Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying

Posted by House de Kris (A) on August 15, 2002 at 19:32:39

In Reply to: Home recording trends - VCR's dying posted by John C. - Aussie on August 14, 2002 at 23:22:20:

John,

What do you mean by "s-video is nearly dead?" I was under the impression that S-Video is a connection method between two different devices for getting a video signal from one to the other. Since you are discussing recording, I'm guessing you mean S-VHS. But I don't want to assume and be wrong, thus I ask for clarification.

Around here I see lots of Re-Play and TiVo HD recorders. One of the draws to TiVo for me is the optional TiVo-net card that lets you put the TiVo on your home ethernet. This is a pretty good way to get video into your computer.

I didn't even know that Sony had a DVD recorder. Panasonic, Pioneer, and Philips have had machines out for a while. If Sony is pioneering home DVD recording, they aren't blowing their horn as hard as they usually do.

VCD recorders have been around for years. Not as good as DVD recorders, but they record onto cheap CD-R media. There are some that can even record SVCDs.

I agree that VHS machines are on the way out. For a replacement of the lowly VHS recorder, I think a VCD recorder is a fair choice considering the low cost of the machines and the cheap media. But it is hard to give a VCD recorder the nod when DVD recorders are making their presence known.

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Topic - Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 23:22:20 08/14/02 (14)

Digital VCR - sbrians 11:12:38 08/16/02 (1)

most recent D-VHS incarnation - Mart 13:03:46 08/16/02 (0)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - House de Kris 19:32:39 08/15/02 (3)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 01:48:24 08/16/02 (2)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - House de Kris 08:39:31 08/16/02 (1)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 14:32:35 08/16/02 (0)

are you forgetting Tivo? - SamM 08:10:01 08/15/02 (5)

No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - John C. - Aussie 15:26:17 08/15/02 (4)

Re: No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - SamM 07:55:24 08/16/02 (3)

So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - John C. - Aussie 14:41:23 08/16/02 (2)

Re: So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - SamM 10:45:20 08/18/02 (1)

Thanks Sam, I do ... - John C. - Aussie 16:34:45 08/18/02 (0)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - phlogiston 02:42:54 08/15/02 (1)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - Estes 06:05:48 08/15/02 (0)

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Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 01:48:24 08/16/02 (2)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - House de Kris 08:39:31 08/16/02 (1)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 14:32:35 08/16/02 (0)

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