>>>The thing that is hard to find is a DVR that will record to HD or DVD and will copy back and forth between the HD and the DVD.
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>>>There are DVD recorders and DVRs that have a HD but for some reason the DVD Recorders with HDs ( Sony, Pioneer, Toshiba etc ) were taken off the market.
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>>>This Philips gizmo is cool. You can burn what is on the HD to DVD. Using firewire or RCA ports you can hook up a VCR and copy tapes to DVD or a video camera and burn DVDs from the camera. Just a nice combo of features with a very intuitive interface. Can watch a DVD while recording to HD or watch HD content while recording to HD or DVD.
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>>My Pioneer does all of the above.
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>Yes, Pioneer made a great model. But it is not available in the US. The Pioneer DVR-640H-S DVD Recorder with 160GB HD is listed on Amazon but like all DVRs with HDs it is unavailable with no idea if it ever will be. The Philips is currently the only high end model of this type available in the US and usually only over the internet. None of the big consumer electronic stores carry DVRs with HDs. Not sure why.
Yes weird isn't it. I compared the US Pioneer site with the Belgian one.
http://www.pioneer.be/nl/products/42/125/501/overview.htmlOne wonders why. PAL vs. NTSC perhaps ?
