I don't burn hi-def programs to DVD or even own hi-def television. My eyesight isn't good enough for hi-def to make any difference at all. Doesn't one have to have "blu-ray" or a competitor to record some reasonable time length of hi-def tv?
Fred Holmes At 08:53 PM 5/17/2007, mike wrote: >Are you burning hi def? > >Mike > >On 5/17/07, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Fred Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I suspect that some folks who haven't yet gone to TiVo, etc., use >>> today a DVD recorder in place of the VCR of a few years ago to >>> occasionally record a program they want to keep. DVD-RWs make sense >>> if you plan to re-use the media. Might want to have enough stock to >>> be sure that you always have a blank one when a need suddenly crops >>> up. Don't want to have to decide quickly which disc to re-use. >> >>Why get a TiVo that you have to pay a subscription to use [or a big >>one-time payment]? I bought the DVD-RWs and paid once. They're already >>paid for themselves dozens of times--more--compared to the cost of TiVo. >>It's faster for us to keep track of the DVDs than to search for >>something on a drive. >> >>-- >> >>Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I only perceive the need for rewritables in order to do some testing >>> that could go bad and ruin disks. I do sometimes give a client or >>> two some data on a rewritable CD and get it back later for future >>> use. >> >>Usually when I burn a DVD in Toast, I create a disk image first [it's in >>the File menu]. If the image plays OK in the software DVD Player, then I >>burn it to a real DVD. This is especially important when burning dual >>layer DVDs that are so expensive. >> >>Doesn't Roxio's Windows software or Nero make disk images? That would >>eliminate the need for DVD-RWs completely. >> >>Betty ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
