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JayDLewis

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« Reply #60 on: February 09, 2007, 09:42:35 AM »
AFA my meager collection goes, I'm being quite ruthless in what I keep and transfer to DVD. (I got an LG LRA-750 for Christmas. No coasters out of 30ish DVDs). The first batch of DVD+Rs I picked up were Sonys (75 for $25 at WalMart ($35 now) and I'm storing 99% of the finished product in the full-size DVD cases.

However, a number of the cases I'm using hold 2 DVDs. If you can find something like that (WalMart here sells em $6 for 10), you can save on space.

For you guys with massive collections, this is obviously impractical. But for anyone like me who has a very small collection of things you want to keep, it works out good. The other upside is that I can "hide" any GS DVDs amongst my normal movies.

And, to answer Jimmy, the DVD case is the size it is is that it's the same dimensions as a VHS tape. For people replacing their movies, they don't have to rebuild or invest in new shelving solutions. Plus, it's "space saving" since 2 DVD cases are the thickness of one tape.
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« Reply #61 on: July 22, 2008, 03:07:27 AM »
Wanted to bump this up - both to see if anyone's experiences have changed or been added to in the last year, but also to recount what my freshly-out-of-warranty Panasonic DMR-EZ17S is doing to me.

If there are no errors in the disc (IE: It's not a coaster), operation is smooth and it's a good machine.  But I've had two coasters in the last week off a spindle, and both times I've gotten trapped in the machine's absolutely abysmal diagnostic routine - the machine powers down, then goes through a little loop (what exactly it does, I don't know - there's no on-screen messages and only a series of squares flashing on the LCD)...then resets and does the same diagnostic loop all over again.  It stays trapped in this u61 error cycle for hours.  Force-ejects and every other possible output do nothing.

Eventually, after about 2 hours, the disc is released, and the machine works fine again, though the disc is wrecked.  If a simple coaster can cause this much trouble, I'd hate to see how the machine reacts to a *real* problem.   Panasonic always made solid and reliable products, so to have a two hour outage in one of their DVD recorders due seemingly to a bad disc is mind-boggling. And based on what Google turns up, I appear to be getting off lucky in terms of the u61 errors.

I really expected Panasonic products to work better than this.

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« Reply #62 on: July 22, 2008, 07:29:02 AM »
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'191652\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 03:07 AM\']

I really expected Panasonic products to work better than this.
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Last year's Panasonic "EZ" series are notorious for being a PITA.  Consider yourself lucky that yours still works...many put out a "U99" error out of the blue and just die altogether.

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« Reply #63 on: July 22, 2008, 09:59:33 AM »
I recently bought a DVD recorder and it only provides satisfactory results (to me) when I use the 1 hour mode.  Also been having situations where the discs stop playing or freeze up after a short time (to be fair, I tried to save money by using store brand discs; pretty sure they weren't Tanyo-Yuden).
Good thing I didn't throw out the tapes after dubbing.  Had a two-second power outage while dubbing
and the machine took ten minutes to restore, etc...  

Very disappointed that this "superior" archiving format isn't as reliable or user friendly as tapes yet.
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Hastin

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« Reply #64 on: July 22, 2008, 11:24:14 AM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'191663\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 06:59 AM\']
Very disappointed that this "superior" archiving format isn't as reliable or user friendly as tapes yet.
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To me, optical media is never as superior as magnetic media. So, I just started dumping to External Hard Disc. It's a tad bit more expensive (about $4 a GB), but at least it seems like it will fail less than DVD does.
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« Reply #65 on: July 22, 2008, 11:49:59 AM »
[quote name=\'Hastin\' post=\'191668\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 08:24 AM\']
To me, optical media is never as superior as magnetic media.[/quote]
*boggle*

Hey, Hastin, come on over, we should watch some shows together. Bring your drive, although I have no idea what component we're going to use to watch them using that. Hey, you don't mind if I sit it down next to this old telephone, do you? I'm expecting a call anytime now...
« Last Edit: July 22, 2008, 11:57:10 AM by clemon79 »
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« Reply #66 on: July 22, 2008, 01:04:28 PM »
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'191652\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 12:07 AM\']
Wanted to bump this up - both to see if anyone's experiences have changed or been added to in the last year, but also to recount what my freshly-out-of-warranty Panasonic DMR-EZ17S is doing to me.

