Record DirectTV Tivo to DVD?

[jeff]

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My Hughes 40 DirectTV Tivo has a menu setting that says "Record to VCR". My
old VCR just died and it seems to be difficult to find replacement VCRs on
sale anymore. So, I thought it might be time to purchase a DVD recorder
instead.

Would it be possible to attach a DVD recorder to the DirectTV Tivo in the
place of a VCR and use it to record movies from my Tivo HD to it as one
would to a VCR? I am assuming of course that there is such a animal as a
stand alone (not part of a PC) DVD recorder. I have not started to look for
it.

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Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
jeff@stevens.com

 

[Guest]

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Jeff wrote:
> My Hughes 40 DirectTV Tivo has a menu setting that says "Record to
VCR". My
> old VCR just died and it seems to be difficult to find replacement
VCRs on
> sale anymore. So, I thought it might be time to purchase a DVD
recorder
> instead.
>
> Would it be possible to attach a DVD recorder to the DirectTV Tivo in
the
> place of a VCR and use it to record movies from my Tivo HD to it as
one
> would to a VCR? I am assuming of course that there is such a animal
as a
> stand alone (not part of a PC) DVD recorder. I have not started to
look for
> it.
>
> --
>
> Jeff Stevens
> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
> jeff@stevens.com

Yes. You can connect your standalone DVD Recorder exactly the same way
you would a VCR. There are recorders from Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic,
Toshiba, etc. You have to decide whether you want a recorder with or
without a hard drive. I recommend a hard drive model, but that is my
personal preference.

Ian

 

[Guest]

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That is very true Rod, however with a hard drive there is extra storage
space, more flexibility and options. You can only record to DVD without
a hard drive. In addition, a recorder with a hard drive does not cost
that much more.

 

[rod]

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)

you dont need a hard drive, tivo is your hard drive,
record to tivo first, then record to dvd



"notuserfriendly" <notuserfriendly@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108262591.397734.255910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Jeff wrote:
>> My Hughes 40 DirectTV Tivo has a menu setting that says "Record to
> VCR". My
>> old VCR just died and it seems to be difficult to find replacement
> VCRs on
>> sale anymore. So, I thought it might be time to purchase a DVD
> recorder
>> instead.
>>
>> Would it be possible to attach a DVD recorder to the DirectTV Tivo in
> the
>> place of a VCR and use it to record movies from my Tivo HD to it as
> one
>> would to a VCR? I am assuming of course that there is such a animal
> as a
>> stand alone (not part of a PC) DVD recorder. I have not started to
> look for
>> it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jeff Stevens
>> Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
>> jeff@stevens.com
>
> Yes. You can connect your standalone DVD Recorder exactly the same way
> you would a VCR. There are recorders from Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic,
> Toshiba, etc. You have to decide whether you want a recorder with or
> without a hard drive. I recommend a hard drive model, but that is my
> personal preference.
>
> Ian
>

 

[Guest]

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notuserfriendly wrote:
> That is very true Rod, however with a hard drive there is extra storage
> space, more flexibility and options. You can only record to DVD without
> a hard drive. In addition, a recorder with a hard drive does not cost
> that much more.
>

I think the biggest benefit would be that a hard-drive recorder let's
you do some editing, doesn't it?

Randy S.

 

[Guest]

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You are correct Randy. Hard drive editing depends on the recorder
model, how important it is to you and how much time you are willing to
spend editing the content.