Text 60242, 71 rader
Skriven 2010-03-10 10:25:55 av Jean Parrot (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 60239 av August Abolins (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: My  Sony RDR HX780.
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August wrote:

 AA> See???  I told you to not bother with used equips and just get a new one
 AA> that would have a warranty and that you could return to a local shop if
 AA> there was a problem.

	You know, I never listened to my mother even !

 AA> The RDR HX780 ($349 @BestBuy) sounds like a very capable machine.  Plays
 AA> Blu-ray discs too.   It features a "digital jukebox" and a "digital
 AA> photoalbum" where you can keep music and photo files organized for
 AA> burning to dvd later.    Mine has the ability to store pics and music in
 AA> folders, but I can't burn those files to disc.

	So you had a look at the specs. So far, I am happy with it. A steep learning
process, takes a lot of RTFM specially with the new terminology. Wikipedia
helps a lot.  This burner was an "Open-Box" at $289.00. Whoever had turned it
back in really had it all messed up. Locked-in TV channels ! I found a Reset
sequence and it seems to have saved the day.

 JP>> On thing that I have not clear in my mind is the difference
 JP>> between a VR or a Video type in the formatting of a DVD, and
 JP>> in its use too.

	I think now, as of yesterday, that I got a high hand on it. One problem is
that the HDD is set to VR and when I try to dubb from it to a video DVD, it
changes the mode from Video to VR. So far, I have only been able to play Video
mode on the many computors around here. To resolve this, I have been copying
straight from the 8mm Camescope to a DVD in Video mode, I experimented a lot
with a -RW as it could be a face saver.

 AA> The formatting or initialization should be automatic.  There should be
 AA> no need to worry about video mode types.  On my LG recorder, RW discs
 AA> don't format, they just "initialize".  Other DVD discs (+R -R) go
 AA> through a format when prompted for it.

	Not the case here, August, but might more than likely be a faux-pas on my
part. I confess to not be an expert on this. As per above, the fact that the
HDD is stick on VR and my many machines here will only read Video DVDs, I am
stuck, until I find otherwise, with the direct to DVD burns.

 AA> I keep my recorder on SP.  That leaves me with about 68 hrs of recording
 AA> time.

	Funny, my machine also says 68 hrs with a twice as large HDD ??? On SP too !

 JP>> Getting these 8mm video home films edited is a lot of work
 JP>> over a long time, 3 hours minimum at a shot. I like the fast
 JP>> burn, 10 minutes at the most.

	I have this down to close to 1.5 hour now, the 3 hours was considering the
burn to the HDD and then to a DVD, as I go direct to a DVD it saves 1/2 the
time.

 AA> Good to hear that your 8mm transfers are going well.  My machine does
 AA> fast burns too.  It will burn 2hrs of material between 10 to 15 minutes.
 AA>  That's about 10x or 12x speed.  Many inexpensive DVD burners for
 AA> computers don't achieve that speed yet.

	I used the Speed burn too at the start but somehow it did not work out. I made
a few coasters so far, this is why I resorted to a -RW. I must have read the
full manual 10x already. It is in Chinkspeak ! Maybe I should refer to the
French manual. ;-)

	We have here some 8mm dating back 20 years, they will be so much more
available when on DVDs than having to pull out the camescope with its harness
of coupling wires and setting the TV to see them. The Wormy upstairs is very
happy with this new setup, she can in a simple way, see these memories.

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