One piece of advice for the future DVD Recorder buyer....

[Khephra]

Make sure your frigging tv can accept a/v plugs and not just cable jacks. Either that or have an adapter handy.

That was the only trouble I was having with my new recorder. I found out about an adapter quite by accident, and now it's working just great after a night's suckfest of not working.

:grr:

[BlueEyedSon]

1. You can usually sneak it in thru the VCR

VCR's usually have A/V in.

[Khephra]

2. Not with all DVD players/recorders

They're really trying to prevent copyright piracy these days. :grr:

Believe me, I tried that method several times and ways last night.

Now plugging a vcr into the DVD recorder is ok.... :shrug: Just can't tape those dvds onto lesser quality tape :shrug: whatever...

[Ernesto]

7. Hmmmmmm. My 15 yr old just did it last week

so I could bootleg a copy of Matewan. (shame on me). Don't ask me how he did it though, he's my "techy boy".

[Kellanved]

8. it's possible

DVDs (the player actually) have a copy-protection named Macrovision. It includes errors into the video signal that make it impossible for VCR's to track properly.
This can be circumvented; for example either with an old VCR (w/o automatic tracking) or a DVD player with Macrovision disabled (often possible with "secret" codes).

[izzie]

3. Dvd drives me nuts. One the thing comes on I am done.

I never hit the right key to play the thing.

[ajacobson]

4. Ooooh

does that mean I HAVE to get a new TV, too?

Oh Yeah.

:9

[Khephra]

5. Nah, just a radio shack adapter

But of course they don't warn you about that on the box or in the instructions. The instructions look like a normal vcr-ish setup, but the thing is you have to hook up ALL the wires, not just some of them like you see in vcr instructions. So you're screwed if you don't have the right tv or adapter.

[commander bunnypants]

6. About 30 simolians

DDQM