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Not too many posts on laserdiscs, esp. ones with some details. Here's the only one of those I found here (series of posts).
To prevent the same thing on your dubs to DVD, see this Edit help file with a special note on movement of chapter marks if you use high-speed dub (HSD).
Not too many posts on laserdiscs, esp. ones with some details. Here's the only one of those I found here (series of posts).
To prevent the same thing on your dubs to DVD, see this Edit help file with a special note on movement of chapter marks if you use high-speed dub (HSD).
Just another reason to buy Plasma.
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Originally Posted by wajo /forum/post/20817579
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The Soap Opera Effect (SOE)
I read an interesting article on selecting your next HDTV ( here ), which has a link to an even more interesting article on SOE.
Apparently, the new HDTVs with 120 or 240Hz frame rate can make film-based material, like most all movies on TV and DVD/Bluray discs {?), look crappy.
Just another reason to buy Plasma.
ok guys i finally bit the bullet and ordered a 515 from walmart yesterday. should be here later this week with the .97 shipping,i can't wait to try it out. anyone ever compare these to the tivo's that you can use for ota? the thought of paying $20 a month for the tivo kept me from getting one, i hope that i am not sorry with my purchase. unfortunately i have 2 samsung lcd tv's that are 120Hz. plasma uses too much energy for my liking though,just my opinion
Thanks wajo, those links did indeed come in quite handy.
Also, for anyone interested, I did a quality scan following my recent 515 burns, and the results are just amazing. As you can see from the images below, the 515 loves the 8x TY(+R), and the score shows it. Not so much though for the 8x TY(-R).
YUDEN000T02 TY 8x +R
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TYG02 TY 8x -R
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Also, for anyone interested, I did a quality scan following my recent 515 burns, and the results are just amazing. As you can see from the images below, the 515 loves the 8x TY(+R), and the score shows it. Not so much though for the 8x TY(-R).
YUDEN000T02 TY 8x +R
TYG02 TY 8x -R
Again great thanks for the replies, guys.
Unfortunately, no.
Thanks for the reminder. I do have two Zenith boxes salted away here. And they do have very sensitive tuners that work great with rabbit ears, even in my basement 9 feet below ground level!
Yes, it is the cable box that introduces the delay, as compared to a direct cable feed without the box. YSP is able to introduce delay into their audio feed on the fly to correct for this. This is why games often start out with noticeable delay which disappears as the game progresses.
The problem here is which box(es) YSP wants to synch to. If they're no longer interested in synching to the SD boxes like the Moto DC700, folks like me are out of luck.
As was pointed out here, this game was on WPVI TV6, which I forgot. Things may be better with the usual regular season Fox 29 and other UHF stations' broadcasts.
At any rate, I'm anxious to see what YSP has to say in response to my e mail. Spike himself actually replied to a similar query of mine a couple of years ago for the same synching issue. He was anxious to know which Comcast branch provided my service and what box I was using. The next game - no more problems.
Wow. Satellite must make watching/listening to a simulcast virtually impossible.
For me, it's not so horrible if the audio trails the video by a little bit, which has happened in the past when YSP has overcompensated in that direction. But when the audio leads the video, even a little bit like now, I can't watch it.
Agree, but my Pio rx has never caused this problem.
Unfortunately, no.
Thanks for the reminder. I do have two Zenith boxes salted away here. And they do have very sensitive tuners that work great with rabbit ears, even in my basement 9 feet below ground level!
Yes, it is the cable box that introduces the delay, as compared to a direct cable feed without the box. YSP is able to introduce delay into their audio feed on the fly to correct for this. This is why games often start out with noticeable delay which disappears as the game progresses.
The problem here is which box(es) YSP wants to synch to. If they're no longer interested in synching to the SD boxes like the Moto DC700, folks like me are out of luck.
As was pointed out here, this game was on WPVI TV6, which I forgot. Things may be better with the usual regular season Fox 29 and other UHF stations' broadcasts.
At any rate, I'm anxious to see what YSP has to say in response to my e mail. Spike himself actually replied to a similar query of mine a couple of years ago for the same synching issue. He was anxious to know which Comcast branch provided my service and what box I was using. The next game - no more problems.
Wow. Satellite must make watching/listening to a simulcast virtually impossible.
For me, it's not so horrible if the audio trails the video by a little bit, which has happened in the past when YSP has overcompensated in that direction. But when the audio leads the video, even a little bit like now, I can't watch it.
Agree, but my Pio rx has never caused this problem.
Could you explain what is being measured on the two axes?
Jim
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Originally Posted by MCMIII /forum/post/20820071
Thanks wajo, those links did indeed come in quite handy.
