Help! I'm confused. I have a HD ready TV which has built-in freeview. I'd now like to get a hard drive/dvd recorder that will record from Freeview but also play HD DVDs. Will all recorders do this? I've been looking at the Philips DVDR357 which is described as having 'HDMI'. I'm not sure if that means it will play HD DVDs. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
2007-12-06 23:47:28 · 5 answers · asked by Cookie 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
Sadly no.
You have to buy either a HD-DVD player or Blu_ray player (or PS3) to play those formats.
2007-12-06 23:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plain answer, no. If you're a hacker and can engineer to do so then maybe, but you're playing with fire. And ignore those who say buy a 360 and hd-dvd attachment. The high def disc format war is soon over and looks as if Blu Ray will win which means movies won't be released much longer on HD-DVD. If Transformers in HD is worth that much to you and must buy today, buy one of the HD-DVD players that are extremely discounted, but I wouldn't recommend.
2016-05-21 23:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HDMI is the name for the digital connection from the DVD to the TV, it doesn't mean that the DVD player will play HD-DVDs.
You'll need to buy an HD-DVD player, and I'm fairly sure that none of the HDD/DVD recorders have that facility.
Your best chance for good DVD picture quality is to look for a recorder that can 'upscale' a standard DVD, try looking at Sony, Panasonic etc, but they'll be dear. (£300+)
2007-12-07 01:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, there are no DVD recorders which have both hard drive and the ability to play HD-DVDs.
You'll have to wait a while for one of the manufacturers to get one on sale.
2007-12-07 09:22:45 · answer #4 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry no...
CD-R/CD-RW , DVD+R/+RW , DVD-R/-RW , DVD-Video , Video CD/SVCD
2007-12-06 23:59:16 · answer #5 · answered by ityler9ii 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