Are the terms DVD RECORDER.DVR,PVR,DVD RECORDER WITH HARD
DRIVE interchangeable? I am old school(open reel tape
recorder old) and I am looking for a machine that is as
easy to use as a VCR(remember them?), with tv tuner, preferably
with HDD(storage space is not too important). What IS
important is that the unit uses different types of discs(+/-,
r. r/w, 1/2 layerd, 1/2 sided) in some combination. Also
it MUST be able to record a MACROVISION encoded disc as
sent to it by my dvd player, OR my computer which can
play BOTH CP and NON CP discs. The copying process should
be no more difficult than useing 2 vcrs as I do often.
If my DREAM machine does not exist, than I will just bag
the whole idea and stay with tape! I can*t tell the difference
in quality anyway! For me the basic avantage to disc is
the inherint convieniance of editing before final copying
to disc, nothing more. I would use 2 non hdd machines
with tv tuner just as I would use 1 hdd machine. The results
are the same albeit a little less convienent with the
former. Why does this new technology have to be so confuseing
and difficult? What happened to the days when you coul
buy a product, look at it for 2 minuits, and operate it?
Without haveing to spend 2 weeks reading an endless owners
manual that might have been written in LATIN or GREEK?
Remember them?