$96.88 Magnavox MSR90D6 multi-format DVD recorder at Sams Club... - Page 5

Grateful11, Yep you can keep adding programs on until the disc is filled up or you finalized the disc.

The Magnavox models at Sam's Club & Wal-Mart are both made by Funai not Philips/Magnavox.

Both Owners Manuals can be found here www.funai-corp.com

I've downloaded both of them & I can't find ANY difference between the two manuals except the model numbers.

Sam's Club Model MSR90D6
Wal-Mart's Model MWR10D6

I'M JUST GUESSING BUT I THINK IT'S:
M= Magnavox
S= Sam's Club
W= Wal-Mart
R = Recorder
Number = Model?
D = Discount (For Discount Store? or Digital?)
6 = Model Year (2006)

Heh. Just 'cause DVD-RAM is "old technology" doesn't mean it doesn't have use. For making repeated recordings of stuff that's to be played back in that player, DVD-RAM is FAR more reliable, and offers more features than any of the DVD recordable formats. I keep a Panasonic ES15 around for this very reason.

Chill Dude I didn't say it was useless techology, just wondering why it was still around, you just don't hear much about it anymore.

The main reason it is still around is Panasonic continuing to support it, but not supporting it enough to become mainstream.

DVD players made by anyone other than Panasonic seem to ignore DVD-RAM playback.

However a number of non-Panasonic DVD recorders support DVD-RAM. Most notably Pioneer added support for DVD-RAM in their 2006 models, but on the other hand JVC did not include it in their two low-end 2006 models.

As you probably know, you can not record in high def on these recorders as they are limited to about 500+ lines of resolution. so a component input is not necessary. Most DVD recorders including this Magnavox do not have Component inputs. The S-video input will send as good a signal as you can record. On the other hand, the Component output will allow you to play your DVDs in progressive scan where s-video and composite outputs will not. I use s-video in and component out on both my DVD recorders and the picture quality is excellent in 1 and 2 hour mode. When you record from a high def source and play it back, you get a stretched letterbox display. I stretch it vertically to get a "normal" picture.

I appreciate the positive feedback on the posts. The recorder continues to work perfectly.

With the RAM stuff settled let's get back to the Recorder. What's the best and most beneficial way for me to hook it up? Here's what I got: SA 8300HD Cable Box, Sony 50A10 LCD RP. How can I get the most out of it? Right now I'm thinking mainly recording stuff with the DVR and when it's starting to get full I'll dump some stuff onto DVD's. Sometimes there's just not enough time to look at everything and I just want to be able to look at it on rainy weekends or what have you. Sorry all the lame questions.

edster922,
The 5005 does not have FR mode.

Golfster, really appreciate your response again. I'm looking for this particular model which is VCR/DVD recorder combo which has both Component video in and out on the back. Check out the ebay item link, in the picture below shows both the connections on the back of DVD recorder.

http://cgi.*********/MAGNAVOX-MRV700...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.*********/MAGNAVOX-MRV700...QQcmdZViewItem, this is the link Golfster

Oops seems like truncating the link. May be this one would work.

http://www.cal-york.com/images/MRV700back.jpg

vicky1377, Is the Mag. Combo a new model or old model?

And if it's made for Magnavox by Philips it probably is a completely different animal than the Magnavox's made by Funai.

Not sure if it's made by Funai or Philips. Which one is better? Magnavox MRV700VR is the model number from Magnavox. When I google it, it says it has only one Component Video Output and no Component video input. When I check it on ebay from some of the retailers, in the picture it clearly shows that it has one coMPonent video input and one output. How is Sylvania VCR dvd recorder combo? I used it for couple of days to try out. It was pretty good but only records on DVD-R, -RW but plays back all the formats. I only tried DVD-R, can tell you that it was really good. I connected Dish DVR 942 to DVD recorder via composite since dish dvr didn't have S-Video (dvr is connected to TV via hdmi) and even though dish dvr had available Component out but DVD player didn't. So connected DVD recorder to TV via Component video out. Dubbed some tapes too, they looked just great. I was just trying out, didn't know if wanted to keep it.

- Vic

vicky1377

Remember, this thread is only referring to this particular Magnavox model. You can not generalize on other models. Here is some info I found on the mopdel you refer to.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Philips_Magn...-31404415.html

Does anyone know how to eliminate the "Empty Title" on a finalized DVD+/-R?

I'm not a fan of extended warranties but did anyone pop for one on this unit since it was only $15
for 3 years? Actually I didn't think about and the guy didn't offer it to me so I didn't even think
about until I got home.

Things like this tend to either die of infant mortality within the 30-day retailer-return period or not at all; I usually never pay for extended warranties, and have come out OK.

I have a question about editing out commercials. I want to record some shows I have recorded on my Directv DVR. The shows a half hour shows which can probably be edited down to 20 minutes by editing out commercial, credits, etc.

From reading posts I see I don't want to go over the 3 hour mark since video quality will suffer which would limit me to 6 shows but if I were able to edit them down to 20 minutes each I could get 9 shows on a disc (not to mention the benefit of no commercials). Is this possible?

