venger Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by fattybear Once again - absolute tosh. These housewives tales really do annoy those who REALLY know what they are talking about. Let me ask you a question - when would you take a dvd+rw and put it into a dvd-rw drive ? Chill bigbear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPG Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by chill Totally agree. Actually I am trying to buy an E50 today, but the buggers have actually gone up in price and are out of stock nearly everywhere. The cheapest multi region version that I can find in stock is £300 from Richer Sounds. However, if I'm patient I could get it for £260 from Hughes Direct. Problem is, I'm not patient. What to do, what to do... Richer Sounds, if you go on the site you can get some excellent Sony Headphones free as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrence Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by fattybear Once again - absolute tosh. Aggressive! The only thing you wouldn't be able to do all the time would be to play it in a different dvd RECORDER - and why would you want to do that anyway ? [/b] I'd argue it's safe to assume that within a few years most DVD machines will be recorders (Some PC DVD recorders are already below £70). So if you record a film on your by-the old machine in a format that is no longer supported, then try to play it on a friend's machine.. I guess there's a reasonable chance, however, that machines will record in some formats but be able to play most formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattybear Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Sorry to anyone who found my posts offensive - I was just pulling your leg.. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatiechik Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Originally posted by fattybear Once again - absolute tosh. These housewives tales really do annoy those who REALLY know what they are talking about. Let me ask you a question - when would you take a dvd+rw and put it into a dvd-rw drive ? If you want a dvd recorder - you probably want it to record from tv to dvd. If that's the case you will be taking a recording and playing it back on the SAME MACHINE ? If not - you can take the recorded disk and play it in a dvd player anyway. The only thing you wouldn't be able to do all the time would be to play it in a different dvd RECORDER - and why would you want to do that anyway ? The format matters not one JOT - just go out there and buy a dvd recorder for god sake - you'll be FINE The only thing you should avoid is bad advice from people who have heard 'from a friend of a friend who is an expert' about these things. I thank you. Thats a big assumption to make that you will always want to play it in the same machine. I for one wouldn't want that restriction. My information was also not a housewife's tale it was pure fact. But then it is up to what the user wishes to use the DVD recorder for and if they would like the constraints involved with only having a DVD recorder that uses one type of format. Skatie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chill Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Originally posted by RPG Richer Sounds, if you go on the site you can get some excellent Sony Headphones free as well My sensible side has won out, now that I've seen it even cheaper. I'll wait until after Christmas at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal9001 Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Here's my twopenneth. I have just bought a DVD recorder. I wanted to record onto dvd(+or-)rw and watch the recording on a standard dvd player I have upstairs. I was going to go for the Panasonic, however as stated it records on dvd-r and dvd-ram. DVD-RAM is not compatible with std dvd players. This would mean having to record onto dvd-r and then bin the recording when it is no longer of use. This is expensive. Get a dvd recorder that records on either dvd-rw or dvd+rw. These discs can be used over and over again and are compatible with 85% of dvd playes (probably 99% of newish ones). I got the Philips DVDR70 which records on dvd+r and dvd+rw. My mate has got the same and we're both very impressed with it (£250 off Comet's website). I would steer clear of dvd-ram (imho), the discs are expensive too. I hope this has been of help to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPG Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 but when DVD-R are like 20p a disc its throwaway money anyway plus, if you are using the RAM disc on the same machine it doesnt matter, if its elsewhere whats 20p amongst friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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