Also, for anyone interested, I did a quality scan following my recent 515 burns, and the results are just amazing. As you can see from the images below, the 515 loves the 8x TY(+R), and the score shows it. Not so much though for the 8x TY(-R).
YUDEN000T02 TY 8x +R
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TYG02 TY 8x -R
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Could you explain what is being measured on the two axes?
Jim
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Other sources are:
Amazon, $262. New, but supplied by one of their outside suppliers. Amazon ran out of their own stock some time ago.
J&R Refurb, $209 They've been an excellent source for this and all previous models.
Other sources are:
Amazon, $262. New, but supplied by one of their outside suppliers. Amazon ran out of their own stock some time ago.
J&R Refurb, $209 They've been an excellent source for this and all previous models.
Not easily comparable, they are in different classes. The TiVo has a one time cost of $600 (no monthly fee) which makes it considerably more costly than a single $220 Magnavox 515 unit. For people who are budget constrained and/or happy with a basic single tuner SD recorder the discussion ends there.
However for the sake of argument, the TiVo has dual tuners so for the comparison to be fair, you would have to compare it against a pair of single-tuner Magnavox recorders at a $440 price-point. So what does the TiVo give you for $160 more? Full DVR functionality; HD/5.1 recording/playback; 14 day guide with click-to-record; set & forget season pass and wish-list programming; auto-naming of recorded programs; grouping of series episodes into folders; Network connectivity for playback of Internet sources (i.e. NetFlix, Hulu plus, Pandora etc.); Network transfer of any OTA recorded programming to your PC as a standard MPEG-2 file for editing and burning to DVD-R or BD-R or transfer to network storage for network playback (stream back to the TiVo or to another media player) or conversion for portable media players. This network feature gives one unlimited storage in a universal format.
What do you give up with a TiVo vs. the pair of 515 DVD recorders? No built-in disk burning device or editing capability; the TiVo is strictly a watch and delete (or network transfer) DVR. If your intent is to burn many, many disks to create a huge library, having to transfer them to PC for editing/burning could be time consuming. TiVo is not the way to go for production DVD-R burning -- unless you want that library to be in HD/5.1. You also give up the 6 hr recording buffer on the Magnavox 515. The TiVo has independent buffers for it's two tuners but those buffers are only 30 min each. A current TiVo requires an Internet connection to obtain the guide whereas the Magnavox 515 has no network connectivity and so can be located anywhere.
For those of us who bought DVD recorders 5+ yrs ago, the $600 entry price of a TiVo is not that shocking. But it is for people who are just getting into digital recorders and are looking to pay what they did for that quality VCR they now have to replace. If you fit into that group, it is unlikely that you will be disappointed with the Magnavox 515 for OTA recording/playback -- unless you see a real difference between live OTA HD and the Magnavox recorded SD.
Not easily comparable, they are in different classes. The TiVo has a one time cost of $600 (no monthly fee) which makes it considerably more costly than a single $220 Magnavox 515 unit. For people who are budget constrained and/or happy with a basic single tuner SD recorder the discussion ends there.
However for the sake of argument, the TiVo has dual tuners so for the comparison to be fair, you would have to compare it against a pair of single-tuner Magnavox recorders at a $440 price-point. So what does the TiVo give you for $160 more? Full DVR functionality; HD/5.1 recording/playback; 14 day guide with click-to-record; set & forget season pass and wish-list programming; auto-naming of recorded programs; grouping of series episodes into folders; Network connectivity for playback of Internet sources (i.e. NetFlix, Hulu plus, Pandora etc.); Network transfer of any OTA recorded programming to your PC as a standard MPEG-2 file for editing and burning to DVD-R or BD-R or transfer to network storage for network playback (stream back to the TiVo or to another media player) or conversion for portable media players. This network feature gives one unlimited storage in a universal format.
What do you give up with a TiVo vs. the pair of 515 DVD recorders? No built-in disk burning device or editing capability; the TiVo is strictly a watch and delete (or network transfer) DVR. If your intent is to burn many, many disks to create a huge library, having to transfer them to PC for editing/burning could be time consuming. TiVo is not the way to go for production DVD-R burning -- unless you want that library to be in HD/5.1. You also give up the 6 hr recording buffer on the Magnavox 515. The TiVo has independent buffers for it's two tuners but those buffers are only 30 min each. A current TiVo requires an Internet connection to obtain the guide whereas the Magnavox 515 has no network connectivity and so can be located anywhere.
