Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 653

Originally Posted by gastrof

To have to keep changing the video settings on the recorder is too "messy" and also leaves open the chance of forgetting and being stuck with a letterboxed recording when you were expecting a widescreen one.

Originally Posted by gastrof

Seems odd that Magnavox would be replacing a recorder sold by J&R only two weeks ago.

Wouldn't you have to go thru the seller first, namely J&R, rather than go to Magnavox directly?

Originally Posted by gerrytwo

Frame accurate editing similar to what Pioneer HDD DVD recorders had would be a plus...who will sell them? Walmart may decide these newer Magnavoxes are too much a niche product.

Originally Posted by Docrww1

So I talked to a magnavox customer rep today. She is doing a quick exchange on a defective 515 I bought from J&R two weeks ago. I asked in the conversation if the units were discontinued, she said yes, but the engineers were working on the replacement model for the 515 now. It would be a New HDD/BD/DVD Recorder with some new features like dual layer recording. I asked how she knew so much; she said she wanted to keep up with what's going on in her company. I asked if it would be released soon. She said no , the proposed released date is Black Friday this year; she said they would probably use customer suggestions on product specs or needs as they have on previous models. Hope everything she said is good info. Great info on this web site.
Thanks wajo , keep up the good work.

Originally Posted by gastrof

Seems odd that Magnavox would be replacing a recorder sold by J&R only two weeks ago.

Wouldn't you have to go thru the seller first, namely J&R, rather than go to Magnavox directly?

Originally Posted by gastrof

What I'm talking about is this-

Recorder set to 16x9, but the TV is a 4x3 screen, standard def. Gets the output from the recorder thru composite.

The recorder isn't letterboxing anything, and is getting, recording, and outputting JUST the widescreen picture.

That widescreen picture, getting to the TV, is the full content of the widescreen picture. The sides aren't cut off. Instead the entire content of the widescreen picture is being squeezed into the 4x3 display, resulting in everyone looking tall and thin.

I don't see how you'd be getting a 4x3 version of the widescreen picture, correct aspect ratio, but with the sides missing. The recorder, set on 16x9, should be feeding the whole widescreen picture to your TV. There's no way you're not getting a squeezed widescreen picture.

I'm doing it right now with our local NBC affiliate, and I'm getting the Tonight Show with the full content of the 16x9 broadcast on my 4x3 screen...so everything is squeezed left and right. None of the widescreen picture is missing, but it's being forced into a 4x3 screen, so everything's squeezed, so everyone looks tall and thin.

If I recorded this show and then reset the recorder to letterbox, the widescreen recording would be letterboxed and appear with black bars (and no squeezing or "distortion") on the 4x3 screen.

Things recorded in letterbox, however, won't go widescreen when the recorder is reset to widescreen. (I've tried recording in all three formats, and then tried playing back the three recordings in all three formats.)

As said originally, if you leave the recorder set on "widescreen", widescreen broadcasts get passed on to a 4x3 TV squeezed/distorted.

You can later view widescreen recordings in letterboxed format, if you reset the recorder to letterbox, but you'd then have to reset it back to widescreen to make recordings be widescreen and usable by either type of TV later on.

To have to keep changing the video settings on the recorder is too "messy" and also leaves open the chance of forgetting and being stuck with a letterboxed recording when you were expecting a widescreen one.

Originally Posted by Docrww1

So I talked to a magnavox customer rep today. She is doing a quick exchange on a defective 515 I bought from J&R two weeks ago. I asked in the conversation if the units were discontinued, she said yes, but the engineers were working on the replacement model for the 515 now. It would be a New HDD/BD/DVD Recorder with some new features like dual layer recording.

Originally Posted by zzyzzx

Does this mean that I'll finally be able to record in HD and write it to a DVR?

Originally Posted by Chuck44

If you meant to say DVD, and not DVR its very unlikely.

Originally Posted by zzyzzx

Yes, I meant DVD. Actually if I could record in HD and watch in HD and record to a DVD in SD that would be a big improvement as well. Since it said dual layer, I thought maybe HD.

Originally Posted by JoeKustra

We can all wish. I can record & watch in HD now (not a TiVo). but I don't see the copyright police letting a new device cross our borders at this time. It would take a big "game change" to let such an animal into the USA. But keep up hope.

I'm with the 4/1 people, sorry.

Originally Posted by JoeKustra

We can all wish. I can record & watch in HD now (not a TiVo).

Originally Posted by morc258

What equipment are you using to record HD?

Originally Posted by 234


Wow!
I need to call there to get such good news since I have never heard of it here.

Originally Posted by zzyzzx

Does this mean that I'll finally be able to record in HD and write it to a DVD?

I'm about to replace the HD in my vintage 3575 for the second time (1st replacement HD was apparently refurbished). From my reading here it just doesn't seem like there is really anything better out there than my early production model 3575.

Also, I use this thing a lot and have since I bought it new (in 2007?) and I still love it.

Originally Posted by Jerrymc777

Lol. You're too funny.

I suppose it will have 4 built-in tuners too!

Originally Posted by gastrof

...and the 513 that's still in its box...I really should plug that baby in, shouldn't I?

Originally Posted by mrmazda

Yup. That's the trouble with can't pass up deals that show up while you have other things to do. You don't want to find out you have a DOA after the 30 day easy return period has passed - the extra grief and/or return shipping typically removes the "good" from the deal.

Originally Posted by jmscott42

Going back to the widescreen setup, if you set the recorder to 16:9, record content in that format [i.e., watching a truly 16:9 show] to HDD, and then burn to DVD, does it set the widescreen flag, meaning it'll create an anamorphic DVD that'll play back properly on either a 16:9 or 4:3 (letterboxed) TV?

I love this feature of my Toshibas (being able to make true anamorphic DVDs) and I know it was a fairly unique feature for a long time.

Originally Posted by jmscott42

Going back to the widescreen setup, if you set the recorder to 16:9, record content in that format [i.e., watching a truly 16:9 show] to HDD, and then burn to DVD, does it set the widescreen flag, meaning it'll create an anamorphic DVD that'll play back properly on either a 16:9 or 4:3 (letterboxed) TV?

I love this feature of my Toshibas (being able to make true anamorphic DVDs) and I know it was a fairly unique feature for a long time.

Originally Posted by joekustra

check amazon for the 515h. They have it "no longer available", but you can get one for $1,599 if you hurry.

Originally Posted by mrmazda

Yup. That's the trouble with can't pass up deals that show up while you have other things to do. You don't want to find out you have a DOA after the 30 day easy return period has passed - the extra grief and/or return shipping typically removes the "good" from the deal.