New LG DVD Recorder Does It All...
Monday April 11, 2005
Consumers that are thoroughly confused about DVD recording formats, may finally have an answer to their concerns as LG announces their new RCS-7700 Multi-format DVD recorder. The RCS-7700 records in all currently available DVD formats: DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R DL, and DVD-RAM. Although other manufacturers market DVD recorders that can record in several of these formats, the LG RCS-7700 is the only one announced that can record in ALL of them. This new DVD recorder is expected to become available in the Middle East shortly. It is hoped that distribution in other world markets will follow soon after. For more details on additional features of the RCS-7700 (including a photo of the unit), check out the report from AME Info.
Comments
its dosnt do everything. i tranfered my old video to dvd. it wont rerecord !!! says copy write !!! cannot record !!! how come eh ??
Is there a device on the market that allows me to record dvd’s on to a hard drive then offers programming for playback, sort of like an IPOD for movies?
ANSWER:
If you are talking about DVDs that you have recorded yourself (camcorder
videos, non-copy-protected TV or cable broadcasts) – you can simply transfer
those to a DVD recorder’s hard drive or your PC’s hard drive (with the
appropriate software) and view the video across your home network or put the
video on your iPod or other portable video playback device (once again, you
have to have the appropriate software applications).
On the other hand, if you are referring to Commercial DVDs – due to
copy-protectcion, you can’t transfer the DVDs to a DVD recorder hard drive
or PC for viewing across a network or transfer to a portable video playback
device, but there are two other options:
1. Option #1 – There are some newer DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases that
contain a extra disc that includes a Digital Copy of the movie that can be
transferred to your PC and then played across your home network or copied to
a portable video playback device. It must be noted that in the case of
Blu-ray, the Digital Copy is a standard definition copy of the film, not the
high definition version.
For more information on Digital Copy and how it works, check out the
following links from FOX Home Entertainment and Disney:
http://www.foxdigitalcopy.com/
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/disneyfile/textonly.html
Here is also a more general explanation posted on Wikipedia (the post is
accurate):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Copy
2. Another option is to get a Video Server. This is a VERY EXPENSIVE
option – but what this type of option allows you to do is to copy your
entire DVD collection onto a server hard drive – once the DVD or DVDs are
loaded (or music CDs), you can play your DVD content across your home
network using additional satellite “players” and, depending on the system
options, you can also tranfer video content to a portable video playback
device for traveling. Such a system for Blu-ray discs is forthcoming.
For two examples of this type of system:
http://www.kaleidescape.com/
http://www.escient.com/products/vs100200.html
In addition to the above options, Sony also makes a Blu-ray Disc server (can
also be used for DVDs) which actually holds up to 200 discs and allows you
to play back the discs across a home network:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665231960
Let me know if this info helps.
Robert Silva
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