Best dvd recorders according to redditors
We found 33 Reddit comments discussing the best dvd recorders. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 33 Reddit comments discussing the best dvd recorders. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
My videography company does this for people every day. The easiest way to do it is with a VHS->DVD recorder. You just put your cassette in there, put a DVD-R on the right, and record away.
Main things to remember about that process:
Now, you said some of your cassettes are small? They could be either VHS-C or some kind of 8mm cassette. For VHS-C, the easiest is to buy something like a VHS-C Adapter. You just put the C in there and plug that whole thing right into the VHS player/recorder.
For 8mm tapes, we try to use an 8mm camcorder. You can find them on eBay or possibly at a second-hand store in your own city.
Any other questions?
EDIT: One other suggestion... Put your finished DVD into your computer and copy the VOB files to your computer. Maybe even upload them to Dropbox or something. That way you have digital backups in case anything happens to that DVD, or if twenty years from now we don't use DVDs anymore.
I'll suggest the same setup I have.
1 Roku at each TV (streaming box that's super easy to use and runs Netflix and other streaming apps). These can connect via WIFI.
An over the air hooked up to a Tablo. The Antenna sits wherever it needs to and connects to the Tablo via coax cable. The Tablo then can connect to your router via WIFI or ethernet. Make sure you get an antenna big enough to pick up your main local stations. Since you’re going rural it may need to be an attic or roof mount installation.
Then on each Roku install the Tablo app as well as whatever other streaming services you want to use. From the Tablo app you can watch live or recorded TV, etc. just like a Tivo.
Basically the antenna sends the TV signal to the tablo. The Tablo does the recording and then sends the TV content to the Rokus via WIFI and the Tablo app on the Rokus.
So since the Tablo and Rokus are all wireless the only wiring you need to worry about is the coax from the antenna to the Tablo. If you live in the middle of a big city you can probably just get a cheap basic antenna and put it and the Tablo behind one of your TVs. If you're further out you may want to look into an attic or rooftop antenna with coax wired to somewhere inside the house for the Tablo.
Videomaster productions on Merrimon (around Wendys/Hawthorne) for full service conversion.
Self-service is buy the thing from Amazon
I bought this dvr and this antenna. We pay for Netflix and Amazon Prime. We have Kodi but hardly ever use it. My husband splurged on Hulu this year for some show he couldn't live without. Between those we've been very, very happy.
We have Spectrum for internet and haven't had any problems.
For the first one it's usually decided by the community, so try and find someone who runs the game and see when they start/end their timer. If you cant then its generally accepted that it's when you gain/lose control of the character.
As for the second one, Lots of people use the Dazzle DVC 100 with S-video and it records/streams SD games very well.
Hope I've been at least somewhat helpful.
I had such trouble with those USB capture devices that I just bought a VCR/DVD burner combo thingy. Worked great for my VHS tapes, and it had an input for my old camcorder that played Super8 sized tapes too. I have to say it really did a fantastic job on the VHS, if that's what you're mainly converting from. This is the one I ended up with after researching it. Then, I'd just rip the DVD's on my PC, plus have the DVDs as backup.
Sorry but newer generations of TiVo's no longer offer this functionality of allowing you to connect a camera and record from a "live-feed".
I think they took this out after the Series 2 models.
I know my Humax Series 2 DRT800 offered front accessible A/V inputs and allowed manual recording from these inputs (also has DVD recording built-in); but unfortunately I'm not aware of any of the newer generations offering the ability to manually record from alternate inputs.
https://www.amazon.com/Humax-DRT800-DVD-R-Recorder-Series2/dp/B00065ZK7M
You should buy a DVR, like this one that I got from Amazon. Free to use and being able to skip and delete easily is truly a relief compared to VHS tapes (which I used until 2 years ago when buying this.
He's asking for a capture card like this one.
Actually, I never used an emulator at any point during this process.
I was playing my copy of FireRed on my GameCube (damn thing still gets some love) via my GameBoy Player.
I had that connected to my computer with a Dazzle DVD Recorder.
From there, I was using the broadcasting software that Justin.tv distributes in order to deliver my content directly to you. =D
i use the older version of this and its pretty great. You can use VLC, or the program it comes with to rip them on your computer.
EDIT: if you live in the north texas area, I'll rip them and put them on a hard drive you supply for free. Can't beat that!
If you're looking for something cheap, try an EasyCap. If you want something that's decent but not too expensive, check out a Dazzle DVC100. Or if you're big into quality and don't really care about the price, check out an AverMedia.
My VCR was one of my most coveted possessions, until SOMEONE decided to get rid of the massive collection of tapes that were irreplaceable, like the Free concert tape (the band Free, not 0$ free) that will never be on DVD or YouTube and oh I"m still chocked up about that.
