over Blu-Ray - though I like HD a lot I record more TV than I watch films so may get to this position
- The Sky+ box will copy files to a DVD recorder but does anyone know if it wil export succesfully to a HDD? Or if the HDD record button is pressed and copy on the Sky menu does it fail for any reason?
My budget is up to approx £200, may be a little over but preferably less. I have a Samsung tv so another machine by them would mean one less remote as it would use the existing one.
Thank you
Craig
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