For those of us who bought DVD recorders 5+ yrs ago, the $600 entry price of a TiVo is not that shocking. But it is for people who are just getting into digital recorders and are looking to pay what they did for that quality VCR they now have to replace. If you fit into that group, it is unlikely that you will be disappointed with the Magnavox 515 for OTA recording/playback -- unless you see a real difference between live OTA HD and the Magnavox recorded SD.
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I was about to ask about that here; In one of the reviews at Walmart for the 513 it says: "....It only records in a 4:3 format, not a 16:9 widescreen format." What's the point of one of these if it can't record HD nor 16:9 from HD sources? I'm only concerned with the HDD recording, not DVD. Will it record 16:9 HD @720+ from cable onto the HDD?
However in another review below it: "....The other reviews posted on this website and others failed to specify that this DVR will record in HD and also pause live HD TV which was the most important feature i wanted."
So I'm confused as to what it can do.
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The first post (and page) on this thread says they have a 6hr buffer.
That's exactly what I'm now having to do. My VCR (lasted a phenomenal 15+ years!) has finally now about had it (and even if you can find anymore they are featureless crap with a DVD combo). But I have digital cable with the STB. I'm not about to pay Cox another ~$17 a month for a DVR from them. So I've been looking for something that works just like a VCR except with a HDD that will record HD. Will a 513 do this?
Can you: Just like a VCR, set record timers to record from the cable box, (to the HDD, and can you do it in HD)?
Can the record timers be entered manually for those a$$hole networks that add 1-3 minutes of extra commercials causing programs to end 1-3 minutes after the hour or half-hour?
Thanks.
I was about to ask about that here; In one of the reviews at Walmart for the 513 it says: "....It only records in a 4:3 format, not a 16:9 widescreen format." What's the point of one of these if it can't record HD nor 16:9 from HD sources? I'm only concerned with the HDD recording, not DVD. Will it record 16:9 HD @720+ from cable onto the HDD?
However in another review below it: "....The other reviews posted on this website and others failed to specify that this DVR will record in HD and also pause live HD TV which was the most important feature i wanted."
So I'm confused as to what it can do.
That's exactly what I'm now having to do. My VCR (lasted a phenomenal 15+ years!) has finally now about had it (and even if you can find anymore they are featureless crap with a DVD combo). But I have digital cable with the STB. I'm not about to pay Cox another ~$17 a month for a DVR from them. So I've been looking for something that works just like a VCR except with a HDD that will record HD. Will a 513 do this?
Can you: Just like a VCR, set record timers to record from the cable box, (to the HDD, and can you do it in HD)?
Can the record timers be entered manually for those a$$hole networks that add 1-3 minutes of extra commercials causing programs to end 1-3 minutes after the hour or half-hour?
Thanks.
I wouldn't be overly concerned about this, especially if you've already burned dozens (or hundreds) of TY 8x -R discs on your Magnavox. Scans can be useful tools but can also scare the hell out of us unnecessarily. Funai recorders have always been optimized for +R over -R (the early Funais were +R only), which may account for the superior +R scan. But that doesn't mean -R should be avoided at all costs, or your -R Magnavox recordings are poorer. It just means Nero scan thinks they're poorer, but Nero scan isn't exactly known for 100% accuracy or relevance to real-world disc condition. Its more of a rough estimation, with the host PC and optical drive introducing a raft of variables into the scan.
I wouldn't be overly concerned about this, especially if you've already burned dozens (or hundreds) of TY 8x -R discs on your Magnavox. Scans can be useful tools but can also scare the hell out of us unnecessarily. Funai recorders have always been optimized for +R over -R (the early Funais were +R only), which may account for the superior +R scan. But that doesn't mean -R should be avoided at all costs, or your -R Magnavox recordings are poorer. It just means Nero scan thinks they're poorer, but Nero scan isn't exactly known for 100% accuracy or relevance to real-world disc condition. Its more of a rough estimation, with the host PC and optical drive introducing a raft of variables into the scan.
No, it does not record in HD. No US DVD recorder does. It only accepts 480i from it's composite/S-Video inputs and it's tuner down-scales any HD content it receives to 480i before it is recorded or passed through an output. Like just about every other CE device with an HDMI output, it offers 1080 up-scaling of SD content through the HDMI port, but in most cases the up-conversion circuitry of your display will do a superior job.
That is correct. What I wrote is that you give that up with a TiVo which has a 30 min buffer.
Subtract the monthly cost of the STB you now have which will be returned if you get the DVR. i.e. with FIOS the DVR costs $16/month but the STB costs $10/month so the real cost of the DVR is only an extra $6/month.
