Video Recorder

[willemvdm]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a Video recorder to replace my VCR. The iSONIC 800DVR seem like it would be perfect and well priced at about R1000, except that from what I can find on the internet it has a digital tuner and not an analog tuner and that will be useless to me. I don't need the expensive hard drive recorders, just something simple.

My main requirement for the device I'm looking for would be that it can record timer based TV broadcasts to a USB stick preferably in a format that I can view on my PC if I choose to do so.

I've looked at the LG DR389, it has USB, however from what I can figure out, it can only play from USB and not record to USB, it only record to disc.

Any suggestions as to what I should look for and where to buy, PLEASE.

 

[AstroTurf]

good luck

Closest I could find was record audio to USB.

 

[isie]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a Video recorder to replace my VCR. The iSONIC 800DVR seem like it would be perfect and well priced at about R1000, except that from what I can find on the internet it has a digital tuner and not an analog tuner and that will be useless to me. I don't need the expensive hard drive recorders, just something simple.

My main requirement for the device I'm looking for would be that it can record timer based TV broadcasts to a USB stick preferably in a format that I can view on my PC if I choose to do so.

I've looked at the LG DR389, it has USB, however from what I can figure out, it can only play from USB and not record to USB, it only record to disc.

Any suggestions as to what I should look for and where to buy, PLEASE.

most of the dvd recorders dont allow stuff to be transferd via usb for copy protection reasons. even if you copy from a usb to the HDD you cant copy it back
best bet is to get a pc with a tuner card and time recording softwareto do this.

 

[willemvdm]

Oh, well, I suppose I'll have to look into the HDD machines. I just didn't want to spend that much on a recorder. What would you recommend?

My concern with using discs is I find with my current DVD player and especially with my LG DVD writer in my PC that a disc doesn't always work the first time it is inserted, then I must eject and close the tray again, to get it to work. So I'm worried that with the DVD recorder that I'd insert a disc and when it has to start recording the disc doesn't want to work and then I'm not around to open and close the tray.

 

[JustAsk]

The one in your OP do have a AV IN port which is better then a tuner anyway.

Also,i'm fairly certain that it is an anologue tuner.Different specs and manufacturers for these products worldwide even though they use the same modelno's.
If it was a digital tuner,it would've support the MPEG2 TS format.Usually dvb-t tuners in hdd players are for play only.Some do dvb-t record but that's a big feauture and one would have highlighted it.

I'm sure where you read about the digital tuner,it was a seperate device anyway.

 

[upup]

Ellies have one, look like a portable hard disk. apparently, it can do a lot of features. Don't know the price. you can download the manual from ellies.