Can I record the shows and edit out the commercials or are they always there (taking up disc space) but hidden by deleted chapter marks, etc? How about recording and editing out the commercials by pausing the DVD recorder or fast forwarding through the commercials using the DVR 30 second skip feature?

No problem on any HDD/DVD Recorder that I'm aware of. Record to HDD first, edit that content, burn the result to DVD. I do it all the time on both my Panasonic DMR-E85H and my Pioneer DVR-633H.

I finally got it hooked up today. Came out of the Video and Audio out of my SA8300HD STB and recorded 2 DVD's. The first was a TDK DVD-R 8x which I have no probably burning with my Mac and playing them back anywhere. Well I burned an Hour and half show at 2hr mode, then hit stop and it said "finish writing to disc", well it hung up at 60% and sat there for over a half an hour. I couldn't get to stop, eject or anything so I "yanked it, the cord, like I was startin' a mower". Plugged the unit back in and it successfully repaired the disc and it played fine, I even added another 10 show from DIY , finalized it, it played fine in the Magnavox and my old Apex but would never finish loading in my Pioneer DVD Changer. I burned another disc a Maxell DVD-R 8x an hour and half show. This burned fine, took it about 5 minutes to finish writing, I finalized it, that took a few minutes and it played fine in the Magnavox but no go once again in the Pioneer 5 disc changer. Both discs play fine in either of my Macs so I'm at a loss as what the problem would be other than trying a DVD+R Disc, I think I have 1 Imation branded one. Any suggestions? Keep in mind this is my first DVD Recorder.
Thanks

Video Challenged, If your talking about the Magnavox from what golfster has reported (Look for his report on page 2 or 3 here) you can cut "Delete" the commercials from -RW & +RW discs by making each commercial a "Title" & then you delete the "Title" & that erases the commercial from the disc.

For -R & +R discs you can only "Hide" the commercials on playback & hiding them only works when playing the disc back on the Magnavox recorder.

As far as watching a program & "Pausing" the recording to cut commercials out "ALL" dvd recorders let you do this & it works the same way that a VCR works using the "Pause" Button to cut a commercial out & this is the only way that you are able to cut commercials out of a -R or +R disc unless you have a recorder with a Hard Disk Drive in it where you cut the commercials out on the HDD & then dub it to a -R or +R disc.

And Yes you can use the Commercial Skip Button that's on the remote to fast forward through commercials that you din't "Hide" or "Delete."

How is this Mag. unit playing back commercial DVD's and scratched discs?

Funny, if you look back at one of my first posts on this recorder, mine did exactly the same thing on the first recording. I figured I stopped the recording too soon and confused it. Mine also stuck at 60%, I unplugged, it repaired itself and the disk played fine. Since then, everything has worked perfectly. Maybe it is an initiation we have to go through. Seems the unplugging resets it.

Have you tried disks from other DVD recorders on the Pioneer? It is possible that that player just does not recognize burned disks.

The only ones that I have played in it I burned on my Mac G4 Tower and they were either
Maxell or TDK DVD-R's in both cases. I would say I've had a 90% success rate using Roxio
Popcorn or Toast. This is my first stand alone DVD Recorder.

Will this recorder recognize the 16x9 format? Meaning will it letterbox it when I watch it on a non widescreen tv?
I have the liteon 5005 and it doesn't do it with that recorder. I have to rip the DVD and use ifo edit to set it to 16x9 to letterbox.

Well I burned that DVD+R and still no go in the Pioneer Changer. I took it to my old Kawasaki 5 Disc Changer http://www.fixya.com/technical-suppo...VD-Player.aspx and it plays like a top. For some reason the Pioneer just doesn't like the disc from the Magnavox/Funai. That's too bad because the Recorder is actually pretty nice and not very hard to use. Any other suggestions?

I did find this at Videohelp:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers....&Search=Search

Maybe I should burn one and not finalize it and see what happens.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=516514

http://www.hkflix.com/hardware/xq/as...qx/details.htm

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/3/84929.html

What is the effect of spinning at a higher speed?

Well it's me again. I took one the DVD-R's from the Magnavox put it in my Mac G4 did the copy process with Toast 7 and it plays just fine in the Pioneer Changer. That's a little too much trouble for me unless someone comes up with a fix I guess I'll be returning it.

BTW: The remote really blows with the Magnavox. I have 20/20 vision and I still have trouble reading it.

Also: The disc I made was from Discov...HD and it actually looks pretty darn good. I can't get rid of the gray bars on top and bottom but from what I read there's only a couple that do. I can play it in Wide Zoom on my A10 and it's ok.

The DVDs I record on my Pioneer 520H and 210S recorders cannot be opened by MyDVDEdit on my Mac, but Toast 7 handles them just fine. I use Toast to set the Widescreen flag on anamorphic HDTV (down-rez'd to 480i) recordings from my HD TiVo, which does not provide the flag.

After re-burning the results using Toast, the new DVDs open fine with MyDVDEdit. So apparently Toast is cleaning up some mess left by the Pioneer DVD recorders.

The good news is that my 2 DVD players, a 2-year-old Sony and a 6-month-old JVC, both will playback DVD-RWs (unfinalized, in VR mode) recorded on my Pioneer recorders.