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#18500 - 06/16/09 12:51 PM DVD Recorder for off-air digital/& with hard drive
nfaguys Desperado Registered: 04/09/05 Posts: 500 Loc: Maine	I did a quick search and found this: DVD Recorders with digital tuner and hard drive Just wondering if any outlaws have any experience with dvd recorders with digital tuners. I thought a hard drive would be useful/helpful. Some have NTSC as well as ATSC which could also be useful. Thoughts??? Suggestions?? _________________________ Living Room: 5.1 Surround and 4channel inline room 990/7700/6-KEF-107s/LFM1 x 2/ SMS Awaiting Trinnov Millenium dts decoder;Digital Director Players: Tascam CD01U/SonyCX455 x 3/DV955/BDP83 Old Sony 60" SXRD TV Zone 2 (also liv-Room: listening to music while Mrs watches TV): Crown SL2 preamp/D40 Amp/Stax Headphones My "Man-cave": 4 channel-only inline room. No TV (thank heaven)!!! 990/755/4-KEF 107s Tascam CD01U/dts decoder/digital director Alesis 16x4x2 mixer Recorders Alesis HD24/ML9600/Crown CX844s/SonyDAT/Tascam DA38 Ham Radio Shack (KB1STH) ICOM/Yaesu/Drakes x 3
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#18501 - 06/16/09 06:57 PM Re: DVD Recorder for off-air digital/& with hard drive
gonk Desperado Registered: 03/21/01 Posts: 14054 Loc: Memphis, TN USA	NTSC tuners stopped being especially useful about four days ago. My old Panasonic DMR-E80 is still going strong, although I use it very rarely these days. I didn't look real closely at this - does the hard drive support recording HD content, or does it downscale to DVD resolution when recording? If it will record HD content, that'd be a great way to time-shift for an over-the-air HDTV. _________________________ gonk HT Basics \| HDMI FAQ \| Pics \| Remote Files \| Art Show Reviews: Index \| 990 \| speakers \| BDP-93
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#18502 - 06/16/09 08:46 PM Re: DVD Recorder for off-air digital/& with hard drive
sluggo Desperado Registered: 04/19/05 Posts: 361 Loc: Plano, TX	Beware - the Panasonic not only downconverts HD to SD, but it downmixes surround info to stereo audio. IIRC any DVR with DVD standardizes on DVD, and shares its limitations. But hey, if you have $2K not dropping like a rock in your 401(k) you can get yourself a nice BD-DVR...just not in the US. Yet. _________________________ --Greg
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#18503 - 06/16/09 09:15 PM Re: DVD Recorder for off-air digital/& with hard drive
nfaguys Desperado Registered: 04/09/05 Posts: 500 Loc: Maine	My need for a DVR with digital tuner is for recording from PBS. They have some great documentaries and musical programs. No longer can we record from NTSC tuner. At present not into HiDef. I don't subscribe to HD, nor do we plan to. We are happy with upscaling from Oppo BDP83 to Sony SXRD, at least for now. So again: anyone have experience with (see above link). Thanks _________________________ Living Room: 5.1 Surround and 4channel inline room 990/7700/6-KEF-107s/LFM1 x 2/ SMS Awaiting Trinnov Millenium dts decoder;Digital Director Players: Tascam CD01U/SonyCX455 x 3/DV955/BDP83 Old Sony 60" SXRD TV Zone 2 (also liv-Room: listening to music while Mrs watches TV): Crown SL2 preamp/D40 Amp/Stax Headphones My "Man-cave": 4 channel-only inline room. No TV (thank heaven)!!! 990/755/4-KEF 107s Tascam CD01U/dts decoder/digital director Alesis 16x4x2 mixer Recorders Alesis HD24/ML9600/Crown CX844s/SonyDAT/Tascam DA38 Ham Radio Shack (KB1STH) ICOM/Yaesu/Drakes x 3
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#18504 - 06/17/09 02:57 AM Re: DVD Recorder for off-air digital/& with hard drive
gonk Desperado Registered: 03/21/01 Posts: 14054 Loc: Memphis, TN USA	My experience is with equipment that is approaching six years old, so it's hardly current. Having said that, for basic time-shifting duties, my Panasonic DMR-E80 served us well for close to four years before I got an HD DVR cable box. I've not heard of any issues with newer Panasonic recorders, and if they've maintained the line as it appears that they have I'd say the Panasonic unit is worth looking at. _________________________ gonk HT Basics \| HDMI FAQ \| Pics \| Remote Files \| Art Show Reviews: Index \| 990 \| speakers \| BDP-93
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