Thank you for the answers. Now I understand I can record copyrite movie to the hard drive as a one time copy? I can not do this with recent DVD'S I have. Is this correct? I am going to love this already thinking about buying a second one. Thank you for the answers. Now I understand I can record copyrite movie to the hard drive as a one time copy? I can not do this with recent DVD'S I have. Is this correct? I am going to love... » Read More Thank you for the answers. Now I understand I can record copyrite movie to the hard drive as a one time copy? I can not do this with recent DVD'S I have. Is this correct? I am going to love this already thinking about buying a second one. « Show Less
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An index of info and help files is here (you only need to read and bookmark PAGE 1):http://www.avsforum.com/t/940657/magnavox-515-513-2160a-2160-2080-philips-3576-3575#post_12244086
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Does this unit copy TV programs from the networks as the dvr from my cable provider? If so, is the capability equal to the cable provided units?
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The absolute best answers to questions on this unit and any other Magnavox model DVR come from user "wajo" and his AVS forum help files he references. The AVS forum help files are a true bible of answers.
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It should, although I haven't tried it. Most people want to go the other way around... Record on the hard drive (temporary) and archive onto DVD (temporary to semi-permanent to permanent, depending on the type of DVD disk.) May I ask why you would want to put something from a playable archived format onto a temporary unit?
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I don't know guys, I still haven't figured it out. Reading thru other posts here is making me think I'm going to return this thing. I really thought I'd like it, but if I can't string together my video clips to burn to DVD, WHAT is the point? It doesn't seem you can ask this question at the Vado official site either w/out first entering all the numbers off the box it came in. What a pain, I don't carry the box around w/ me. They also do not have an 800# that I can find on the site to call. Frustrating! I wonder how many customers they are losing?
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There is no Disc it will record over old vid. Yes you can record all the time or set them up on motion record as i have mine so there on all the time but record when motion is detected you set them and let them do there job
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Does anyone know how to get your dvd to change to long play so that I can get more recording time I can't get mind to change from sp to anything else. Thanks Darlene
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I know this response is almost a year old but if anyone sees this can you tell me how I go about copying a personal VHS tape to a DVD. Thanks, billh347@gmail.com
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I haven't used a Toshiba DVD recorder before but have been using other brands for several years now and just wanted to chime in on the R vs RW issue. I record a LOT of TV for family that chooses to not carry any actual TV channels. They only watch what I record for them. Pretty quickly, I decided to pay the extra to get RW DVDs because that made sense. It turned out to not make so much sense, at least in my experience. I can only re-record on them 5, maybe 6 times, before the start glitching out so badly that they're unwatchable. Some have gone glitchy in less recordings. At the prices I find, it's actually cheaper for me to use the non-rewritable discs. I've had 3 different DVD recorders that all the same problem so it's not brand specific. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there. Glad you got your machine working and are enjoying it. :-)
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Does it burn already copied film? I'm a coach. I have burnt copies of game film. Can I burn copies off the burnt one? Hope that makes sense
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Trying to copy the dvd that might be corrupt? I don't think it will harm the duplicator. Most likely it will reject the corrupt dvd or produce copies that are not perfect. I would try maybe just one black dvd to see what happens.
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I bought this particular DVD several months ago and am more than satisfied. As a matter of fact, I placed a new order of the same just days ago. However, they are recommended in the Owner's Manual of my recorder. You may be better helped by simply calling the company of your recording unit to discuss your problem. Good luck, Lynne.
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I am trying to burn HD video to a dvd. Can anyone tell me what DVD's to use and how to burn the video in HD? I recorded the material in HD...
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The duplicator cannot convert video cassette format to dvd. If the conversion has already been made and you have the disc on hand then it can be copied by the duplicator. Thanks Copystars support team
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I used mine to record a recorded movie to another DVDR. I had trouble going to the beginning since it does have a resume play. I even took the disk out and shut off my player. the disk I was playing kept starting over
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It has been quite some time since I transferred my movies. I am not sure at this point exactly how I hooked it up to my dvd recorder. The best I can say is that your camera as well as mine has several hookup connections. You may be able to hook your camera directly to your recording device. The best advice I could give you is to either experiment with various cable connections or go to an audio video dealer with your camera and seek their advice directly.
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All I know is you can record your movie to your DVD recorder if your have an output jack in your TV that you can plug-in to the input jack of your DVD recorder. There is also another way, if you have a device that produces your movie, instead of plugging the OUTPUT cable to your TV INPUT jack, plug it in to your DVD recorders INPUT jack and then from the OUTPUT jack of your DVD recorder connect it to the INPUT jack of your TV. Hope this will help.
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You are so welcome. I have copied almost 75 vhs tapes and haven't had a single problem. The downside is that when I start the movie, I end up stopping what I am doing so I can watch it while it records. Have fun!
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I uploaded this to my PC, but I see no reason that you could not put it on a laptop. It is a memory hog though. I am not clear if you mean put the same copy on your laptop and PC and in that case, I am pretty sure you can only put it on one machine.