ladelfina
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My sis needs a camcorder (which, for complicated reasons I won't go in to here) which is easy to use and EXTREMELY QUIET. I am looking at the Sony and JVC HDD recorders.. leaning towards the Sony which is more $ but has a viewfinder and reportedly better imaging indoors/low-light.
She's also like to get a DVD recorder to be able to free up her TiVo and burn DVDs from the stuff in the video camera. Basic model.. she doesn't need the "audio/video home theater" bells and whistles.
I have heard some DVD recorders don't handle widescreen stuff, though.. that might be a deal breaker since they do like widescreen movies that they get on cable.. (they have a regular TV, not a physically wide-screen one or HD one.) I have heard workarounds for this that include "save the file to your hard drive and change the extension, then re-burn a new DVD..." Uhhhh no thanks..
Are there ANY models that are as intutitive to use as a VCR (almost)? She doesn't have time for elaborate editing, effects, menus.. just being able to record and create track markers would do fine. I have seen some models that record to DVD+R in addition to DVD-R and DVD-RW.. any advantage to that?
I know the models are changing in continuation.. even brand recommendations that could steer me in the right direction... anyone? Thanks in advance!!
She's also like to get a DVD recorder to be able to free up her TiVo and burn DVDs from the stuff in the video camera. Basic model.. she doesn't need the "audio/video home theater" bells and whistles.
I have heard some DVD recorders don't handle widescreen stuff, though.. that might be a deal breaker since they do like widescreen movies that they get on cable.. (they have a regular TV, not a physically wide-screen one or HD one.) I have heard workarounds for this that include "save the file to your hard drive and change the extension, then re-burn a new DVD..." Uhhhh no thanks..
Are there ANY models that are as intutitive to use as a VCR (almost)? She doesn't have time for elaborate editing, effects, menus.. just being able to record and create track markers would do fine. I have seen some models that record to DVD+R in addition to DVD-R and DVD-RW.. any advantage to that?
I know the models are changing in continuation.. even brand recommendations that could steer me in the right direction... anyone? Thanks in advance!!