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Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

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Old 16-11-2006, 9:01 PM   #1
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Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

Hello,
Can anyone recommend an upscaling DVD recorder that plays DIVX/WMA?
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Old 18-02-2009, 8:11 PM   #2
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

That's a no then.........
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Old 19-02-2009, 12:31 AM   #3
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

That's the problem with people today - no patience.
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Old 19-02-2009, 12:49 AM   #4
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

The stumbling block is WMA.

Almost everything will play DivX these days ... but WMA?

I thought that was long obsolete.
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Old 19-02-2009, 8:05 AM   #5
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

LOL. Look at the date of my original post. I was just bumping it to be sarcastic!!
Sorry.
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Old 19-02-2009, 7:28 PM   #6
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

thats brilliant uzeless . that made me laugh out loud .
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Old 19-02-2009, 11:18 PM   #7
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Re: Recommendations for an upscaling DVD recorder....?

It turns out that the LG DRT389H will handle WMA as well as DivX
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