DVD recorder for analogue land and VHS to DVD conversion

I hope this question has some relevance to this group.

A family member has been talking about getting a DVD recorder --
ostensibly to replace VHS recording, but also for one-touch copying from
VHS to DVD; this for a Christmas present.

Now she mentions that ASDA have a VHS-DVD combi. I'm unkeen about cheapo
Hi-fi or video item from a supermarket. Also, I have a cheap hard disk
Freeview recorder and it's the bees-knees.

So, the question. Does the following make any sense for a non-Freeview
area? That is, can it satisfactorily record analogue channels? It looks
like the VHS-DVD criterion is met.

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).

TIA,

Jon C.

Jonathan Campbell wrote:
I hope this question has some relevance to this group.

A family member has been talking about getting a DVD recorder --
ostensibly to replace VHS recording, but also for one-touch copying from
VHS to DVD; this for a Christmas present.

Now she mentions that ASDA have a VHS-DVD combi. I'm unkeen about cheapo
Hi-fi or video item from a supermarket. Also, I have a cheap hard disk
Freeview recorder and it's the bees-knees.

So, the question. Does the following make any sense for a non-Freeview
area? That is, can it satisfactorily record analogue channels? It looks
like the VHS-DVD criterion is met.

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).


I forgot one detail. They also have Sky. However, it seems to me that
the Sky-connected TV is monopolised by the children and that recording
from it would be infrequent. Still, ability to operate with Sky might be
worth having --- if I'm not talking complete nonsense.

Jon C.

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Jonathan Campbell wrote:
I hope this question has some relevance to this group.

A family member has been talking about getting a DVD recorder --
ostensibly to replace VHS recording, but also for one-touch copying from
VHS to DVD; this for a Christmas present.

Now she mentions that ASDA have a VHS-DVD combi. I'm unkeen about cheapo
Hi-fi or video item from a supermarket. Also, I have a cheap hard disk
Freeview recorder and it's the bees-knees.

So, the question. Does the following make any sense for a non-Freeview
area? That is, can it satisfactorily record analogue channels? It looks
like the VHS-DVD criterion is met.

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).

The EZ47 has no DTTV tuner, so it will be obsolete in the not too distant
future.

The EZ95 has both an analogue & digital tuner but does cost a bit more.
However it should carry on being useful for many years.

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From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

"charles" wrote in message
...

The EZ47 has no DTTV tuner, so it will be obsolete in the not too distant
future.

Eh? I think you will find that it does indeed have a Freeview tuner.

charles wrote:
In article ,
Jonathan Campbell wrote:
[...]

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).

The EZ47 has no DTTV tuner, so it will be obsolete in the not too distant
future.


Maybe you mean it has no analogue tuner? Now that I look at the brief
spec. on Amazon, none is mentioned.

The EZ95 has both an analogue & digital tuner but does cost a bit more.
However it should carry on being useful for many years.


EX95? If so, at ~£450 it's too expensive.

Best regards,

Jon C.

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Peter James wrote:

"charles" wrote in message
...

The EZ47 has no DTTV tuner, so it will be obsolete in the not too
distant future.

Eh? I think you will find that it does indeed have a Freeview tuner.


sorry, my memory was at fault.

--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

Jonathan Campbell wrote:
I hope this question has some relevance to this group.

A family member has been talking about getting a DVD recorder --
ostensibly to replace VHS recording, but also for one-touch copying from
VHS to DVD; this for a Christmas present.

Now she mentions that ASDA have a VHS-DVD combi. I'm unkeen about cheapo
Hi-fi or video item from a supermarket. Also, I have a cheap hard disk
Freeview recorder and it's the bees-knees.

So, the question. Does the following make any sense for a non-Freeview
area? That is, can it satisfactorily record analogue channels? It looks
like the VHS-DVD criterion is met.

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).


Looks like that has no analogue tuner. Also that there is nothing
affordable with an analogue tuners. Probably makes sense --- analogue
tuner = expensive electronics to scrunch the video down into something
recordable.

Best regards,

Jon. C.

As far as I know, all Panasonic Combis have analogue and digital
tuners but it is not that obvious as, if you are in an area which can
receive both, the analogue channels are stored in the hign numbers
above the digital channels. If you go to BBC1 digital and step
downwards you will come across the analogue channels.

There are plenty of combi recorders around which meet the original
spec required, ie not for a digital area. Most of the cheaper ones
seem to be made by Funai and and can have very poorly designed, over
complicated handsets others based on Samsung which are a bit better to
use.
Daewoos, although fairly cheap are not bad to use.

The new model samsung has A and D tuners and digtal will be vital in
the next few years even if not immediately.

Anything will record from Sky in basic fashion but will need timer
setting and the Sky box will have to be left on one channel during
recording.

Really there is nothing to beat Sky plus for convenience and ability
to record one channel whilst watching another. Feed its output to
other TVs and it becomes quite flexible but it can only generate one
thing at a time for viewing.

Hope this helps.

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, Widgitt wrote:
As far as I know, all Panasonic Combis have analogue and digital
tuners but it is not that obvious as, if you are in an area which can
receive both, the analogue channels are stored in the hign numbers
above the digital channels. If you go to BBC1 digital and step
downwards you will come across the analogue channels.

That's right. The analogue channels are numbered 901, 902, etc, so you
just enter those numbers to reach them. There is no separate switch to
change between analogue and digital tuners.

Rod.

Roderick Stewart wrote:
In article d3e7227e-2580-482d-ba29-
, Widgitt wrote:
As far as I know, all Panasonic Combis have analogue and digital
tuners but it is not that obvious as, if you are in an area which can
receive both, the analogue channels are stored in the hign numbers
above the digital channels. If you go to BBC1 digital and step
downwards you will come across the analogue channels.

That's right. The analogue channels are numbered 901, 902, etc, so you
just enter those numbers to reach them. There is no separate switch to
change between analogue and digital tuners.


Even the one I mentioned originally? I.e.

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview (available at Amazon.co.uk).

I suppose I'm wondering then why there is an EX95 model at ~£450 that
advertises itself as having both analogue and digital tuners.

A reviewer of the item below states clearly that it has no analogue
channel, not that Amazon reviews are much to go by.

Panasonic DMR-EX77EB-K - 160GB Hard Drive DVD Recorder - With 1080P
Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black.

Best regards,

Jon C.