WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF A HDD INSIDE A DVD RECORDER?
One of the big drawbacks of DVDR is capacity. All re-writeable DVDRs have a capacity of 4.7GB which translates into about 2 hours of high quality recording. Thus if you feel you’re likely to exceed this regularly then consider a HDD/DVDR combi – especially if you have a TV/screen that enables you to appreciate the high quality mode. However the core benefit of HDD/DVDR combi machines has nothing to do with capacity. The ‘problem’ with a non-HDD DVD recorder is that you can either make compatible recordings that play on other DVD players OR you can edit, re-arrange clips and enjoy simultaneous record/playback – you can’t do both. The reason for this has already been described above – the DVD-Video format (which is the file format DVD players understand) cannot support such actions. Accordingly a different file format VR (Video Recording) mode has to be used. Now the benefit of a HDD/DVDR combi is that you record onto the HDD in ‘VR’ mode where you can edit/rearrange as required and then
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