On a non HDD dvd recorder from a DVR source ? Just push the skip ahead 30 second button on the dvr a couple times or pause the recorder or what would you experienced guys suggest ? Thx for any info.
FIRST ATTEMPT so I would like to be successful.

Bill

Pause the recording cuz skipping the source will show up in the edited/recorded DVD copy.

Sweet

I agree, use the pause, unless you like the screens showing the skipping/slipping commercials. For me, the finished product is definitely better without that stuff.

If you want a very finished looking DVD, the best way is to use a program like TMPGEnc DVD Author3 and edit out the commercials on your computer plus add a nice looking menu rather than the bland ones most recorders generate.
-Bill

Pause the DVDR recording as quickly as you can at the start of a commercial. Then, skip or FF the DVR to the first frame of the next segment of the program, and pause it there. Unpause the DVDR, then unpause the DVR. That way, you won't lose any of the program, but you will probably still have a couple of frames of commercial, and a couple of still frames when the program restarts. That's the best you can do, without a HDD, or using a computer to edit.

Yea definetly just pause. I just got a D-R410 and was surprised at how it starts and stops recording the instant you hit pause. With VCRs, it would usually take a second or two because it was a mechanical mechanism. Not so with digital/DVD!:D Very easy to edit out commercials with any model DVD recorder.