DVD+RW recorders

[c00ky83]

These things are driving me up the wall.  We're onto our 3rd one now - after a few weeks they always cause problems, such as:

1.  Can't watch a recorded programme, despite its thumbnail being present on screen

2.  Playback becomes "jerky"

3.  The thumbnail menu is replaced by a black screen, though the cursor is still there with a limited selection of options

 

We took the first one back, had it replaced with a different one, and in turn this was replaced with the first kind again.  Should we just go back to videos?!

[alunrw]

Npt an answer as such i'm afraid, but the only two people I know with DVD recorders at the moment, one is on the third replacement and the other (my stepfather) has his in for repair, which could take up to 28 days(he's had it less than a month) - seems they may have rushed them out without them being bug-free.- neither to my knowledge has managed to record anything on DVD as yet ??

[Scarlett]

My panasonic works just fine- but it is a DVD-R not +

[peanut42]

Go for sky+ less agro alround,then get a dvdrecorder when they have ironed out the problems.

[bluegreenash]

if they are compatible with your recorder you may be able to switch to dvd-R or -RW see if that helps

my rels have a hdd recorder which also records dvd-r recording onto the hdd seems to be more stable, but the unit is more expensive

[c00ky83]

Thanks for the answers.  I'd get Sky+, but you can't then watch what you've recorded upstairs.  Add to those:

4.  Playback pauses at each chapter mark

5.  The clock goes back to 0 at each chapter mark.

[Mobius1]

Indeed, I think what we're facing here is teething problems for the consumer technology. Of course, DVD recording has been around for ages on computers, but it's only within the past year or so that we've seen affordable set-stop versions.

Back in 1997-ish when we got our first Sony DVD player for around �200, we used to have skipping problems, lip-synch problems, sometimes it would crash and it didn't like changing from reading one disc layer to another either.

I would imagine this is the same kind of thing happening now, as mentioned above. In time, the technology will become more reliable. I have personally held-off on buying such a device for this very reason, in so far as I don't fancy being a test subject for the tech again.

Also, I don't know the specifics of your model, but perhaps try a different model/brand. It may be a manufacturing defect, and if it is, it's likely to affect all of the systems within a series or specific model number.

[Ralph]

I would second the advice written by bluegreenash. Try to use DVD-R or DVD-RW discs rather than the +R(W) types. I have found these to be more reliable for video recording.

Also, have a read of the manual; do you need to finalise the discs before watching them? You shouldn't, but it'd be worth checking.

[peanut42]

You can always put sky+ on tape,or try what bluegreenash said and buy one with hdd the Liteon 5045 is good and it is multiformat and it acts like sky+ and it is quick to back up to a disc & you can upgrade the firmware.........