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I'm going to buy a DVD burner and I want to transfer lots of my homerecorded
videos to dvd so they might last a bit longer.
I was wondering which would be better in the long run...one of those combo
vcr/dvd recorders or just a stand alone dvd burner(I'm guessing there isn't
a real problem connecting it to a vcr player to record)
Thanks for any comments.

BsT

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:36:02 -0700 from Beowulfie <>:
> I'm going to buy a DVD burner and I want to transfer lots of my homerecorded
> videos to dvd so they might last a bit longer.
> I was wondering which would be better in the long run...one of those combo
> vcr/dvd recorders or just a stand alone dvd burner(I'm guessing there isn't
> a real problem connecting it to a vcr player to record)

There's no one single right answer -- it depends on your level of
techiness and also how elaborately you want to author your DVDs.

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> Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:36:02 -0700 from Beowulfie <>:
> > I'm going to buy a DVD burner and I want to transfer lots of my
homerecorded
> > videos to dvd so they might last a bit longer.
> > I was wondering which would be better in the long run...one of those
combo
> > vcr/dvd recorders or just a stand alone dvd burner(I'm guessing there
isn't
> > a real problem connecting it to a vcr player to record)
>
> There's no one single right answer -- it depends on your level of
> techiness and also how elaborately you want to author your DVDs.
>
> --

I would say I'm average techie and I just want to make my videos into dvds
and I don't want a machine that's going to keel over after a few dozen
transfers.
One RCA combo I saw had reviews that said it heated up and tended to crash.
Another place I saw that combos were worthless and it was best to just
connect the vcr to the dvd recorder and transfer that way.
I was looking for more apinions on which way was the best and easiest also.

BsT

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:48:53 -0700 from Beowulfie <>:

> I was looking for more apinions on which way was the best and easiest also.

A Web search would probably be most productive. I tend to include
+review
and the category in my search, to limit it to reviews.

You might also start with this article from PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114274,00.asp

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
other FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/faqget.htm