Need help with a DVD-VCR combo purchase

Hello, all. I am new to this forum and new to LCD TV technology. I am
going to buy a Sharp AQUOS LC-45GD6U LCD TV like this one:

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p%3A%3Chi%...AzQEc2Vj A3Ny

I am also going to buy a DVD-VCR combo unit, to replace the one I have
now that is old and not progressive scan. I am looking at some of these
here:

http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/ind...talog89_0.html

What I am looking for is a DVD-VCR combo player that has progressive
scan, and is all-region, or will play discs from all over the world and
not just Region 1 U.S., which is what I find in all the retail stores.
I am wondering if these players will do this, and also if they work
hooked up to this Sharp LCD TV. The description for the players
contains the sentence, "# Plays PAL and NTSC DVD/VHS on PAL TV, NTSC
DVD/VHS on NTSC TV or any Region PAL/NTSC DVD/VHS on Multisystem TV,"
and "Can play any region coded PAL format DVD/VHS on NTSC Television
with optional Video Format Converter." Does this mean I can't play DVDs
from Regions 2, 3, 4, etc. on my Sharp LCD TV without some sort of
converter? I know someone else who has a zero-region DVD player and he
plays his DVDs through his ordinary tube-TV just fine.

So, any info you can give me about whether this setup would work would
be appreciated. But please go light on the technical jargon. I'm just
a run-of-the-mill end user, not a serious home-theater hobbyist.

Thanks one and all...




John Grabowski

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Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

The Man Behind The Curtain

The Man Behind The Curtain wrote:
> Hello, all. I am new to this forum and new to LCD TV technology. I
> am going to buy a Sharp AQUOS LC-45GD6U LCD TV like this one:
>
> http://shopping.yahoo.com/p%3A%3Chi%...%20AQUOS%20LC-
>
45GD6U%20Television%3A1991675158;_ylt=ApVbJtR_uvZl XBaF02fo9oIbFt0A;_ylu=
X3oDMTBic2hxMGNhBGx0AzQEc2VjA3Ny
>
> I am also going to buy a DVD-VCR combo unit, to replace the one I have
> now that is old and not progressive scan. I am looking at some of
> these here:
>
> http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/ind...talog89_0.html
>
> What I am looking for is a DVD-VCR combo player that has progressive
> scan, and is all-region, or will play discs from all over the world
> and not just Region 1 U.S., which is what I find in all the retail
> stores. I am wondering if these players will do this, and also if
> they work hooked up to this Sharp LCD TV. The description for the
> players contains the sentence, "# Plays PAL and NTSC DVD/VHS on PAL
> TV, NTSC DVD/VHS on NTSC TV or any Region PAL/NTSC DVD/VHS on
> Multisystem TV," and "Can play any region coded PAL format DVD/VHS on
> NTSC Television with optional Video Format Converter." Does this
> mean I can't play DVDs from Regions 2, 3, 4, etc. on my Sharp LCD TV
> without some sort of converter? I know someone else who has a zero-
> region DVD player and he plays his DVDs through his ordinary tube-TV
> just fine.
>
> So, any info you can give me about whether this setup would work would
> be appreciated. But please go light on the technical jargon. I'm
> just a run-of-the-mill end user, not a serious home-theater hobbyist.
>
> Thanks one and all...
>
>
>
>
> John Grabowski
>
> Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

It should work fine, but if you're spending that sort of money why not
buy a DVD recorder, not just a player?
--
Adrian

Adrian

Adrian wrote:

> It should work fine, but if you're spending that sort of money why not
> buy a DVD recorder, not just a player?

I don't record onto DVDs.

I don't even record VHS that much. I think the last VHS recording I
made was seven or eight years ago. I just want to watch VHS and DVD
material, and the DVDs are often imports (classical music performances
and documentaries) that aren't available for Region 1.



