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Post by filmnoir5 on Feb 25, 2006 22:18:47 GMT -5
I purchased a DVD recorder from Walmart several weeks ago only to return it because the DVDs would not play on other DVD players.
Has anyone had success with a DVD recorder where DVDs could be recorded on DVD Recorders and played on other DVD players??? If so which brands??? Or which blank DVDs as well???
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Post by maherjunkie on Feb 26, 2006 10:20:07 GMT -5
Let's blame it on Walmart.
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Post by Techguy on Feb 26, 2006 16:05:56 GMT -5
Filmnoir5, what brand/make DVD recorder did you purchase? I know someone who bought a CyberHome model and has had all sorts of problems with it. She went to the CyberHome website, reported her problems, and got back an e-mail stating she has to download some software updates to get her unit to work properly.
A couple of other points: --there are two formats of DVDs, DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW. The + and - formats are incompatible with each other. Did you check the format of the recorder and make sure it's compatible with the other player(s) you want to play the discs on? --+R and -R discs are record once, and need to be finalized before they will play in other units; +RW and -RW discs are re-writable. My friend tells me that +RW discs don't have to be finalized but might have to be made compatible with other players.
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Post by filmnoir5 on Feb 26, 2006 16:20:33 GMT -5
Thank you for the information. It was a Cyberhome. I took it back a month ago and have been checking with various stores and today when I went to Walmart there were none. No DVD recorders at all and no sign of Cyberhome. It makes me wonder.
It will be interesting to see if other machines become widely available. I sure would like to have one where I could make DVDs of unavailable on the market in my lifetime movies or TV shows -- L&O episodes of the Homicide crossovers or L&O:CI season 2, L&O:Exiled, etc...
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Post by psychochik on Feb 27, 2006 17:24:28 GMT -5
Sony's dvd recorder is kick ass. I dont own it, but my roomy does and I use it all the time. Very user friendly and seems to work on my Xbox (which hates almost anything but store bought dvd's). When in doubt I always go with Sony or Panasonic with tv/vcr/stereo/dvd stuff.
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Post by Metella on Feb 28, 2006 9:37:25 GMT -5
I have centros - and also couldn't play my dvd's in any other machine .... I had to go ONLINE to the extended version of the manual to read that I have to "finalize" the disk when done recording on it and now it works fine. Just REALLY bad customer service! but it works fine
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Post by filmnoir5 on Mar 7, 2006 20:46:31 GMT -5
Which DVD recorders work best- the machines that use DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW?
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Post by trisha on Mar 7, 2006 23:32:12 GMT -5
Mine is a panasonic, and it does both -R and +R. I've recorded both ways, and they look the same to me. I think the only difference is what type is accepted in other machines you plan to play your recordings with. Most newer dvd players will play both, but some can only play one format or the other. From what I understand, of the players that accept only one or the other, -R is the more common format.
Does that help?
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Post by kawaiidragonfoe821 on Mar 10, 2006 13:09:32 GMT -5
my computer does both -R & +R also, the pisser is stretching that long adapter cable across the room to my DVD/VCR player when I want to burn something. I haven't had any probs playing anything I've burned with my PC, so I would say you'd be best off getting one that does both -R & +R. If I had to pick a brand, I'd go with Sony, I've always had good experiences w/ their stuff.
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