which DVD Ram recorder for 100-200

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Oakesy2001uk

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which DVD Ram recorder for 100-200
Would rather spend less, but will spend more for bang per buck. Wand a good quality player and it to read/record RAM Disk's(as they sound pretty cool). And an optical out for my surround sound.
Answers on a postcard please....

Cheers guys.
 
Dont use ram, trust me, use rws instead. Ram disks hardly work on anything, including just about all computers and they dont last as long.
 
Ram discs work great for me.

You get timeslip function on mine using ram discs which can be very useful (Panasonic dmr-es10)

Its true not all pc drives will read ram discs, but mine will and its easy enough to check if you need that kind of functionality.
 
I only want it for the TV pausing and stff like that, I also only watch films in my room anyway so compatability isnt really an issue. dmres10 then? I dont need freeview cant get a signal just want it for recording my sky.

was looking at a Samsung DVDR119 for 120 quid am I better spending more?
 
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DVD-RAM is far superior to conventional recordable media.

Primarily because the start-up times (from inserting disc and being able to record) are reduced from minutes to seconds.

There's also the option of being able to edit titles on the disc, delete/create new chapters/titles etc

As well as that you can record and playback content from the disc at the same time.
 
norm said:
DVD-RAM is far superior to conventional recordable media.

Primarily because the start-up times (from inserting disc and being able to record) are reduced from minutes to seconds.

There's also the option of being able to edit titles on the disc, delete/create new chapters/titles etc

As well as that you can record and playback content from the disc at the same time.
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Err it doesnt take minutes to start recording with dvd-rw just a few seconds and you can add and edit titles and chapters and the disks last a lot longer.
 
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A DVD-RW disc has to be formatted before you can first use it.

As for your DVD-RW media lasts longer comment. Complete and utter nonsense.

Infact DVD-RW media is rated at 1000 rewrite cycles and DVD-RAM 100,000.
 
norm said:
A DVD-RW disc has to be formatted before you can first use it.

As for your DVD-RW media lasts longer comment. Complete and utter nonsense.

Infact DVD-RW media is rated at 1000 rewrite cycles and DVD-RAM 100,000.
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The amount of time before the disk degrades not write cycles. A dvd-rw only needs formatting once anyway.

DVD-RAM has a minimum lifespan of 30 years while a dvd-rw disks lasts well over 100, if for example you had recorded footage of your children when they were little and watched it in say 50 years time, it might have become corrupted, though there are many other situations where you would want longetivity.
 
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I suppose they've tested this 100 year lifespan of the DVD-RW disc then?

The very fact a DVD-RW disc can only handle 1000 rewrites indicates it is more volatile.
 
DVD-RAM = The BEST format for doing your own personal recordings.

DVD-RW = Ideal if you want to lend recordings to friends or watch them on another DVD player in another room.

DVD-R = Ideal for one off's like archiving videos or camcorder footage.

Therefore I would get....

Panasonic ES10

or

Panasonic ES20 (same machine as the ES10 but this has built in freeview decoder)
 
Tesla said:
DVD-RAM = The BEST format for doing your own personal recordings.

DVD-RW = Ideal if you want to lend recordings to friends or watch them on another DVD player in another room.

DVD-R = Ideal for one off's like archiving videos or camcorder footage.
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Don't forget the most ideal format for lending to friends and using on the other DVD players in the house -

DVD+RW

A DVD+RW is always finalised when wrote to, so you can record to it and just put it into another player, re-record without initializing and so on.
I used to have Philips machines and this format was ideal but I now have two Pioneer DVR530H's which are amazing but don't record to +RW.
The new one in the summer will do though and I'm already saving up.

If you can afford another £50 then look for a Pioneer DVR433H and I will guarantee you will not be disappointed. You can record to the HD and do excellent editing and then write to a DVD-R for safekeeping.
You will be able to watch a DVD while recording to the HD
Watch the HD while recording DVD
Watch HD while recording something else to the HD
Create DVD's with menus etc

buy it.
 
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