John

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Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

The Man Behind The Curtain

"The Man Behind The Curtain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Adrian wrote:
>
>> It should work fine, but if you're spending that sort of money why not
>> buy a DVD recorder, not just a player?
>
> I don't record onto DVDs.
>
> I don't even record VHS that much. I think the last VHS recording I made
> was seven or eight years ago. I just want to watch VHS and DVD material,
> and the DVDs are often imports (classical music performances and
> documentaries) that aren't available for Region 1.


Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no sense...

Large Farva

Large Farva wrote:

> Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no sense...

Is DVD home-burning technology reliable? Do the discs last? This may
indeed be a good idea for some of my stuff if it's really a good
technology and isn't either vastly inferior to professionally-made DVDs
or buggy.



John

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Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven

The Man Behind The Curtain

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:33:30 GMT, "Large Farva" <>
wrote:
>Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no sense...

I don't know about the original poster, but I have a LOT of VHS tapes
I wouldn't bother copying to DVD. They are movies I thought I'd enjoy
a while ago, but aren't worth watching again. That discount bin
Godzilla movie, for example. Or old anime tapess I have since "grown
out of" as my tastes have matured.

In fact, I'm planning to dump almost my entire VHS library in a couple
of weeks at a garage sale, and I don't expect to copy a single one. I
have too many new movies to see to bother rewatching mediocre old
ones.

Mark Spatny

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 20:40:32 GMT, The Man Behind The Curtain
<> wrote:

>Large Farva wrote:
>
>> Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no sense...
>
>Is DVD home-burning technology reliable? Do the discs last? This may
>indeed be a good idea for some of my stuff if it's really a good
>technology and isn't either vastly inferior to professionally-made DVDs
>or buggy.
>
>
>
>John

More reliable than saving the VHS tapes. I've made copies of
(comercial) DVDs and in playing them back on my 32" TV, I really can't
tell from the picture which is the copy; and the copy is reduced
quality because of the compression needed to fit a 2 hour movie on a
single layer DVD+R.


Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Charlie Hoffpauir

"The Man Behind The Curtain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Large Farva wrote:
>
>> Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no
>> sense...
>
> Is DVD home-burning technology reliable? Do the discs last? This may
> indeed be a good idea for some of my stuff if it's really a good
> technology and isn't either vastly inferior to professionally-made DVDs or
> buggy.

Compared to VHS tapes, DVD's are 1 million times more reliable.

There's probably less difference in what a DVD studio does and what you can
do at home than you think.

Large Farva

"Large Farva" <> wrote in message
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> "The Man Behind The Curtain" <> wrote in
> message news:...
>> Large Farva wrote:
>>
>>> Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no
>>> sense...
>>
>> Is DVD home-burning technology reliable? Do the discs last? This may
>> indeed be a good idea for some of my stuff if it's really a good
>> technology and isn't either vastly inferior to professionally-made DVDs
>> or buggy.
>
> Compared to VHS tapes, DVD's are 1 million times more reliable.

Bullshit! Your Vhs tape is likely to keep the data on it longer than a home
burnt DVD.

Camper

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> "Large Farva" <> wrote in message
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>> "The Man Behind The Curtain" <> wrote in
>> message news:...
>>> Large Farva wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why would you NOT want to transfer your VHS tapes to DVD? Makes no
>>>> sense...
>>>
>>> Is DVD home-burning technology reliable? Do the discs last? This may
>>> indeed be a good idea for some of my stuff if it's really a good
>>> technology and isn't either vastly inferior to professionally-made DVDs
>>> or buggy.
>>
>> Compared to VHS tapes, DVD's are 1 million times more reliable.
>
> Bullshit! Your Vhs tape is likely to keep the data on it longer than a
> home burnt DVD.

Until you get it near a magnet..or it gets dust on it..or it gets slightly
humid wherever the VHS is stored..or your VCR eats it..or you drop it...ahh
**** it. DVD rules and you know it. Shutup.

Large Farva