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18-02-2008, 4:31 PM
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DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
I understand that hard drive recorders are designed to record TV...
but can they also store DVDs onto the hard drive too ?
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18-02-2008, 4:42 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
If you mean commercially produced DVDs...no.
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18-02-2008, 4:58 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
I believe the Archos units are allowed to store commercial dvds on their hard drives,for you to watch on trips etc  .You cannot copy them to other devices though.
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18-02-2008, 5:03 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
ok how about Divx movies or mpegs or DVDs which are not commercially produced ?
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18-02-2008, 5:13 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
no idea about divx,never used the format,but mpegs from the web or a digi camera,then yeah you can put them on a hdd.
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18-02-2008, 5:17 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
Thats cool...I have a lot of backed up DVDs created using DVDshrink would they work ?
I guess i'm really lazy  i just want to be able to watch any dvd i want without having to get out of bed and take them out of the tray etc lol
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18-02-2008, 5:21 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
well if you have finalised the discs then it should work,beware if you havent coz they will only work on the machine they were burnt on,well in my case annyhoo! 
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18-02-2008, 5:31 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
your probably not allowed to discuss dvd shrink on here,but like i said the archos units do what you require and are legal in that regard.
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18-02-2008, 6:08 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
It is usually possible to PLAY DivX discs on machines that support DivX ... but not possible to move them to the hard drive.
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18-02-2008, 10:03 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
I guess i'll just need to get an imac then...i believe they have remote controls for menu/dvd operation
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19-02-2008, 10:05 AM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
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Thats cool...I have a lot of backed up DVDs created using  DVDshrink would they work ? |
If it's capable of transferring home DVDs (ie. camcorder or PC edited) then it's just as likely to work with any DVD that DOESN'T have copy-protection on it. DVDs WRITTEN on your home PC CANNOT have copy protection on them.
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19-02-2008, 3:05 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
So can anyone confirm that they have successfully stored their dvds on the hard drive even tho its not supposed to be for that purpose ?
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26-02-2008, 2:01 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
In case anyone's interested....a dvd/freeview player with USB port + external hard drive should do it 
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26-02-2008, 2:22 PM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
On Panasonic EX77 as long as the DVD is not copy protected you can. I tried this with an old Sherlock Holmes DVD and it copied over no probs (well the few minutes I tried). You would have to copy over in real time. Alright as long as you don't want to use the machine to record TV as the DVDs would take up a whole lot of space. I also had the option of recording in different quality modes so that would be an option of streatching out how many DVDs you could get on the hard disk.
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27-02-2008, 8:37 AM
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Re: DVD to Hard drive on dvd recorders ?
Thanks for that info Bigalt, i plan on getting myself a fairly cheap dvd/freeview player (not worried about recording TV really as most of its crap anyway!) with a USB port plus a 160-250GB portable hard drive..then via my PC i can back up my dvds and possibly convert to divx/mpeg that way i'll be able to get a substantial amount of DVDs viewable from my bed !
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