PoochJD
Distinguished Member
Hi,
I need some advice. Cousin wants to buy a DVD recorder with a HDD (80-130 gb should be sufficient). She would prefer a Panasonic or Pioneer model, unless something really wonderful is otherwise available. (She's had a good Panny VCR and a great Pioneer DVD that have both given her long reliability!)
She's got Sky Digital, so would be recording from that, and also copying her old videos onto the HDD and then onto DVD-R to keep permanently. As such, she wants to be able to edit out any unwanted material, resequence it if necessary - right down to a single frame, and then transfer her new "edited production" onto blank dvd's.
Her budget is about £750, and model must be multi-regional. No internal Freeview Tuner is needed, nor any camcorder Digital Input connection.
I've done a bit of research, but both the Pioneer and Panny sites seem really confusing, even to me! (Whcih is probably why she asked me to do the research in the first place! ) Both appear to list models that might do the trick, but they don't always make it clear what capabilities each machine has/does.
So, what should I recommend to her? Help me please folks. She'd prefer to buy from a reputable retailer or e-tailer, in West Midlands and/or London, as she travels between the two places frequently.
Thanks, in advance.
Pooch
(Normally found in the DVD and TV sections of this very forum!)
I need some advice. Cousin wants to buy a DVD recorder with a HDD (80-130 gb should be sufficient). She would prefer a Panasonic or Pioneer model, unless something really wonderful is otherwise available. (She's had a good Panny VCR and a great Pioneer DVD that have both given her long reliability!)
She's got Sky Digital, so would be recording from that, and also copying her old videos onto the HDD and then onto DVD-R to keep permanently. As such, she wants to be able to edit out any unwanted material, resequence it if necessary - right down to a single frame, and then transfer her new "edited production" onto blank dvd's.
Her budget is about £750, and model must be multi-regional. No internal Freeview Tuner is needed, nor any camcorder Digital Input connection.
I've done a bit of research, but both the Pioneer and Panny sites seem really confusing, even to me! (Whcih is probably why she asked me to do the research in the first place! ) Both appear to list models that might do the trick, but they don't always make it clear what capabilities each machine has/does.
So, what should I recommend to her? Help me please folks. She'd prefer to buy from a reputable retailer or e-tailer, in West Midlands and/or London, as she travels between the two places frequently.
Thanks, in advance.
Pooch
(Normally found in the DVD and TV sections of this very forum!)