I'm thinking of buying a DVD Hard Drive for my daughter for Xmas. What are the advantages of one of these over using a DVD player and Video Recorder together?
2007-12-03 00:25:26 · 2 answers · asked by mamcinnes 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
VHS video is obsolete.
VHS video has rotten sound and picture quality, when compared to a hard-drive or DVD.
Recording onto a hard-drive is quicker and easier than recording onto video tape.
You can watch the start of a programme recorded on hard-drive, whilst it's still recording the same programme. You can't do that with a video recorder.
You can watch a programme recorded onto a hard-drive, whilst it's recording a different programme. You can't do that on a video recorder either.
The maximum you can record onto video tape is about 12 hours. Even a DVD recorder with a small hard-drive (80gb) will record around 120 hours.
You can record all your VHS videos from your old VHS recorder onto the hard drive, then transfer them onto DVDs.
2007-12-03 01:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a HDD/DVD machine, ideally with Freeview as well. I've got a Sony one, it wasn't cheap but it's the single most useful bit of kit I've got. Use the hard drive to record as you would a VCR, but with much better picture & sound quality, watch it then erase it or copy it to DVD if you want to keep it, usually they'll make a DVD in about 10-15 minutes for a 2 hour disc.
Don't bother with a VHS machine, it's a dead format, and you could copy your VHS tapes on to DVD with a HDD/DVD machine.
2007-12-03 09:56:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