Do you need tapes for this? If so, what kind?
258506
No tape is required. It has 2gb internal memory. That is about 200 hours of recording.
258507
Not at all. This is all digital. Just turn it on, and start recording. Best little digital recorder I have ever had.
880944
I have to agree with what Eric said, I've done tape player recordings and they came out pretty good. I have a tape player that I plugged into the Sound Card, I tweaked the recording adjustments and it came out great. You can do so much with the card, I'm just a tinkerer and it was easy to use. I mostly use my card for playing music, gaming and chatting on-line.
1503453
You can use an old fashioned video cassette recorder, if you still have one, or you could use a digital video recorder.
2212252
it did come with a tape.. it might not be like too much but it is enough, i still have mine going :)
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.
1664230
Sorry, but the answer is no, but if you have a blank tape you can record a disk on your tape.
1794065
Check this out: Magnavox MDR557H/F7 1Terabyte Hard Disc Drive Digital Video Disc Recorder I connected an old vhs player and copied my tapes onto the drive. I could edit them, etc. and then transfer them to DVDs. It is great to have for every day use. You would love it!! You can record tv etc.
1884200
This does not have a built-in speaker. You can listen to the tape through the computer or with earphones.
712424
Yes, you can record from a cassette or I would imagine you can also record from CD. My machine is new enough, I haven't done that yet. I also use the variable speed feature to slow down music for teaching dance.
235391
Yes you can. I have this unit and Verizon cable. I record tapes of TV programs on cable all the time. Also I can record tapes from DVDs in this unit . No external DVD player needed.
397391
Yes, the model I have allows cassette recordings. That was the reason I purchased the unit.
2030775
I have not done it with this machine yet. I have done it before with an older machine. I have not checked the quality of doing two tapes on one dvd yet. I will give it a try and let you know though.
1019253
It uses the tapes. Quality is quite good and you can use standard editing software to make movies
1705900
The easiest way would be to play the conversations from the tape while recording in a digital recorder with upload capability. After uploading you can burn to CD's.
1972722
Yes, it comes with a starter tape. So many tapes can be used, search 'brother tape'.
983731
I do not store them and it does not appear to be ideally built for VHS format. You could do it but it would be space inefficient.
1405620
What about video tapes? If I attach a VCR, can I transfer my old VHS recordings onto a DVD using this DVR Recorder?