Any opinions on the Sharp DV-HR300?

Chapter Points. If it were me, wanting to insert "specific" chapter points, I would record the program "without" auto chaptering first. Then after the program was recorded, go into the edit mode, divide the chapters manually. After the first chapter was inserted, and going back into the divide chapter mode, just hit the "next" button on the remote and you will go right to your first chapter, then do a fast forward to your next spot and divide to create your next chapter, and repeat this same step. If you had the auto-chapter mode on while recording, you would have to either accept the auto inserted chapters or combine the remove that chapter mark. Confused? It's easy. Don

 

Anyone experience/know of the following:

Firmware Update for the U.S. model, DV-HR300U ?

Problems finalizing a disc resulting in a message reading "unable to play back this disc". The disc was fine after the high speed recording, but failed during the finalizing process and having to get thrown away.

Recorded programs "freezing" when playing back the discs. My guess is maybe the hi-speed recording which I prefer because the quality is just better than the normal speed recording which is a one generation loss by the time it gets to the disc. Experiences in the normal time recording I've seen are what I call the "godzilla" affect, where the voice doesn't match the picture, only at times. So I opted for high speed recording, as I think it "clones" what you're recording from the hard drive to disc.

Take care everyone, Don

 

One more issue for the table... Storage. Who uses what? I've about 500 discs or so, and notice that using the binders often are very tight fitting when you have discs on both sides of the sleeve/page. If you want a list of some sort, how do you organize? Thoughts anyone? Thanks, don

 

To Don, on the chapter points topic: aren't the chapter divisions lost when dubbing from HD to DVD?

 

They are in normal recording mode, but in Hi-speed recording the program retains the chapter marks. If you record in normal mode, I think you can set the auto-chapter marks but if you wish to keep any detailed chapter marks, use the hi-speed mode.

 

Hi,

Back on 28 Jan EA5E posted a link
( http://thor.prohosting.com/e5e/Sharp_DV-HR350.exe ) for a mutli-region firmware update for the HR350. Does anyone have this exe still, or know of somewhere else I can get hold of it. The link itself seems valid still, but the exe no longer seems downloadable (keeps returning to the link screen rather than starting the download). I've tried on two different PC's with no luck

Fingers crossed!!!

Cheers

 

I've just tried the link, LSDWho, and it DOES work! It just doesn't SEEM to be working... The file size is 2.1MB, and when you click the link and select the "save to" option on your computer, it does the business. However, as the page automatically reverts to the original one, you just don't realise what's happening. Weird.

Just try again, and then check out your "save to" location after a couple of minutes. You should find the file sitting there patiently waiting for you.

 

Hi Petomane,

Thanks for that - yep, it does indeed work, although it turned out it was actually my firewall stopping the download for some reason DOH!

Thanks again - just hope it works on changing my player to multi-region now!!!

LSDWho

 

don2blues, the chapter marks are not deleted in normal recording mode, they work fine on my DVDs I've produced (both on the 300H and 400H models). However, the Thumbnail image is forgotten when dubbing from HD to DVD, on both models (shame, I was hoping that would be fixed with my new 400H).

 

Talulah,

I'm working from memory here but ISTR that the thumbnails are not forgotten they are just not visible on the english version I've a vague recollection that they are there just in a different sub directory I found when exploring a DVD in a PC.

May well be wrong on this just something I recall.

Regards

Mark

 

Mark, I didn't know that - I've never looked at the disk contents on a PC. I'll try putting the disk in another DVD player and see if the thumbnails are there.

 

I'm back again regarding Chapters. I've recorded the program and am able to mark chapters where they need to be --BUT, how do I rename each individual chapter section, i.e. instead of just Chapter 1, 2 or 3, etc. naming each chapter with a specific name such as Player "# 87", then the next chapter "Player #90"? I've read the instruction book through on chapters and titles, but it seems you can only change the name of the main program, not individual chapters.(?) As you can from the late (or early, depending on your perspective)hour at which I'm trying to get this done, I need to do this ASAP. Thanks again!!

 

To Don2blues, In regards to storage...Hey Don, nice to hear from you. I've been using the wood/metal storage cabinets called Vaultz from Office Depot for my collection. It has a lock and key system for keeping out prying eyes. Holds about 300 DVDs in plastic sleeves. I've included the url:http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do;jsessionid=0000gSxZX_AhWikJTSnGaFmWdFJ:10ggbbeks?level=SK&id=165034&N=1000000429+10324+4294951381&An=browse
Take care, Manny

 

Hello Manny, hope this finds you doing well. Thank you for your cd storage tip, excellent. I've shared with a couple of buddy's here at work that are share in our Sharp experience.

