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GuardianAnge1
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 11:13
I'm looking to by the cheapest DVD recorder avaliable. I just want to record the 24 episodes onto dvd so i can send them to my brother. Anyone got any recommendations?

I looked at amazon.co.uk and the cheapest there is for £129. I'm hoping to go a bit cheaper
Echor
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 11:25
Are you looking for a standalone device, or one that fits in your comp?

The latter can be so cheap that you could throw it away after using it :)
GuardianAnge1
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 13:25
Are you looking for a standalone device, or one that fits in your comp?

The latter can be so cheap that you could throw it away after using it :)

forgot the main bit :P its the dvd recorder that hooks up to a TV. Cheeper the better
Vasquez
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 13:28
If you have the right gfx card u can record from TV onto your HDD and then write it to DVD... I think.

If you really need a stand alone one, well ur fucked. They're really expensive.
One Armed Scissor
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 16:34
phillips jackrabbit FTW!!!!111
GuardianAnge1
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 18:22
If you have the right gfx card u can record from TV onto your HDD and then write it to DVD... I think.

If you really need a stand alone one, well ur fucked. They're really expensive.

i have s-video input afaik on this laptop, will that work?

jackrabbit? wtf is that?
One Armed Scissor
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 20:13
dvd player for your TV, and it records off your TV... you can also sue it with your computer, and its only abut £90... last tiem isaw it (a year ago) it was in argos
GuardianAnge1
Tuesday, 8th March 2005, 22:27
give me a link please, i've googled it but only find other ones
One Armed Scissor
Wednesday, 9th March 2005, 15:19
i cant give u a link to a argos catalog
GuardianAnge1
Wednesday, 9th March 2005, 19:39
can you find a link on the web to the product?
One Armed Scissor
Wednesday, 9th March 2005, 21:42
i tryed, failed
Joeskibobs
Friday, 11th March 2005, 10:57
Just a thought,
Couldn't you download the 24 series off DC++ or Torrents (They're definately available)
Then use tMPGenc to convert them to DVD files. Or even DVD Santa if you're a DVD noobzor. Then burn them with your DVD writer, if you don't have one, the cheapest IDE one at www.scan.co.uk is £42.
I think the episodes are about 45 minutes each so you could comfortably fit 4-5 on a single layer DVD-r.
If you're only doing all this to get a series of 24 on DVD then surely this would be the cheapest option.
How much is the series box-set?