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wlloyd,
OK, let's see how I do -
1. You have a Sansui DVD/VCR Combo Recorder. This is a standalone unit hooked up to your TV.
2. This unit uses regular DVD's purchased at most any store.
3. The DVD's that are used by your unit are most probably DVD+RW's or DVD-RW?s. I make this statement because you speak of re-formatting your DVD's.
4. You also have a PC with a DVD drive.
Now, I'll make some assumptions, if they are incorrect you'll need to correct them by number.
Assumptions -
1. I am going to assume that your Sansui DVD/VCR Combo Recorder can't use just any DVD RW disc. For the sake of trying to solve your problem, let us say that your Combo unit can only use DVD+RW discs.
2. I am going to assume that your PC's DVD Drive is in fact a burner, meaning that you can record on them.
3. I am further going to assume that when you record something on your PC you can use ONLY DVD-R discs.
(Note: at this point all will hold true if the discs in # 1. are DVD-RW discs and the discs in # 2. are DVD+R media)
If the above are accurate then, what would happen is that your PC wouldn't be able to recognize your standalone's disc because the media wouldn't be correct. It would be possible to play a DVD that had been recorded on your standalone because playing can cross that media line but it wouldn't read the blank because it was the wrong type of media.
There is a final possibility - that is, if the DVD's media that you are using in your standalone are extremely cheap. Your PC might not read them. Most PC's are "classy Ladies" and only sit down to lunch serving quality food. No "Fast-food" like the girls on the bad side of town would go for. To test that theory, serve some quality Name Brand media and see if both will eat.
As to your last query, most DVD?s used in PC?s come ?ready to wear?. If it were a previously used RW disc, it would have to be formatted, erased, and cleaned to present a good surface to record on. My assumption about your standalone unit, since it records over and over, it probably re-formats itself as soon as you put it in the unit and press record.
Now, your turn, tell me where I?ve assumed incorrectly or where I?ve misunderstood your question and we?ll narrow it down.
Pete
(I feel like a school kid, wondering if I passed my last math test.)
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