Recording in HD... is it possible: Is there a way to do this?
453936
DVD's are not HD resolution. They have always been in 480p only. So you can't record HD programs, at HD res. It will be down scaled. To record in Wide screen. Make sure you have the DVD recorder set into wide screen mode. Or it's gonna record a show in letter box. Also, if the show is in letter box, sides cropped off, at the source. it's gonna record it like that regardless.
1781697
You can patch the HDMI video out of your DVR or the component out of your DVR to the corresponding input of the Intensity Extreme and then record the playback using the capture feature of the Media Express application that comes with it. The Intensity Extreme defaults to recording uncompressed HD which even if your system meets the requirements for that you might want to change the settings to Apple ProRes (if installed) or Apple Intermediate Codec. Once captured you can edit and/or convert the files to whatever video format that you need for playback elsewhere.
71289
Yes its relatively easy with any of these kind of devices. But remember you are always going to be converting HD signals with resolutions of 1920x1080i and 1280x720 to DVD format which is 720x480. There is a more complicated method if you have a blu-ray player. You can convert them to AVCHD and get around 2 hours of full HD on a dual layer DVD+R.
1079614
Sure, you can burn the recordings to BluRay ... however, depending on how your cable company flags the broadcast, its very possible that the burned recordings will only be playable on the PC that made them (premium channels in particular with "high value" content, e.g. HBO HD movies, etc.)
1997442
I believe that the software will check and complain but it will still work. You'll get a list that will show the features that will not work using the slower speed. I think you might lose some higher end HD recording features. You'll also see noticeable lag during playback. You'll probably be able to record in 720p, but not 100% sure.
99521
Yes. You can set the specs you need in Preferences before you start recording.
409486
Yes you can, with a little work. Go to AVSforum and search the DVR+ thread for their testing of a program called "ffmpeg" which converts the original file to a useable format.
1884016
I used it on HD, I think I would use the cheaper one, it will proably work just as well.
289533
I've recorded in NTSC but you can find software that can convert videos to PALVery good quality videos too
235390
I have cable and can record, but the playback on my has been a B---h, can't seem to get the speed of the recording to sync with the speed of the playback. Don't get what the problem is.....haven't figured it out!
1975205
No. You cannot record HD in LP mode. But you can now buy 80 minute tapes. That gives you a bit more capacity per tape, at additional cost.
242825
I don't think that it's vary possible. Because I've read that 1 minute of uncompressed hd video is 10GB of hard disc space. And thats only a minute! So i don't think it's vary possible to record hd video on a mini DV tape or any type of media without compression.
649667
I'm not sure. I did not have mine long enough to try that. If you try it & it does could you tell me? The recorders that I've seen other folks use will record it from a DVR, but it's not 720 or 1080. It's only 480( standard def).
1481755
I have not explored the option but from my installing it, it does not seem possible without an external recording device from the output on the device.
965595
Do you mean could it record with 1920*1080 wide-screen HD movies? That's what it does.
1854768
YES!.....You can DEFINITELY record from the unit's HDD onto a DVD-R.....(and also VICE-VERSA)! You can also record from the unit's HDD onto other formats, such as DVD-RAM, DVD+R.
2018342
Yes but you will need a program that can decode the HD disks. You will need to search the internet for the program.