VHS to DVD: Do I have to have a combo?

27 Jun 2006 9:48 PM

rbdrucker

I want to transfer VHS to DVD. Do I have to buy a combo VHS/DVD
Burner, or can I just buy a DVD burner and use my separate VCR?

27 Jun 2006 10:53 PM

davesvideo@aol.com

rbdruc***@hotmail.com wrote:

> I want to transfer VHS to DVD. Do I have to buy a combo VHS/DVD
> Burner, or can I just buy a DVD burner and use my separate VCR?

They work pretty much like a VCR (output to input, push play/record),
so no not necessary.

Dave

28 Jun 2006 2:39 PM

rbdrucker

davesvi***@aol.com wrote:

> rbdruc***@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I want to transfer VHS to DVD. Do I have to buy a combo VHS/DVD
> > Burner, or can I just buy a DVD burner and use my separate VCR?
>
> They work pretty much like a VCR (output to input, push play/record),
> so no not necessary.
>
> Dave

Has anyone ever done this? Especially with a Philips DVD burner.

28 Jun 2006 3:33 PM

davesvideo@aol.com

rbdruc***@hotmail.com wrote:

> > They work pretty much like a VCR (output to input, push play/record),
> > so no not necessary.

> Has anyone ever done this? Especially with a Philips DVD burner.

I so it all the time with a stand alone with a Philips DVD recorder.
Although, my understanding is that it is a DVD "recorder" and the term
"burner" is reserved for a computer interfaced one that runs in greater
than real time. Someone correct me if that is wrong.

As I said in my previous post, it works like a VCR and you can record
from tapes or off the air. I also use it's firewire connection to
record video that I have edited on my computer, but in :real time", not
like a software based burner.

Dave

28 Jun 2006 4:51 PM

Gene E. Bloch

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"davesvi***@aol.com" <davesvi***@aol.com> wrote in
news:1151508818.233290.262840@x69g2000cwx.googlegroups.com:

> rbdruc***@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> > They work pretty much like a VCR (output to input, push
>> > play/record), so no not necessary.
>
>> Has anyone ever done this? Especially with a Philips DVD burner.
>
> I so it all the time with a stand alone with a Philips DVD
> recorder. Although, my understanding is that it is a DVD
> "recorder" and the term "burner" is reserved for a computer
> interfaced one that runs in greater than real time. Someone
> correct me if that is wrong.
>
> As I said in my previous post, it works like a VCR and you can
> record from tapes or off the air. I also use it's firewire
> connection to record video that I have edited on my computer, but
> in :real time", not like a software based burner.
>
> Dave

Yes - a burner is a drive connected to a computer (internally or by
FireWire or USB2) and a recorder is a box connected into your stereo
system. You knew that, Dave :-)

While I'm here I might as well reinforce your remarks about what a
recorder acts like. As you say, it records from a TV aerial or from an
A/V input - it works exactly like a VCR.

Gino

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