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RECORDING
Introduction to Recording
You already know that DVD discs provide the highest quality
video playback available. Now, with DVD+R/RW recording,
you can create your own DVDs from your home movies,
favorite TV shows or virtually any other video source.
Recording to DVD+R/RW is easy. The process is similar in
many ways to your old VCR, but with many new
enhancements. You can record live by simply pressing one
button, or set the timer for scheduled recordings. And
DVD+RW discs can be erased and used again over and over -
more than one thousand times - with your recordings always
looking crystal clear. Try that with VHS tapes!
And there's lots of new editing features with DVD+R/RW that
give your recordings a flexibility that you never had with VHS.
The Title Screen gives you quick access to your recordings
with thumbnail images you can change. You can quickly add or
delete Titles or Chapters, or simply hide segments that don't
make your "final cut".
Discs you can Record To
TWINWAY
two-way
compatible
Best of all, your recordings are TWINWAY
COMPATIBLE. This means that the discs you
create will play in most standard DVD Players.
DVD Recording is truly the next revolution in
home video recording.
This unit will accept two disc types for Recording: DVD+RW
and DVD+R.
Think of DVD+RW (DVD+ReWritable) discs as the digital
equivalent of your old VHS tapes. Like video tape, DVD+RW
discs can be recorded to, erased and re-used. But unlike video
tape, DVD+RW discs will retain their crystal-clear digital
quality even after being erased and re-recorded over 1000
times! And, this superior quality will not degrade with the
passage of time like VHS tapes.
Also, unlike DVD+R discs, DVD+RW discs do not require a
"Finalization" process for compatibility with standard DVD
Players. To understand why this is so, consider the following:
In order for your recordings to be compatible with standard
DVD Players, a TOC (Table of Contents) must be written to
each disc. Since DVD+RW discs are ReWritable, the TOC can
be constantly updated as new recordings are made. This means
that a DVD+RW disc can be played on a standard DVD Player
directly after the first recording, and will remain compatible as
new material is added later.
What you can Record From
You can record your own DVDs from the following sources:
TV Tuner
- This unit features a built-in TV Tuner that can be
connected to a Cable TV hookup or standard Antenna to record
your favorite TV shows. You can auto-scan for available
channels and add or delete channels from the channel list.
AV Inputs (Composite/S-Video)
- Use the Audio/Video Inputs
to record from consumer electronics devices such as your
Camcorder or Video Camera. You can also connect external TV
Tuners, DVD Players, etc. to the A/V inputs - basically any
video device that has a S-Video or Composite Video Output.
!
You cannot record from a video source that is encoded with
Macrovision copy-protection, such as most DVDs produced
by major studios. As an example, if you have a DVD player
connected to an AV input and attempt to record a DVD, an
error message will occur, letting you know that the disc is
copy-protected. DVDs not encoded with Macrovision can be
used as a recording source.
About Copy Protection
DVD+RW
Although DVD+RW discs are more expensive than DVD+Rs,
they can actually be more economical and convenient for
certain situations. For example, if you are recording TV
programs you may want to "recycle" discs - recording over
episodes you have already watched. In this situation, DVD+RW
discs are the best choice because a single disc can be used over
and over again - there's fewer discs to buy and keep track of.
DVD+R
A lower-cost alternative to DVD+RW, these "Recordable" discs
cannot be erased. Once a recording is made to a DVD+R disc,
the disc space used by that recording can never be reclaimed,
although the recording itself can be "hidden" so it is not
viewable when the disc is played.
DVD+R discs must be
Finalized
before they can be played
back on standard DVD Players, and once this process is
complete, no more recordings can be added. This is an
important difference between DVD+R and DVD+RW Discs.
While the TOC (Table of Contents) can be written to and
updated many times on a DVD+RW disc, the TOC on a
DVD+R disc can only be written once. Therefore, you cannot
move a DVD+R between the Recorder and a DVD Player as
you add recordings to the disc. Instead, you must complete the
disc
before
it is playable on a standard DVD Player.
Although DVD+R offers less recording flexibility than
DVD+RW, the lower cost per disc and the fact that the material
cannot be erased or edited make it the best choice for large
distributions of recordings to friends or clients.
