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car stereo mp3 players/ Hi, I need a reasonably priced DVD recorder for transferring a load of old Hi 8 tapes to DVD. I already have an Inverto PVR so don't need any freeview or whatever - although it would be quite nice if I could link the two together so as to back up PVR files to disc. Can anyone recommend a DVD recorder for this purpose? The cheaper the better . ------------ If your PC is a reasonable spec with a sizeable hard disc and has a DVD rewriter then IMHO you are better off using a capture device and doing this on a PC as the editing is much easier. What will you be replaying the Hi 8 tapes on - a Hi 8 camcorder or a later Digital 8 camcorder? If you do go the DVD recorder route then if you want to edit it is advisable to use one with a hard disc drive such as the Sony HXD 870 or the Panasonic EX77. ------------ Hi, I've already been doing this - I have Pinnacle Studio - but it takes an absolute age to do and ties up my PC resources while I need to work etc. So I feel I need a more dedicated route. I've got a Sony Hi-8 camcorder. ------------ the sony 350 may do what you want , although you may be better with a sony 770 or 870 instead almost any recorder with an ilink/firewire connector will do the job and I used to use a sony vx410 ------------ ------------ ------------ ah right , I was thinking of dv8 then ? but the sony recorders should manage it with one of the inputs I hope ------------ Thanks guys. Yes, the Sony camcorder is an old analogue model (CCD-T67E) with S-Video. So all the bells and whistles don't really matter. I'm not sure either that I want to edit the films. So perhaps even a cheap as chips ?5-?0 DVD recorder would do? Obviously you don't get quality brand names at that price - more like the Acoustic Solutions/Wharfedales and the like (probably all the same underneath anyways). ------------ What the heck, I might as well go for a decent player as suggested - I've got the rest of the family to chip in with some cash as well now. So I'm looking for something up to ?00. ------------ I've just ordered the Sony RDRGX350B from Amazon. A good buy?

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