DVD recordable players

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:48 pm

I'm trying to persuade my mum to get a DVD recordable to replace her VHS recorder. Does one DVD store loads more than the longest VHS cassette? Are DVD recorders reliable? Anything else worth knowing? There's a Liteon DVD recorder at argos for £129.99, it's the cheapest they have. My experience of Liteon has been excellent with my CDRW and CD recorder in my pc so I assume they'll be as good in the consumer DVD players?

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:01 pm

My gut feeling is the technology needs to mature for a few years before I'll hassle my parents to upgrade their VCR.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:03 pm

Foo wrote:My gut feeling is the technology needs to mature for a few years before I'll hassle my parents to upgrade their VCR.

some people still can't program their vcr's. dvd recorders i've messed with have fairly simple interfaces. none the worse than a vcr.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:01 pm

Build her a Cheap Media Center PC with tons of Space..

now THAT is the best silution, Easy, plays TV, DVD's, Records tot he HDD, all in one interface. ohh yea!

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:09 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Build her a Cheap Media Center PC with tons of Space..

now THAT is the best silution, Easy, plays TV, DVD's, Records tot he HDD, all in one interface. ohh yea!

most parents REALLY do not want another pc in the house.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:15 pm

my parents are actually wanting me to build them a Media center PC to get rid of there VCR, DVD player, and AMP...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:57 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:my parents are actually wanting me to build them a Media center PC to get rid of there VCR, DVD player, and AMP...

keyword in my post: "most"

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:12 pm

i thought the key word was REALLY

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:18 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
AmIdYfReAk wrote:Build her a Cheap Media Center PC with tons of Space..

now THAT is the best silution, Easy, plays TV, DVD's, Records tot he HDD, all in one interface. ohh yea!
most parents REALLY do not want another pc in the house.

My dads almost 70 and he has 3 times the computer equipment that I do. :icon32: But I know you meant ones that aren't as nerdy as mine.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:00 pm

seremtan wrote:i thought the key word was REALLY

had to rhyme with post.