Ever have any finalizing difficulties? Mine are not good. For some reason I can only finalize about 50% of the time, onto DVD-R's. When it fails the disc goes bad. So what I do is use a DVD-RW which usually works then simply make a copy using my computer onto a regular DVD-R. Can't figure it out. Have initialized a few times thinking that if I started with a clean slate... Haven't run across any firmware updates. Still going strong, Don

 

VMG: You can't name the chapters. However, if you are going to dub them onto a DVD, you can make up a playlist, inserting each chapter one by one, and then you can name each item in the playlist. Then dub the playlist contents to the DVD, 5 at a time (for the '300, you can do 10 at a time on the '400).
Hope that explains it.

 

Hi Don ole buddy, yes as a matter of fact. I was using a different brand of DVD from Maxell. I'm thinking that the higher speed brand might be the problem..not sure yet. I was using a Verbatim brand and I had no problem Finalizing. I havent tried the "Verbatim" brand again to see if it is indeed the dvd brand. It is weird though....Let me know what brand and speed youre using at the moment. And maybe Silver can get back to us on this, see if he's had the same problem.
Manny

 

I read somewhere some time ago someone didn't manage to record onto a Traxdata DVD-RW 4x. Personally I use Traxdata DVD-RW 2x with no problem so I did then some research and found out some interesting facts.

- In the Sharp manual, they say that compatible DVD-RW for recording are DVDs version 1.1 or 1.1/2x (what ever that 2x means - is that speed ?)

- DVDs even if they are of the same type (-R) can have different versions apparently. Because I found on traxdata website I think that the Traxdata DVD-RW 4x are not version 1.1 but something else (maybe 1.2 or 2 I don't remember and I can't find the information anymore). I have noticed on the back of my DVD-RW 2x cover, it actually says version 1.1. But of course when you buy them, they are in a box and there is no way you can tell the exact version.

Besides on many shops, you don't see or you see less and less DVD-RW 2x, because the new 4x and 6x are common now. That worries me a bit, because does that mean soon you can't find media for this Sharp anymore ?

 

Thanks Erik, some good points there...I too have gotten a bit worried. You are quite right about the 2x - 4x not appearing on the shelves any more. They are rapidly becoming replaced by 6x - 32x and yes the x is the speed that the recorder can burn at. No doubt it is the problem that some of us have been having in our finalization. A little more research on the net might be the way to go right now. The only reason I switched brands was because I had purchased all the stock the office depot in my neck of the woods had. Now, they have restocked but with the faster speed "Verbatim" stock. I haven't tried those yet, but I never had any problems finalizing with the older slower speed stock. I don't think its the Sharp, it's the faster speed blanks that are coming out.
Manny

 

Manny, reading your various postings I think you are the most knowledgeable person on the matter and probably the best one to help me.

I have been using my DV-HR300F for almost one year now but I only recently used the "playlist" option to be able to burn DVDs with more than 5 short films. It worked OK except that after I deleted the "original titles" from the HDD the "playlist" option did not work any more. I think the reason is that I did not delete the playlists I had prepared before deleting the original titles they were linked to.

Is this a bug in every DV-HR300F set? Now, each time I want to create a new play list by pressing "new" or to delete one of the 4 playlists I had created by selecting one of them, the machine freezes and all the other buttons (return, exit, arrows) are ineffective. I have to unplug the set and wait a few minutes before plugging it back on.

Is there a way out? Do I have to reformat the HDD? How could I do it? Or should I send it back to Sharp?

 

Pilchard,

Have you edited the original titles (e.g. erased parts of the titles) after playlists have been created on them ?

I use playlists a lot and so far I have had no problems deleting originals that have playlists attached to them. When deleting the original, all playlists related to that original are automatically deleted, and of course the other playlists are unaffected and I can still use them normally.

Nevertheless, if I alter an original title that has playlists attached to it, then when I try to use playlists, the Sharp hangs and yes I have to unplug it as well. Here when I say "alter" the original title, it means editing it by erasing some parts, for example removing the beginning and the end of the title, removing advertisement in the middle etc. So I always make sure to edit the original titles first before I make any playlist out of them, and also to never edit originals titles after playlists have been made out of them.