recording mode question: If your tape is not full- can you stop the recording and change to another tape to finish dvd burn?
1968933
Yes, you can. There are 2 ways. If you want to keep going with the same title, then while the DVD is burning/recording, push the record button (surrounded by a red circle). This plays the burner into a pause state (the red circle will slowly flash). You then have 2 minutes to change tapes. Then just push the record button again. The other way is to simply push the stop button. This stops the current title. Until you finalize the DVD, you can use this method until the DVD fills up. Just put in a new tape and press record to start the next title.
657013
Yes you can. As long as the tape isn't copy protected or the tab on the tape is intact. I did this with family videotapes and it worked very well.
1178549
You can record and re-record MiniDV tapes, but each time you record, the quality decreases. Professionals (and semi-professionals) never re-record because of this, but it is certainly possible.
1696382
Alex, This is not an issue relating to the disk, but rather the hardware/software you are using to record the show. Most recording devices allow for a disk to remain "open" after recording and "finalized" at some later point. That being the case, you should be able to do what you want to do for multiple recordings. For example, I am using a dual VCR/DVD machine to copy my personal VCR tapes, and my system allows me to put multiple tapes on one DVD before finalizing it.
790856
Not to record, no. Unless I missed it somewhere. You get a new file whenever you start and stop recording.
1989638
When recording anything more than a 5-10 minutes, I need to let it "warm up" by first recording some throw-away content for about one to two times the length of time of what I ultimately need to record. But after it is warmed up, it is fine indefinitely (or until I run out of disk space).
1664230
Sorry, but the answer is no, but if you have a blank tape you can record a disk on your tape.
643732
I have had many DVD recorders and players and have never had a problem playing them back on a different machine. If Finalizing is an option under Disk Management, then you do need to finalize before removing it from the recording device.
888242
The disk has to be finalized after you finish recording on it. Then it can be played on other DVD players. The recorder will prompt you to finalize the disk, which can be done in 3 simple steps and takes a few minutes.
1083000
it can do both, it will overwrite existing videos if you want it to or just stop recording till its cleared.
1779
According to the instruction manual (page 7), it appears that you have to record until the memory is full. Hitting the record button after that point will delete all content and start recording anew.
657012
I haven't tried it but according to the instruction manual as long as the dvd or cassette tape is not copy protected you can do it. Also you can''t do it if the erase-protection tab on the cassette tape has been removed.
678265
You can record with either the vcr or the dvd mode and you can record your vcr tapes onto dvd discs.. For months, I was using it for only vcr recording, and then decided to catch up with the times and bought some dvd-rw dics. I love the dvd recording now that I'm using it. The only down side, that I see is that you have to re-format the dvd discs before recording again and it takes a while to initialize when you insert the disc in the machine.
1401072
Sorry, don't really know. I have a JVC recorder to change tapes to dvd and I used two of them and does not work.
2065230
We were excited to transfer home video (VHS) to DVD. However, the dubbing stops everytime there is a break when the tape goes from one subject to the next. Sometimes there is static on the VHS where we linked tapings together on one VHS or a few blank seconds. The only thing that has worked is to reset the dubbing every few minutes when it stops dubbing, but that's a lot of time and work. We have to sit there and "babysit" the tape. Is there any way around this that we can put the tape and DVD in and have it dub from beginning to end????
255758
You can set it to overwrite existing video files or set it to stop recording once the SD card is full
2030778
you have 12 hours on your DVD. Run the first tape. Put it in pause, insert the second tape and continue recording.