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I`m looking to move towards the joys of DVD recording and wondered if anyone could offer advice on a couple of units I`ve got my eye on.

I have a huge collection of bike racing tapes, recorded from the telly and amassed over the past 15 years. Obviously the tapes are beginning to deteriorate now so I was planning to get them crossed over onto DVD. After a bit of searching I located the Panasonic DMR-HS2 at Richer Sounds. DVD-RAM/DVD-R compatibility, 40GB hard disk, loads of input options all for £499.00, which seemed like a good deal. BUT then I heard about the Sony PSX. DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW compatible, 250GB hard disk, loads of input options, specifications are being upgraded all the time AND it plays games. Apparently likely to be released for circa £500.00 in spring. Is a bit of patience called for?

I take it that the DVD recorder within the units can only burn video footage onto a disk and has very limited indexing and menu capabilities. It`s not really possible to use it to dupe an all-singing, all-dancing DVD which I created previously on my PC? The burn speed is 24x, which is a bit faster than my computer`s!

Thanks in advance for all advice offered!

This item was edited on Friday, 27th February 2004, 17:30

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The burn speed is 24x, which is a bit faster than my computer`s!

And also the fastest DVD writer known on the planet!!

I assume you mean a 2.4x DVD+R/RW?

Jimbo : oÞ

hi anorak,this has nothing to do with your query (sorry) but being a bike fan for more years than i care to remember i was wondering if it would be possible to get a list of your tapes and possibly even a copy of some of them before they deteriorate any further.
especially if you have any good copies of the rotary engined norton races.i have all the bsb tapes from 1993 to 2003 but i cant get a hold of the 1994 or 1995 years tapes as duke said they didnt do them for those two years.it just seems strange that the years that norton were winning everything isnt on tape.
any help greatly appreciated.
ps i borrowed a panasonic dmre50 and used that to transfer a couple of my tapes to dvd before i had to return it and it worked ok .
many thanks from another bike fan.

Jimbo,

No, I meant 24x, but according to this it has now been downgraded to 12x

http://liksang.com/news.php?artc=3244

fcmcd,

I`ll need to root around in my collection, but I`m bound to have something from those years. But wuld you not prefer to wait until the DVD`s are burnt?

Is it possible to PM on this forum?

to pm someone, just click on there name at the top of the thread, this will take you to there details, at the top of the page next to the name there is an icon, click this and a pm box will apear :D

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Jimbo,
No, I meant 24x, but according to this it has now been downgraded to 12x
http://liksang.com/news.php?artc=3244

Well, the fastest burner on the market now, and the fastest disc is 8x, which I wouldn`t trust to burn a stable video myself.

I have a 2x Pioneer drive, and have burned the same disc at 1x and 2x. The 1x burn performed perfectly, the 2x jerked and jittered.

It`s the same really as CDR, I don`t burn my CDR`s higher than 8x, and if it`s one I want to keep and not just a data backup, I`ll drop that to 2 or 4.

Slower the disc spins, the more reliable the burn :)

Jimbo : oÞ
PS: Anyone else noticed that Sony are using their old name for the Playstion this time again? I still have an original "PSX" <grin>

thanks,yes i would be happy to wait until you put them onto dvd.i sent you a pm but i dont know if you got it .if you didnt , post here and i will try it again,many thanks