I guess first came - recordable media and then a newer + format emerged as alternate with better features over the other format and of course DVD RAM essentially a re-recordable format with instant playback during recording capability and then of course again dual format recorders to create more flexible options, and now a yet newer -/+ DL (double layer) format. Yet the differences between all the formats in terms of compatibility is still quite vast, and to further complicate the main issues there's the media itself resulting in the end user searching frantically to buy the media that actually works reliably in each different manufacturers particular recorder. It's almost enough for people to want to take a wait and see attitude about buying another recorder so the industry itself can make up it's mind about what universal standards should be adopted by all concerned. I thought when I bought my first PC based DVD-R/RAM recorder that it would allow me to freely begin editing recorded DVD's easily on my home PC and soon discovered that yet more problems would arise from issues now resulting in finding an application that would be needed to "rip" the video to yet another format; is this that the right term? All due to the fact that nobody ever had enough forethought to realize that people would eventually want to fully utilize the editing of video on a home PC. What really tears it all is that most if not all current VHS recorders have copy protection systems installed that prevent people from easily copying home shot movies to a DVD recorder; also equipped with the same copy protection devices leaving the end user scrambling to find yet another device to decode otherwise non copyrighted home video? Where is the logic behind it all? The industry is certainly aware of the fact that copy protection devices that thwart their systems are freely available yet they insist that copy protection are a logical choice to add to recordable devices?
There is no copy protaction on home movies where did you get that. The only tapes are the ones that are sold commercially or prerecorded for video rental or sales. Its called micro vision and I had no problem transferring my taped shows too dvds but all the ones I have are too old and they were recorded so long ago they degraded so they are unterly useless.
Not home videos per say but the copy protection systems built into every recordable format including VHS units of newer design as well as DVD recorders. I've read a few posts that report people being unable to even copy their own home videos indicating some form of copy protection interfering with the home video copies to DVD. I believe that the cause of the problem may be that the first unit; the player, passes on this copy protection onto the second unit being the recorder, and this really frustrates people doing nothing wrong. I've also seen finalized recordables that playback pretty bad on other so called compatible players. It really bites.
I have a brand new vcr combo recorder and I taped shows on the vhs and the too the dvd with no problem.