If there are no errors in the disc (IE: It's not a coaster), operation is smooth and it's a good machine. But I've had two coasters in the last week off a spindle, and both times I've gotten trapped in the machine's absolutely abysmal diagnostic routine - the machine powers down, then goes through a little loop (what exactly it does, I don't know - there's no on-screen messages and only a series of squares flashing on the LCD)...then resets and does the same diagnostic loop all over again. It stays trapped in this u61 error cycle for hours. Force-ejects and every other possible output do nothing.
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Oh crap. Is this what I have to look forward to with my DMR-EZ17? My DMR-ES10 gives me more problems than the EZ17. I haven't had many coasters, thanks to the EZ17 finalizing the discs that the ES10 refused to.

Speaking of discs, I've had a good level of success with FujiFilm discs. Other than online, I'm having a bizotch of a time finding these discs in stores. Anyone know if any brick and mortar stores still sell them?

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« Reply #67 on: July 22, 2008, 01:05:21 PM »
I just transfer to my hard drive, edit into MPEG2 files, and with my new TIVO, I can now access any episode, any time I want.
I have the video tape back up, in case my hard drive ever crashes.

No need for DVD media at all (unless I want to watch a show somewhere else, other than my living room).

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« Reply #68 on: July 22, 2008, 01:39:04 PM »
[quote name=\'bellbm\' post=\'191678\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 10:05 AM\']
(unless I want to watch a show somewhere else, other than my living room).[/quote]
Exactly, sir.

(Gawd. I forgot that you have to keep things in MP2 to use TivoBack. Xvid/H.264 streaming to the Xbox FTW.)
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« Reply #69 on: July 22, 2008, 01:47:52 PM »
[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'191677\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 10:04 AM\']
Speaking of discs, I've had a good level of success with FujiFilm discs. Other than online, I'm having a bizotch of a time finding these discs in stores. Anyone know if any brick and mortar stores still sell them?[/quote]
I'm a little surprised Bestest Buy or Socket Circus doesn't carry Fujifilm.

I think if you really like the brand, I'd just buy 'em online. Most likely you're going to get them far cheaper that way than you would pay in a B&M, anyhow.
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« Reply #70 on: July 22, 2008, 02:22:35 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'191688\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 10:47 AM\']
[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'191677\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 10:04 AM\']
Speaking of discs, I've had a good level of success with FujiFilm discs. Other than online, I'm having a bizotch of a time finding these discs in stores. Anyone know if any brick and mortar stores still sell them?[/quote]
I'm a little surprised Bestest Buy or Socket Circus doesn't carry Fujifilm.

I think if you really like the brand, I'd just buy 'em online. Most likely you're going to get them far cheaper that way than you would pay in a B&M, anyhow.
[/quote]
Bestest Bye used to carry Fuji. Socket Circus never had them. My last few spindles were from online purchases anyway.

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Chelsea Thrasher

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« Reply #71 on: July 22, 2008, 02:25:19 PM »
[quote name=\'joshg\' post=\'191677\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 01:04 PM\']
Is this what I have to look forward to with my DMR-EZ17?
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Probably.  And based on the number of folks complaining about u61 errors (and no three people's errors seem to have the same source) the problems start about 2 months after your warranty expires.

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« Reply #72 on: July 22, 2008, 04:10:53 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'191670\' date=\'Jul 22 2008, 08:49 AM\']
Bring your drive, although I have no idea what component we're going to use to watch them using that.
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I do. A small shuttle Vista Media Center box, it's what all my TV gets stored on (and then extended to many rooms using a couple of Xbox 360s). I just fill externals with programs I want, then when they are full, catalog them, and put them away.

As for old phones, I've got a rotary in my room that really works (even has the teen-friendly (as advertised in 1971) long handset cable). It blends nice in my retro-future themed room. ;)
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« Reply #73 on: July 22, 2008, 04:18:57 PM »
I dub to my PC, then to DVD.  Saves money over buying a DVD recorder.

Disc wise...I use Sony DVD-Rs.  Very rarely do I get coasters, and they hold up well.  AVOID Memorex discs at all costs...they barely hold 1/2 discful before croaking.
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« Reply #74 on: July 22, 2008, 04:49:14 PM »
Great thread!

I'm about to purchase a DVD/VHS recorder...anyone hear anything good/bad about Toshiba units?