Luminance Leon
Standard Member
Hello guys and gals ,
Firstly, have to say that I have found a lot of useful information here recently, whilst looking to buy a HDD/DVD recorder, to replace our ageing Panasonic VCR.
The Discussion on the Sony DRDRC205 et al. was a real eye opener!
So, we have a Panasonic DMR EX 89E on order for Monday (8-2-10), but I like to get hold of the online manual, before hand, for a read through.
Q1:
The user manual states that DVD +R, +R DL and +RW only allow recording in 4:3 aspect ratio.
Can anyone confirm this is actually true?
Is the above statement referring to direct recording of TV to disc, or from the HDD to disc, or ANY recording to a '+' disc?
If this is true, Panasonic is really saying that the product supports 'DVD-' as a record medium, with 'DVD+' as an afterthought.
Q2:
I have been google searching a bit to see what brands of disc are particularly better than others, and specifically for these Panasonic machines. But, most of the test/comparisons are based around PC drive speeds and error rates at those speeds.
To my surprise TDK didn't get a great write up (they used to be pretty decent for VHS/Audio cassettes).
I have been using Sony DVD-R/+RW (+RW write once, not RW Re-write, I don't know why it has RW on it) on my PC and haven't had any issues, but that's a PC, and a whole different ball game.
So, would anyone recommend particular brands of disc (DVD '-' discs if Q1 indicates such), and what would be their reason for the recommendation?
Many thanks folks,
Leon
Firstly, have to say that I have found a lot of useful information here recently, whilst looking to buy a HDD/DVD recorder, to replace our ageing Panasonic VCR.
The Discussion on the Sony DRDRC205 et al. was a real eye opener!
So, we have a Panasonic DMR EX 89E on order for Monday (8-2-10), but I like to get hold of the online manual, before hand, for a read through.
Q1:
The user manual states that DVD +R, +R DL and +RW only allow recording in 4:3 aspect ratio.
Can anyone confirm this is actually true?
Is the above statement referring to direct recording of TV to disc, or from the HDD to disc, or ANY recording to a '+' disc?
If this is true, Panasonic is really saying that the product supports 'DVD-' as a record medium, with 'DVD+' as an afterthought.
Q2:
I have been google searching a bit to see what brands of disc are particularly better than others, and specifically for these Panasonic machines. But, most of the test/comparisons are based around PC drive speeds and error rates at those speeds.
To my surprise TDK didn't get a great write up (they used to be pretty decent for VHS/Audio cassettes).
I have been using Sony DVD-R/+RW (+RW write once, not RW Re-write, I don't know why it has RW on it) on my PC and haven't had any issues, but that's a PC, and a whole different ball game.
So, would anyone recommend particular brands of disc (DVD '-' discs if Q1 indicates such), and what would be their reason for the recommendation?
Many thanks folks,
Leon
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