Need advice on which DVD/CD recorder to get

grampi · 28th July 2010, 07:12 PM

I will be mainly using this unit to transfer all of my home videos that are currently on VHS to DVD, but I'll also be using it to burn some of my own music CDs. Which unit offers the most at the lowest price?

grampi · 28th July 2010, 07:58 PM

I've been doing some surfing around the internet and so far I haven't been able to find a single unit that records both DVDs and CDs. I understand they're two different formats, but how difficult would it be to make a unit that'll record both? It can't be that difficult.

grampi · 29th July 2010, 12:20 PM

Anyone?

abraxalito · 29th July 2010, 02:31 PM

Are you talking about a standalone DVD/CD recorder or a DVD/CD burner drive which is part of a PC?

grampi · 29th July 2010, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abraxalito

Are you talking about a standalone DVD/CD recorder or a DVD/CD burner drive which is part of a PC?

Standalone

afecu · 29th July 2010, 11:39 PM

There were some units by Liteon which would do video DVDs as well as audio CDs, but the audio does not compare with the quality of a good CD-only unit (like the old Pioneers). They also lack some basics like a record level control.

Liteon no longer makes these units, and the drives in them tend to fail (perhaps why they no longer make them). (The drives can generally be replaced with specific computer drives, but it's hard to find replacements that retain the CD capabilities.)

Hope this helps.

stephensank · 30th July 2010, 03:18 AM

Stand-alone dvd recorders are wildly unpopular in the USA, although I don't know why. I don't know of a single one that also records cd, and I also don't know of a single one that is reliable.

infinia · 30th July 2010, 03:34 AM

Most folks use a PC which can be fitted with a decent hardware MPEG capture device, DVD/CD burner, and best of all reconfigurable/ updated software from a wide array of sources.

grampi · 30th July 2010, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinia

Most folks use a PC which can be fitted with a decent hardware MPEG capture device, DVD/CD burner, and best of all reconfigurable/ updated software from a wide array of sources.

The problem with PC burners is you can't burn from a pre-recorded source because of copyright blockers. Also, there's no way I know of to transfer from a VHS recording to DVD on a PC. I makes no sense that stand alone DVD/CD recorders aren't widely popular in the U.S.

infinia · 31st July 2010, 03:58 PM

well I've done it on a really cheap TV card. It wasn't easy tho. lots of research and tests. most of the problem was de-chunking the 700 Mb small clips from capture card driver via a registry edit. If I did it over I would choose a HARDWARE MPEG 2 capture TV card. Then use software to real time encode the captured stream before it writes to the hard drive. If this route seems too difficult then my suggestion is just use a stand alone VHS/DVD recorder and use the PC for CDs.
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28th July 2010, 07:12 PM	#1
grampi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cheyenne	Need advice on which DVD/CD recorder to get I will be mainly using this unit to transfer all of my home videos that are currently on VHS to DVD, but I'll also be using it to burn some of my own music CDs. Which unit offers the most at the lowest price?

29th July 2010, 02:31 PM	#4
abraxalito diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hangzhou - Marco Polo's 'most beautiful city'. 700yrs is a long time though... Blog Entries: 46	Are you talking about a standalone DVD/CD recorder or a DVD/CD burner drive which is part of a PC? __________________ I think ideas are what you want to get rid of. I don't really like songs with ideas. - Leonard Cohen

30th July 2010, 03:34 AM	#8
infinia diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication	Most folks use a PC which can be fitted with a decent hardware MPEG capture device, DVD/CD burner, and best of all reconfigurable/ updated software from a wide array of sources. __________________ like four million tons of hydrogen exploding on the sun like the whisper of the termites building castles in the dust

31st July 2010, 03:58 PM	#10
infinia diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication	well I've done it on a really cheap TV card. It wasn't easy tho. lots of research and tests. most of the problem was de-chunking the 700 Mb small clips from capture card driver via a registry edit. If I did it over I would choose a HARDWARE MPEG 2 capture TV card. Then use software to real time encode the captured stream before it writes to the hard drive. If this route seems too difficult then my suggestion is just use a stand alone VHS/DVD recorder and use the PC for CDs. can you record vhs cassettes onto a pc - Access World Forums __________________ like four million tons of hydrogen exploding on the sun like the whisper of the termites building castles in the dust

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28th July 2010, 07:58 PM	#2
grampi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cheyenne	I've been doing some surfing around the internet and so far I haven't been able to find a single unit that records both DVDs and CDs. I understand they're two different formats, but how difficult would it be to make a unit that'll record both? It can't be that difficult.

29th July 2010, 12:20 PM	#3
grampi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cheyenne	Anyone?

29th July 2010, 11:39 PM	#6
afecu diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2009	There were some units by Liteon which would do video DVDs as well as audio CDs, but the audio does not compare with the quality of a good CD-only unit (like the old Pioneers). They also lack some basics like a record level control. Liteon no longer makes these units, and the drives in them tend to fail (perhaps why they no longer make them). (The drives can generally be replaced with specific computer drives, but it's hard to find replacements that retain the CD capabilities.) Hope this helps.

30th July 2010, 03:18 AM	#7
stephensank diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006	Stand-alone dvd recorders are wildly unpopular in the USA, although I don't know why. I don't know of a single one that also records cd, and I also don't know of a single one that is reliable.

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