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anyone have either emerson dvd recorder from Walmart and do you like it?
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mcalister
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6. December 2004 @ 14:14 |
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Good job Tom, sorry i'm just a lazy azz sometimes.
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petercdvd
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10. December 2004 @ 20:13 |
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I have the Emerson DVD Recorder from Wal mart, and my problems with it are the disc compatibility issue. It does not work with Imation DVD-R discs. The menus are kind of difficult to navigate. It uses on screen Icons which make no sense cause they look like cartoon characters. Biggest Problem is that all discs created by the machine are Marked as Copyrighted, even discs of my home movies ported in from Video camera. Because they are marked copyrighted, they cannot be copied in my computer for distribution to other family members. I can spend 99.00 for some software that does, this supposedly, but that's kind of breaking the bank after buying this unit for that purpose.
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mcalister
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11. December 2004 @ 11:18 |
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Kinda messed up with Emerson, should have went with Panasonic but we all live and learn.
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billsin04
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14. December 2004 @ 05:28 |
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ok, i have a ton of questions and need answers immediatly.. i am very close to buying the
--Emerson DVD Recorder/VCR Combo EWR20V4.
probably within the next 2 to 3 hours, but need these questions answered first everyones help is greatly appreciated.
1. which brand blank DVDs are best to buy?
2. do i buy DVD-R or DVD-RW?
3. i see DVD+R or DVD+RW, how do they differ from the ones mentioned in question two? which ones are better?
4. can i record to DVD from a television station?
5. can i record to DVD from a VHS?
6. are they any problems?
7. can they easily be fixed?
8. on a scale of 1 to 5 what would you give this unit?
9. how is the quality of the burned DVDs?
10. is setup easy?
11. how is the on screen display?
12. i do not understand the speed ie 1x, 2x, 8x or whatever.. what does that have to do with anything? and what do i have to watch out for when speed variation is involved.
13. is there only a certain speed i can record at?
guys a clear response to these questions would greatly help me. thank you all in advance. if need be i can also be reached at machrking@aol.com and AIM: machrking
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mnbvcxz01
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14. December 2004 @ 06:40 |
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1. which brand blank DVDs are best to buy? Plain DVD-R's off ebay worked for me.
2. do i buy DVD-R or DVD-RW? either
3. i see DVD+R or DVD+RW, how do they differ from the ones mentioned in question two? which ones are better? I have heard + format is more compatible
4. can i record to DVD from a television station? Yes
5. can i record to DVD from a VHS? Yes, unless it's copy protected
6. are they any problems? PIA to learn, lacking in features, and copyrights DVD's
7. can they easily be fixed? dunno
8. on a scale of 1 to 5 what would you give this unit? 2.5
9. how is the quality of the burned DVDs? Good in 1hr mode, quality goes down with ea rec speed
10. is setup easy? OK, manual sucks
11. how is the on screen display? OK, manual sucks
12. i do not understand the speed ie 1x, 2x, 8x or whatever.. what does that have to do with anything? and what do i have to watch out for when speed variation is involved. quality goes down with ea rec speed
13. is there only a certain speed i can record at? quality goes down with ea rec speed
IMHO, Spend another $100 buy a Panasonic
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billsin04
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14. December 2004 @ 06:48 |
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great response.. i can get it for $180 brand new off ebay, i figure you can't go wrong there
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budman28
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14. December 2004 @ 08:20 |
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Hi,
this is a good recorder for the price. Stick with a DVD-R that is not over a 4x dvd. A 8x dvd will not work. I use BeAll, Maxell, and TDK in my recorder. It only burns at 1x , so that is why the 8x disc's will not work. The picture looks great at 2hr and good at 4hr, but after that it looks bad. DVD-R and DVD-RW, Do you want to reuse the DVD'S ? if yes than a dvd-rw is the best, but if you are going to record once on the disc than use dvd-r.
The only thing I don't like about the recorder is that it does not have slow-motion and you can't see the time remaining on the DVD when playing. For the price it is a good recorder, but the cheap price is because it has been stripped of features that the 500 to 600 dollar recorders have.
Budman28
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gsr852
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17. December 2004 @ 18:24 |
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PLease Help! I am getting this unit as a gift for myself and have 2 questions. 1) Aside from price, what are the positive qualities/features this unit has to offer? 2) When recording from vcr to dvd can you pause the unit to take out commercials or is there another way that this can be done? Thank you!!!
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mcalister
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17. December 2004 @ 22:23 |
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Yea Emerson has a great history of quality.
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budman28
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18. December 2004 @ 08:44 |
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Hi gsr852,
Yes, you can pause the dvd while recording. I have just the recorder and not the combo.
qualities/features , are the same as any other recorder, but you can't edit like some higher priced recorders.
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gsr852
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18. December 2004 @ 08:56 |
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Thanks budman28 but since I am new to this your answer raised another question. When you say you can't edit as you would on higher end units what are you referring to?
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budman28
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18. December 2004 @ 14:15 |
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Hi gsr852,
You got me with that one. This is the only recorder I have owned, so I am not sure. I have been told that you can't edit like higher brands, I guess they mean, picture menu and taking out scene's that you don't want before you finalize the disc, joining scene's etc... I just put the title of the movie on the menu. I have been told that editing with dvd-rw is no where near the higher priced brands. I think someone posted something about this at the start of this thread. What are you wanting to use it for? If you are going to just have Movies and home video than I don't think you will need the edit feature's that this one does not have. Let me know if this helped.
