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Offline SFRT - Frenchy

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« on: May 25, 2005, 02:59:05 PM »
They used my car in CMT Homecoming: Toby Keith In Oklahoma . My folks in  France wanted to look at the show, but I don't have the capability to save TV on DVD. Any help would be appreciated:)

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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005, 03:40:08 PM »
WalMart sells a DVD recorder/copier. It costs about $300.
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005, 03:55:57 PM »
I have a panasonic dvd recorder. They are not that expencive anymore but I'm not gonna speculate about what they cost were you live. Rpm's price looks right for an entry level recorder (like mine)

Makes excellent recordings @ 2hours per DVD and ok recordings in 4 hour mode.
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2005, 03:56:09 PM »
Since it's on TV... you lose no quality with a VCR tape.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2005, 03:57:23 PM »
Prolly right Wolfe, but DVD's should be cheaper and safer to send.
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2005, 04:05:29 PM »
*whispers* I'm not sure they have the DVD technology in France yet... maybe you can try the Minitel? ;)
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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2005, 04:27:30 PM »
Regardless, isn't the coding different between US and European DVDs, or is it only in the UK?
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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2005, 04:29:43 PM »
America uses PAL and europe uses NTSC.. or is it the other way around? Never could remember that.

-edit- America etc uses NTSC and europe etc uses PAL

http://www.alkenmrs.com/video/standards.html
« Last Edit: May 25, 2005, 04:31:44 PM by Nilsen »
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2005, 05:27:23 PM »
If you have a video input on your PC you can hook your PC up to it.  DVDR's are fairly cheap now a days.  That's the rout I'd take verses getting a stand alone recorder.  

If it's not that long of a show you can even burn it onto a CDR in VCD format.  That plays in MOST DVD players...not all though.

OR you can encode it into a smaller AVI format AND if they have the Intardnet in France then you can email it to them OR do a file transfer type thingy.

For $300 you can almost fly them FROM france to here and they can watch it on your couch.
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2005, 06:26:35 PM »
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For $300 you can almost fly them FROM france to here and they can watch it on your couch.


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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2005, 10:22:51 PM »
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
They used my car in CMT Homecoming: Toby Keith In Oklahoma . My folks in  France wanted to look at the show, but I don't have the capability to save TV on DVD. Any help would be appreciated:)

Homecoming Show times


I watched that show two times.
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Offline SFRT - Frenchy

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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2005, 01:19:00 AM »
I'm the one stopping at the red light, turning his head. Also the one going thru it burniong rubber:D
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2005, 01:22:08 AM »
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
I'm the one stopping at the red light, turning his head. Also the one going thru it burniong rubber:D


Frenchy, I made a point to watch it again tonight to find your car, but I guess each time I have seen it, I have missed the begining.

Are you in the begining? I suspect you are, because I have seen it three times, but always after it had started.
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2005, 02:45:30 AM »
"Since it's on TV... you lose no quality with a VCR tape.
-SW"

Wrong, VCR only records every other frame, that's why some porn movies you get   are pretty poor quality, every time someoone records from it, it gets worse.

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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2005, 03:41:49 AM »
DVD recorders are way down in price. When first introduced here, the Phillips one sold for £900. Last year I bought a 32" Panasonic widescreen TV - £750, and the DVR was included in the price. It uses Panasonic DVDRAM discs, but these cannot be read by all players, so if I record a TV programme, I can't play it back on any old player - only those than can read DVDRAM format.

As Nilsen says, the quality is excellent at 2 hrs/DVD (Standard), but I find it's just as good on Long Play - 4 hrs. So I've set default to LP.

Don't worry about all that NTSC/PAL compatibility crap. DVDs have one of about 6 region formats. Region 1 is N America (NTSC equivalent), Region 2 is Europe (PAL equivalent). Asia uses some of the others. But - it's easy peasy to convert your DVD player to multi region. I did mine using a handheld infrared transmitter. For details, go here: http://www.dvdchips.co.uk/
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