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Record direct from TV to DVD-recorder or player

Discussion in 'DVD recorders' started by superred, Apr 8, 2014.

  1. superred

    superred Member

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    I need to record a 3 hour TV show onto my dvd recorder.I need to set up the time as i shall be away.The hiccup is My DVD-RW is 4.7 gb. and it shows maximum recording time of 120 minutes. how can i get the 3 hours onto this dvd.thanks
     
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    attar Senior member

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    In the recorder user manual does it not list the available settings, like standard, long play, extended, etc?
    My Panasonic machine, in the scheduling screen menu, has a recording 'Mode' setting that can be changed.
    For a 3 hour recording I set it to 'LP' which allows up to 4 hours.





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