I know it's probably just silly but
 

JW wrote:
Paul Heslop wrote:

I always thought that one of the advantages of digital would be the
automatic recording of subtitle information onto a dvd if it's
available. I don't mean turning the titles on permanently but putting
them onto the dvd as an option.
Is this a possibility for future machines? Do machines with built in
freeview record subtitle info?


Don't know about DVDs, but at least some Freeview PVRs (hard-disc
recorders) save subtitle information.

Having checked a manual I downloaded a while ago, I can
confirm that a Panasonic DVD Recorder can record subtitles.
This is the DMR-ES20DEB, but I don't know if that's a
current model. However, it says:
"Recorded subtitles cannot be switched off later." :(
Though that seems to be contradicted by the disc playback
setup instructions.

I know it's probably just silly but
 

Paul Heslop wrote:
Pyriform wrote:
My point was more along the lines that for most people, most of the
time, the cycle goes: record/watch/delete, or perhaps
record/watch/watch again/delete. A hard drive based machine is
perfect for this. For those occasions when you want to preserve a
recording indefinitely or lend it to someone, you can always make a
copy in real-time on a removeable medium using a standalone VCR or
DVD recorder. I have to say that in nearly two years of exclusive
PVR usage, I have done this precisely once (a VHS tape for a friend).

There in we differ. I record stuff for family a lot. I may just see
something and think, hm, so and so will like this, or I may be the
only one who spots that Peter Kay is on for a few hours one night,
those sort of things.

Well, I hope they appreciate your efforts! You are, in effect, a human
TiVo...

I know it's probably just silly but
 

Pyriform wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote:
Pyriform wrote:
My point was more along the lines that for most people, most of the
time, the cycle goes: record/watch/delete, or perhaps
record/watch/watch again/delete. A hard drive based machine is
perfect for this. For those occasions when you want to preserve a
recording indefinitely or lend it to someone, you can always make a
copy in real-time on a removeable medium using a standalone VCR or
DVD recorder. I have to say that in nearly two years of exclusive
PVR usage, I have done this precisely once (a VHS tape for a friend).

There in we differ. I record stuff for family a lot. I may just see
something and think, hm, so and so will like this, or I may be the
only one who spots that Peter Kay is on for a few hours one night,
those sort of things.

Well, I hope they appreciate your efforts! You are, in effect, a human
TiVo...

Heh heh, occasionally I get a big cuddle from the grand daughters
which will suffice. :O)

--
Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

I know it's probably just silly but
 

JW wrote:

JW wrote:
Paul Heslop wrote:

I always thought that one of the advantages of digital would be the
automatic recording of subtitle information onto a dvd if it's
available. I don't mean turning the titles on permanently but putting
them onto the dvd as an option.
Is this a possibility for future machines? Do machines with built in
freeview record subtitle info?


Don't know about DVDs, but at least some Freeview PVRs (hard-disc
recorders) save subtitle information.

Having checked a manual I downloaded a while ago, I can
confirm that a Panasonic DVD Recorder can record subtitles.
This is the DMR-ES20DEB, but I don't know if that's a
current model. However, it says:
"Recorded subtitles cannot be switched off later." :(
Though that seems to be contradicted by the disc playback
setup instructions.

I think that one has just gone out of production, to be replaced with
a machine with a slightly different fascia. I think it has a digital
tuner. I tried to talk my mother in law into buying it but she
couldn't get her hands on it and went for an analogue with hard drive.


--
Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/