Guru of Nothing
03-31-2005, 08:23 PM
I have a Time-Warner package that includes 7 HBO channels, the Sundance Channel, Fox Movie Channel, TCM and IFC (ALL commercial free) and between them there are dozens of great movies on each week. Luckily, I also have a DVR which I can record over 40 hours worth of anything I want (except pay-per-views), but I go through stretches where I don't really feel like watching movies and the queue gets backed up, and I either have to delete unwatched movies or not record movies I want to watch at a later date.
Here are my questions:
Can I go to my nearest Wal-mart (or other vendor) and pick up a cheap DVD recorder and "burn" these movies to DVD? Am I even using the correct term here - dvd?
If so, can someone give me a run down on price vs. quality? Does the DVD recorder even come into play when discussing recording quality? I'm thinking the digital feed and the media are what determines quality.
If I'm on the right track here (that' s probably a geeky pun that is over my head), how much do blank DVDs cost? Capacity?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer my questions. Even better if you can send my a link for dummies, because I still have more questions.
If it is all as cheap and easy as I hope, I am sitting on a movie goldmine. I could EASILY record 500 movies within a year (lots of obscure, quirky cool stuff along with tons of classics). That would represent one hell of a movie collection.
Here are my questions:
Can I go to my nearest Wal-mart (or other vendor) and pick up a cheap DVD recorder and "burn" these movies to DVD? Am I even using the correct term here - dvd?
If so, can someone give me a run down on price vs. quality? Does the DVD recorder even come into play when discussing recording quality? I'm thinking the digital feed and the media are what determines quality.
If I'm on the right track here (that' s probably a geeky pun that is over my head), how much do blank DVDs cost? Capacity?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer my questions. Even better if you can send my a link for dummies, because I still have more questions.
If it is all as cheap and easy as I hope, I am sitting on a movie goldmine. I could EASILY record 500 movies within a year (lots of obscure, quirky cool stuff along with tons of classics). That would represent one hell of a movie collection.