Budman28
P.S. Check out the 5th post from dvdmate
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gsr852
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19. December 2004 @ 07:03 |
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Thanks again Budman28. I appreciate the help. I guess when I get the unit this week I will see for myself. It says in all the info I have read about it that you can edit so, I guess I will see just what exactly can be done. I have to say it is strange that reading the comments on this site that some people say it is great for the money in one breath yet say it is not the greatest overall, very confusing.I put one more question out there for anyone who might know. In the past I have burned video files downloaded from the net onto a cd-r and played them on my home dvd player. There are some video files though that the copying software says won't be able to be played on a home unit.Are there any freeware programs that can convert any video file type into a format that can be played on the home dvd player??? Thanks
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blockisle
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24. December 2004 @ 17:19 |
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What is a video stabilizer,what will it do with protect or copyrighed dvds or vcr tapes, and whats a good one to use?
"Route #2, record your copyguarded vhs in vcr1 to a blank vhs tape in vcr2. Make sure you have a video stabilizer connected to these vcrs. Take your newly recorded tape out and put it in your vcr to record onto dvd, and woola the copy protection is gone and you have a new dvd. I know this is a lot of work and hassle but it's the only way I know but it always worked for me."
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mcalister
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24. December 2004 @ 18:04 |
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www.stardevelopment.com is a good source for video stabizers/copy guard eliminators.
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suziq_nc
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27. December 2004 @ 19:17 |
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I got the Emerson DVD Recorder for Christmas. So far, I am NOT impressed. After a couple of tries to get the right DVDs, I think I am all set there. My question is, has anyone figured out a way of hooking up this POS to be able to copy a dvd? We've tried hooking the dvd player up to the tv input, and the recorder to the tv output, but that hasn't worked. I have a VCR too, that we can throw in the mix if necessary. Very tempted to take this thing back and just forget it.
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budman28
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28. December 2004 @ 12:00 |
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Hi suziq_nc ,
I had some problems hooking the recorder up also. Do you have a cable box? That is what caused my problems. You should run the cable into the in on the recorder and out of the recorder to the TV and run your RCA outs to the TV, "for the display to work on the TV screen", or in my case RF Mod. and run what you want to record, DVD or VHS player out to in on the back or front of the recorder. Should work, If you have a cable box it is diffrent. Let me know if this helps. Also I stick with BeAll, Maxell, and TDK for this recorder and nothing over 4x.
Good luck,
Chris Budman28
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gsr852
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30. December 2004 @ 19:28 |
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I just returned the Emerson yesterday and purchased the Sanyo DRW1000, WHAT A DIFFERENCE. I am so pleased with this unit in EVERY way possible! One thing though, anyone reading this thread know why when I am recoding a previously recorded 2hr tv show, from vhs to dvd, though I should get 2hrs of record time on the SP setting I am only getting 1hr 56min of record time? It is really frustrating.
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ECW
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1. January 2005 @ 14:57 |
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Hi all. Just got the Emerson DVD Recorder model # EWR10D4 at Wal-mart. I need help getting the DVD's I recorded on the Emerson to be able to play on other players and on my PC. I have recorded using DVD-RW. It plays fine on the Emerson but when I put it in my PC, it says "Unreadable or Corrupted Data". When I put it in my Apex it says "Bad Disc". I need to be able to play these discs on other players. Can someone please help? TIA
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nvalket
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2. January 2005 @ 17:51 |
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got the emerson dvd recorder for christmas also and i cannot connect it...i am using a digital cable box and a vcr.I also wanted to ask what dvd's i should use i bought maxell dvd+r's is that compatible with this recorder...any help would be appreciated!
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budman28
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3. January 2005 @ 07:59 |
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Hi nvalket ,
I also had that problem, just have to hook it up in diffrent ways until it works.
Do you have your cable box hooked up to your VCR so you can record the channel from the cable box and watch the regular channels on your TV? That is how I have mine. Let me know and I can see how I have mine hooked up. May send you a PM. when you try and hook it up does it make a loud noise and the picture on the TV looks terrible?
Also, I think there is a post in here where someone was having problems with playing DVD'S ,"recorded in this recorder", in their computer, something about, check out petercdvd post ECW.
Budman28
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budman28
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3. January 2005 @ 08:02 |
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nvalket,
You have to use -r dvd's. I buy Maxell 4x with the yellow label and BeAll and TDK. Nothing in 8x will work.
Budman28
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nvalket
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3. January 2005 @ 09:40 |
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thanks for the help...i bought dvd+r's so i'll have to return them cause i didn't open them.I have my vcr connected so that i can record the channel i'm watching i just can't seem to figure out how to get a dvd to play because it won't show up on the screen.
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budman28
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3. January 2005 @ 13:47 |
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Hi,
RCA's out to the T.V. should work.
Budman
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maximara
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25. January 2005 @ 07:55 |
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I find it interesting that the Emerson recorder does not
support DVD-R 2.0 disks when in its manual it says it
does (pg 27) Has anyone been able to press Emerson on
this major mess up an why the speed of said DVD-R
disks is left out of the documentation?
I found that anything over 4 hr speed the video turned
really bad; bad enough that the higher speeds are
useless.
Other than those points I fine it very usefull of the
purpose I got it for - salvaging my rapid decaying
(mostly made in 1994-6) VHS collection.
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