December 13, 2005

DVR to DVD

I am looking at getting Cox DVR, but also want to get a DVD recorder...is it possible to record saved programs on the DVR through the DVD recorder?  All the promos I'm reading about DVD recorders is that you can record from VHS and camcorders...
-- clairio

December 13, 2005 in DVD | Permalink | Answers (17)

June 12, 2005

Samsung SIR-S4040R

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I want to ensure I don't waste my money. I have a SAMSUNG SIR-S4040R (DirecTv/Tivo setup). I want to save programs from Now Playing list to DVD, however, I'm a little skittish about buying a DVD recorder, hearing horror stories of crappy quality at 4 hour recording speed, and 5 hours to record a 1 hour program! Any of this true? What would be the most compatibel DVD Recorder to use with my Tivo unit? How about hook ups? S-Cable, RCA, etc...

Any advice would be great! - JN

June 12, 2005 in DirecTiVo, DVD | Permalink | Answers (1) | TrackBack

November 18, 2004

Shift Recording Quality while recording?

I have a Pioneer 810 TiVo and like to create archive DVDs of favorite movies broadcast over my digital cable system.  I know I can't edit before I write to the DVD, which is a royal pain, but I live with it.  Recording at extreme quality limits the DVD to 1 hour, high quality to 2 hours.  But a movie that goes over 2 hours - must I record at standard quality to squeeze it onto one DVD?  Is the best solution to break the recording into 2 chunks, the majority at HQ, the minority at SQ, and then write "both" programs to the DVD?
-- Dan

November 18, 2004 in DVD, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (1) | TrackBack

DVR for DVD burning

I want to buy a second DVR for my second cable box in order to record and to cut DVDs that will be playable my existing region 1 DVD player.  What is a good, not necessarily cheap machine for this purpose?
-- Tyrone Z.

November 18, 2004 in DVD, DVR | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

November 02, 2004

DVD Burner Compatible with TiVo

I have a directv/Tivo box that has a feature that allows you to "transfer to vcr." Can I hook up a dvd burner instead of a vcr?
-- Adam Smedstad

November 2, 2004 in DirecTiVo, DVD, Home Theater | Permalink | Answers (22) | TrackBack

October 30, 2004

Pioneer vs. Stand Alone DVR

I have the Pioneer combo unit and am having trouble burning DVDs of movies I have been recording. Would it have been better to buy a stand alone DVR burner? Also, with TivoToGo, will I be able to burn HBO movies, etc. on to a DVD?
-- Erin

October 30, 2004 in DVD | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

October 27, 2004

Combo TIVO/DVRs

Two questions: With Tivo to go, why would anyone need a unit that burns? Why not transfer everthing from a regular Series 2 to PC, then burn from there?

Second, I understand that these combo units will only burn what's recorded on that specific box, ie you can't tranfer stuff via HMO and burn it, and you can't even plug the combo unit into another SA unit and burn. What is the solution? Buying two combo units?
-- Jerry

October 27, 2004 in DVD, series 2, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

October 21, 2004

Burning DVDs from Directv DVRs

I have a Directv DVR with Tivo and am wondering how to best interface it with my Pany DMR-E60 DVD burner? Any thoughts?
-- Tim Cameron

October 21, 2004 in DirecTiVo, DVD, Home Theater | Permalink | Answers (1) | TrackBack

October 20, 2004

DVD Recorders

I'm considering purchasing a PVR (without TiVO since I live in Canada). Looking at the Pioneer DVR 520 HS and I have what may be a stupid question. Can you record a program from one channel while watching a program from a different channel at the same time. In all my research on it I feel like I saw something somewhere that implied you couldn't. Thanks!
-- John

October 20, 2004 in DVD | Permalink | Answers (1) | TrackBack

October 19, 2004

Upgrade Pioneer DVR-5100H

I Have a Pioneer DVR-5100H. Can I Change the 80 Gb Hard Disk for other like 100 Gb, 160 Gb...?
-- Javier

October 19, 2004 in DVD, Hacks, TiVo | Permalink | Answers (3) | TrackBack

DirecTV Tivo with Recordable DVD

Has there been any talk of a DirecTV reciever that has tivo and a recordable DVD all in one package.
-- josh

October 19, 2004 in DirecTiVo, DVD | Permalink | Answers (6) | TrackBack

October 12, 2004

PC-Less Dual Layer DVD Burners

I'd like to archive TV shows via DVD to send to a sibling serving in the Navy in the Persian Gulf. This new Sony Dual Layer DVD Recorder looks like a simple clean way to burn DVDs of shows I've recorded on my HDTivo. Are there alternatives to the new Sony device?
-- Bill

October 12, 2004 in DirecTiVo, DVD, Home Theater | Permalink | Answers (2) | TrackBack