I know it's probably just silly but

Paul Heslop wrote:
Thanks. I don't know why the idea of a none removable recorder doesn't
appeal. I think I've always liked the idea of having tapes/dvd
whatever that I can pass around, like a recent recording of a comedy
evening, which obviously would be impossible with a locked in hard
drive machine.

You always have the option of making a copy of your recording onto a DVD or
tape. Or moving the viewers instead of the recording (my preferred option).
Unless you routinely hand out copies of everything you record, I really
can't see why you remain so attached to the idea of removeable media!

I really
can't see why you remain so attached to the idea of removeable media!
I think for the time being, removable media is fairly essential if you ever
want to let someone else (who doesn't live with you) to watch any of your
recordings...
That way, if you have somthing you'd like someone else to see, you can say
'Here, this was good! You'll like it, take this DVD and watch it when you
get a chance'. Rather than trying to schedule a time for them to come round
your house and sit and watch it. Chances are, you won't necesserally want to
see it again so soon anyway.

Maybe in the future, you'll be able to email them a copy over
ultra-high-speed broadband that'll download straight into their own PVR, and
then discs will become redundant, but until that day...

:-)

Chris.

"ChrisM" wrote in message
...

I really
can't see why you remain so attached to the idea of removeable media!
I think for the time being, removable media is fairly essential if you
ever want to let someone else (who doesn't live with you) to watch any of
your recordings...
That way, if you have somthing you'd like someone else to see, you can say
'Here, this was good! You'll like it, take this DVD and watch it when you
get a chance'. Rather than trying to schedule a time for them to come
round your house and sit and watch it. Chances are, you won't necesserally
want to see it again so soon anyway.

Maybe in the future, you'll be able to email them a copy over
ultra-high-speed broadband that'll download straight into their own PVR,
and then discs will become redundant, but until that day...

:-)

Chris.



Mind you, I tend to agree that as long as it is a trivial task to create a
DVD from a recording via your PC, it's not necessary to have a removable
media drive actually as part of the recorder.
Maybe that was your point?

Cheers,

Chris.

ChrisM wrote:
Mind you, I tend to agree that as long as it is a trivial task to
create a DVD from a recording via your PC, it's not necessary to have
a removable media drive actually as part of the recorder.
Maybe that was your point?

Well, that would be nice but it isn't really the case for any existing
machine. Ideally, I'd like a PVR with an ethernet connection so I could
freely transfer data between it and my PC.

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).

Burning a DVD directly from the hard drive image requires jumping through
more hoops than I am prepared to tolerate at this stage in the game. If it
was easier, I would probably do it *very* occassionally.

"Pyriform" wrote in message
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ChrisM wrote:
Mind you, I tend to agree that as long as it is a trivial task to
create a DVD from a recording via your PC, it's not necessary to have
a removable media drive actually as part of the recorder.
Maybe that was your point?

Well, that would be nice but it isn't really the case for any existing
machine. Ideally, I'd like a PVR with an ethernet connection so I could
freely transfer data between it and my PC.

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).

Burning a DVD directly from the hard drive image requires jumping through
more hoops than I am prepared to tolerate at this stage in the game. If it
was easier, I would probably do it *very* occassionally.

I was thinking along the lines (and I fully realise that it doesn work like
this - yet, though there is no technological reason why it couldn't) of a
piece of software that ran on the PC, and talked to the PVR across your
home-network.
You could look at the recordings on your PVR from the computer screen,
select one (or several) and press the 'Burn To DVD' button to create your
disc. Quite agree that anything more than that would be too much hassle,
except in exceptional circumstances.

Chris.

JPG wrote:

Paul Heslop 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.

hm. Wonder if it's transferable?

If you have a Humax 9200t PVR, you can upload video files to a PC and
you can then create DVDs complete with subtitles. I don't know how
precisely it is done but it involves a fair amount of faffing around,
IIRC.

Not yet anyway, but yes, it does sound like a bit of a faff. I haven't
even forced myself into buying a dvd burner yet :O)


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Pyriform wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote:
Thanks. I don't know why the idea of a none removable recorder doesn't
appeal. I think I've always liked the idea of having tapes/dvd
whatever that I can pass around, like a recent recording of a comedy
evening, which obviously would be impossible with a locked in hard
drive machine.

You always have the option of making a copy of your recording onto a DVD or
tape. Or moving the viewers instead of the recording (my preferred option).
Unless you routinely hand out copies of everything you record, I really
can't see why you remain so attached to the idea of removeable media!

Force of habit. I've been into video (VCR) and audio taping since
wayyyyyyyyyy back and something sticks there. Recent good example.
Dead xbox, new xbox, saved games on old drive instead of nice
removable media. I actually love having the huge hard drive but
there's always something.

I am often asked to record things for my grandkids, and if I record
stand up comedy there's always someone wants to borrow it, same goes
for movies etc.

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

ChrisM wrote:

I really
can't see why you remain so attached to the idea of removeable media!
I think for the time being, removable media is fairly essential if you ever
want to let someone else (who doesn't live with you) to watch any of your
recordings...
That way, if you have somthing you'd like someone else to see, you can say
'Here, this was good! You'll like it, take this DVD and watch it when you
get a chance'. Rather than trying to schedule a time for them to come round
your house and sit and watch it. Chances are, you won't necesserally want to
see it again so soon anyway.

Maybe in the future, you'll be able to email them a copy over
ultra-high-speed broadband that'll download straight into their own PVR, and
then discs will become redundant, but until that day...

:-)

Chris.

yeah, that would be pretty cool, but where's the big library of
vhs/dvd cases etc? We'll be reduced to buying books to fill our
shelves! :O)

--
Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)
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Stop and Look
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Pyriform wrote:

ChrisM wrote:
Mind you, I tend to agree that as long as it is a trivial task to
create a DVD from a recording via your PC, it's not necessary to have
a removable media drive actually as part of the recorder.
Maybe that was your point?

Well, that would be nice but it isn't really the case for any existing
machine. Ideally, I'd like a PVR with an ethernet connection so I could
freely transfer data between it and my PC.

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. Plus there are sometimes weekends on satellite
dedicated to a particular program and I'll record them all so i don't
have to watch them in half hour drabs every week or whatever.

I do understand your idea and it is pretty sound, but some of us don't
think that way and for reasons quite complex for me having, say, an
mp3 player full of hundreds of songs to play randomly is not as good
as having a few cds or minidiscs with them on.


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

ChrisM wrote:

I was thinking along the lines (and I fully realise that it doesn work like
this - yet, though there is no technological reason why it couldn't) of a
piece of software that ran on the PC, and talked to the PVR across your
home-network.
You could look at the recordings on your PVR from the computer screen,
select one (or several) and press the 'Burn To DVD' button to create your
disc. Quite agree that anything more than that would be too much hassle,
except in exceptional circumstances.

Oh dear. I was just picking up on the enthusiasm here for the Topfield &
thinking of looking into getting one, but had assumed copying
selectively to dvd on a PC would be easy.

What faff does it currently involve?

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Michael
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