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I have a non-hard drive unit -RW

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In Reply to: Format war - excuse me but I am just a beginner, Sirs posted by beppe61 on July 28, 2005 at 01:52:31:

I don't really know the difference between -RW and +RW, but there is a post already about that.
As for the hard drive; supposedly you can rewrite on a DVD-RW about 1000 times. Basically I just leave a disc in there and erase it when I'm done. I have no interest in permanently recording anything (and if I did I'd want it on disk anyway... I think).
So for me personally I see no advantage to the internal hard drive unless you need more than a couple hours recorded without returning to your house to replace the DVD-RW. And even if I need this I just put the recorder on long play.

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Re: I have a non-hard drive unit -RW - beppe61 10:41:49 07/28/05 (4)
Dear Sir,
thank you for your kind and appreciated reply.
As I wrote, I see that the price difference between recorder with HD and without is substantial.
May I ask you what model do you have and how is the quality of the recording in 4 hours recording mode? Still acceptable?
Thank you very much indeed.
Kind regards,
beppe61
- The price difference was pretty substantial. - grantv 14:11:48 07/28/05 (3)
  Trust me, it's a big part of why I "settled" for a non-HD unit. Mine is a Pioneer DVR-320. Personally... I wouldn't buy the Pioneer again. I was never a Pioneer fan before, now I'm less of one (it's my first Pioneer piece of any sort). My 10 year old Sony and 2 or 3 year old Panny standard DVD players have a clearly better picture. I tweaked it a bunch in the settings, but the others still are superior.
  That said, the four hour mode is more than adequote for my needs. I only time-shift so if the picture is worse I wouldn't mind. I've only used the 4 or 6 hour mode a couple times, and although the two hour is noticeably better, it's far better than the same duration recording on a VCR.
  Get one with Chase Play, whatever you do!
  - Re: The price difference was pretty substantial. - beppe61 23:48:19 07/28/05 (2)
    Dear Mr. VanderMye,
    
    thank you very much indeed for your kind and valuable reply.
    Please excuse me but what does "CHASE PLAY" mean? Is it a special recording mode ?
    Anyway thank you very much indeed for your kind reply.
    Kind regards,
    beppe61
    - Chase play allows you to start watching a recording while it's still recording. - grantv 05:56:24 07/29/05 (1)
      You can play, fast forward (obviously only up to current time) etc. This is great if you know you'll be out when a show starts but get home part way through.
      - Re: Chase play allows you to start watching a recording while it's still recording. - beppe61 07:10:31 07/29/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Chase play allows you to start watching a recording while it's still recording. posted by grantv on July 29, 2005 at 05:56:24:
        
        Dear Mr. VanderMye,
        thanks a lot again for your kind help.
        Kind regards,
        beppe61

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