best, reliable dvd recorder

I'm in the market for a dvd recorder. I've been asking anyone I know who
has one what they would recommend. I want one that will do a great job,
around 200. or less, one of the main jobs will be to convert vhs into dvd.
I would appreciate any recommendations on good dvd recorders.

BsT

Beowulfie

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:34:21 -0700, "Beowulfie" <>
wrote:

>I'm in the market for a dvd recorder. I've been asking anyone I know who
>has one what they would recommend. I want one that will do a great job,
>around 200. or less, one of the main jobs will be to convert vhs into dvd.
>I would appreciate any recommendations on good dvd recorders.

After several false starts I settled on the ILO DVDR05MU1 with the
latest 610 firmware. $99 at WalMart. Next time I will get a networked
hard drive unit and make the ILO my backup unit.

The latest f/w allows you to play most AVI/DivX/XviD/MPEG-4.


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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress
depends on the unreasonable man."

Bob

Even though it is very easy to wire a vhs player to a DVD recorder, I
say... if your main goal is to convert vhs to dvd (as is mine)... go
for the dual deck with the vhs playing included. You might feel that
you're paying for something that you don't need... but, I find it so
easy to hit the "dub" button to record. I bought a Magnavox MRV700VR
and am quite satisfied... however, it only records on DVD+R/RW... so
keep that in mind if you'd rather have DVD-R/RW

Shep Hellerman

On 3 Mar 2006 14:10:21 -0800, "Shep Hellerman"
<> wrote:

>go for the dual deck with the vhs playing included.

You can't defeat Macrovision.


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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress
depends on the unreasonable man."

Bob

"Shep Hellerman" <> wrote in message
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> Even though it is very easy to wire a vhs player to a DVD recorder, I
> say... if your main goal is to convert vhs to dvd (as is mine)... go
> for the dual deck with the vhs playing included. You might feel that
> you're paying for something that you don't need... but, I find it so
> easy to hit the "dub" button to record. I bought a Magnavox MRV700VR
> and am quite satisfied... however, it only records on DVD+R/RW... so
> keep that in mind if you'd rather have DVD-R/RW

I agree with you, provided that the VHS tapes do not have some sort of copy
protection such as Macrovision. If they do, you have to be able to insert
a Macrovision eliminator between the tape player and the recorder. In
practice, this means 2 separate units. If your tapes are all homemade, go
ahead and go for the combination unit.

Norm Strong