It's one of these. It's a really good DVD player, too, but every video game console in the world plays DVD and Blu Ray now, so I had to retire it as a DVD player.
My Magnavox dvr recently died after 8 years but it performed like a champ until the end. ETA: mine didn't have any sort of guide and only had one tuner/no networking. Still, it worked great and was easy to use.
https://www.amazon.com/Magnavox-MDR868H-Recorder-Digital-Tuner/dp/B015FOZB0O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479679043&sr=8-1&keywords=magnavox+dvr
It will not be able to. I'd use this or this.
I speedrun Tropical Freeze and Teslagrad. I've used 2 devices:
Elgato Game Capture HD (external) - Did the job I needed it to do, but with some caveats: I had to use component cables instead of HDMI because of an audio issue and there is a 2-second delay between when the Wii U outputs a frame and when that frame appears on your PC. The delay is not a problem unless you want to be on Skype while streaming.
Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD (internal) - Does everything the Elgato does, but with no delay. It can only accept component or HDMI whereas Elgato can accept anything.
If you're on a tight budget, you can get a Dazzle DVC 100 really really cheaply if you look in the right place. You'll also need 3 signal splitters, a Wii composite cable, and a standard RCA cable . And you'll have to set your Wii U to 480p, which looks pretty bad.
In addition to the hardware, you'll need streaming software and a decent PC. Open Broadcaster Software is free, but I much prefer Xsplit, which is not free.
DVD's. I buy the Region 2 (Europe) "Complete Series" sets because they come with around 50 episodes rather than the standard 12-13 found in the North American DVD Sets. You can buy them on ebay or amazon.co.uk even if your not from Europe. You will need a Region free DVD player though. Here's the 4th set with episodes 154-192.
My DVR isn't even that sophisticated - I type in the channel and start and stop times for timer recordings.
And I haven't had a cable card or any CableOne equipment, except a cable and a wall outlet. The tuner of the DVR, and the tuner of the TV select the channels.
(I live in an apartment building - and the owner is the customer, not me.)
Agreed, from what I see you'r not bad, it's just that when I see a LP on camcorder I can't continue.
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If you don't want to use ROMs the gamecube had an add-on to play GBA games you coudl do that and use a capture card: this
or a dvd recorder: this
from there.
Could try something like this instead.
https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Recorder-DVR620-Tuner-Discontinued/dp/B001T6K7G6/
(it says discontinued, but there are still sellers with it available)
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Here's what I use. Not nearly the best, but it's manageable for the average Joe or group.
Current
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Capture Device: Dazzle DVC 100BPHS1s are kind of the standard for accessible and reasonably priced xlr headsets.
I was getting decent quality out of my old dazzle before I switched, people just need to learn how to setup their bitrate properly to reduce artifacts and how to deinterlace their capture via amarectv or using the built in obs plugins (I used yadifx4 for the longest time) which do a nice, respectable job. Would I recommend a dazzle? Eh, it produces decent video for the price (got mine on ebay for $20), but has some compatibility issues - if you do a quick search for audio issues with the dazzle you'll find a couple threads. There are workarounds, but it's finicky.
Ideally though, streams should be capturing component video. It removes the need for software/external hardware deinterlacing. The issue here is that you either need a TV that supports component, or a component->composite converter, which I've seen people have performance issues with in the past.
My current setup uses a Framemeister to upscale the composite signal and handle the deinterlacing, outputting HDMI to the USB3HDCAP. The advantage is that I get to feed straight composite signals to any plain old CRT, which is great because I've been recording out of a suitcase the last few months while I move around.
I build my overlays in JavaScript and HTML; there's a layer of logic that polls a local JSON file written by StreamControl for changes and updates them on the page.
Just taking off on a flight. More info later.(It's later)Sample with the Dazzle
Well, if you have a lot of money to spend, you can get a VCR with a built in ATSC tuner. They're between $300 and $1000.
I still have some small sony DVD recorders that I use. They are harder to find but I run footage into them and they spit out a DVD in short order.
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-DVDirect-DVD-Recorder-VRDMC5/dp/B000SML2BQ
You could get a bunch of these and do it all in one step:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DVDirect-DVD-Recorder-VRDMC5/dp/B000SML2BQ
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Wow, they must not make DVD recorders with this functionality anymore, this used one is going for over $600.
kinda bulky. 2 way converter + player. Supports images. Sony RDR-VX515 -> http://www.amazon.com/Sony-RDRVX515-DVD-Recorder/dp/B000A2JXG0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
$20 + shippings.