A DVD recorder will not replace a set-top box. It does not have cable card functionality which means it's tuner will only received the unscrambled local channels and none of the scrambled cable channels you are paying for. Tons have been written on this topic by many other posters. It's hard to read any thread and not come across someone's difficulty using a DVD recorder with cable.
No, it does not record in HD. No US DVD recorder does. It only accepts 480i from it's composite/S-Video inputs and it's tuner down-scales any HD content it receives to 480i before it is recorded or passed through an output. Like just about every other CE device with an HDMI output, it offers 1080 up-scaling of SD content through the HDMI port, but in most cases the up-conversion circuitry of your display will do a superior job.
That is correct. What I wrote is that you give that up with a TiVo which has a 30 min buffer.
Subtract the monthly cost of the STB you now have which will be returned if you get the DVR. i.e. with FIOS the DVR costs $16/month but the STB costs $10/month so the real cost of the DVR is only an extra $6/month.
A DVD recorder will not replace a set-top box. It does not have cable card functionality which means it's tuner will only received the unscrambled local channels and none of the scrambled cable channels you are paying for. Tons have been written on this topic by many other posters. It's hard to read any thread and not come across someone's difficulty using a DVD recorder with cable.
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Thanks for the reply. Read again what you quoted of mine, I wasn't asking about the DVD portion ^ .
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Only the HDD.
Why would I return my STB for the DVR since the DVR can't receive the digital cable channels? It's an additional $17 a month to replace my STB with their (Cox) STB/DVR.
Yeah I know all that. I'm not looking to replace my STB, that's how I get digital cable and HD channels. Like I said I'm only looking to replace my VCR. So will one of these units do that? "So I've been looking for something that works just like a VCR except with a HDD that will record HD. Will a 513 do this?"
Thanks for the reply. Read again what you quoted of mine, I wasn't asking about the DVD portion ^ .
Why would I return my STB for the DVR since the DVR can't receive the digital cable channels? It's an additional $17 a month to replace my STB with their (Cox) STB/DVR.
Yeah I know all that. I'm not looking to replace my STB, that's how I get digital cable and HD channels. Like I said I'm only looking to replace my VCR. So will one of these units do that? "So I've been looking for something that works just like a VCR except with a HDD that will record HD. Will a 513 do this?"
Read post #1.
No, it will not store content in anything except 480i. It will upconvert output to 1080p with HDMI but no DD5.1 either.
It works better than a VCR. I never met a VHS tape that contained data on its content. They might exist.
Tested: Recorded HD CBS (1080i) to HDD. Played back, set to 1080p & display 16:9. No letterbox, no barn doors. Quick test on a cable channel. It's late.
Read post #1.
No, it will not store content in anything except 480i. It will upconvert output to 1080p with HDMI but no DD5.1 either.
It works better than a VCR. I never met a VHS tape that contained data on its content. They might exist.
Tested: Recorded HD CBS (1080i) to HDD. Played back, set to 1080p & display 16:9. No letterbox, no barn doors. Quick test on a cable channel. It's late.
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I'm just getting more and more confused. If you say "no" how can you say it works better than a VCR? What exactly in the 1st post? The 1st posts says 16:9 recording! "...widescreen (16:9) recording,.....". I also see in the PDF flyer it's DD (but it doesn't mention 5.1 except on playback).
Thanks, good to know, (but still a bit confused on your comments). So I assume that means you can manually set record time lengths like I described?
I have a HDTV but I only use it for live TV. For playback of VCR recordings I have to use a SDTV because it looks hideous on a HDTV. I don't want to have to do the same thing with this DVR...... (see my last sentence below).
Don't follow you there.
Thanks. But how does that look? I can't understand how 480 recorded content being "blown up" to 1080 can look decent.
Thanks.
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I'm just getting more and more confused. If you say "no" how can you say it works better than a VCR? What exactly in the 1st post? The 1st posts says 16:9 recording! "...widescreen (16:9) recording,.....". I also see in the PDF flyer it's DD (but it doesn't mention 5.1 except on playback).
Thanks, good to know, (but still a bit confused on your comments). So I assume that means you can manually set record time lengths like I described?
I have a HDTV but I only use it for live TV. For playback of VCR recordings I have to use a SDTV because it looks hideous on a HDTV. I don't want to have to do the same thing with this DVR...... (see my last sentence below).
Don't follow you there.
Thanks. But how does that look? I can't understand how 480 recorded content being "blown up" to 1080 can look decent.
Thanks.
The Magnavox ONLY records in standard definition (480) for either the DVD and HDD functions, it can not record in high definition of any sort.
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The Magnavox ONLY records in standard definition (480) for either the DVD and HDD functions, it can not record in high definition of any sort.
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