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Title: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: MURP on July 26, 2006, 02:43:25 PM
anyone have advice for a good dvd recorder that can record Eagles games without the compression making it look like ass?  anybody record it to a computer hard drive and burn it that way after compressing?  im looking for any options people have tried. 
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Diomedes on July 26, 2006, 02:45:03 PM
and once you figure all that out, I'm first in line for copies.  thanks.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: ice grillin you on July 26, 2006, 02:46:16 PM
i have a stand alone dvd recorder that i use...basically it comes out the same quality as what was on the tape...at least theres no noticable difference
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on July 26, 2006, 03:09:21 PM
My friend uses the Samsung DVD recorder that upconverts to 720p HD.  He runs the HD Cable directly from his comcast receiver to the Samsung and uses it to record Flyers fights.  He just records the game on the comcast DVR and copies it to the DVD recorder
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: ice grillin you on July 26, 2006, 03:15:02 PM
oh hes talking about recording games that havent been played yet?

my bad
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Phanatic on July 26, 2006, 03:15:04 PM
I use one of these with pretty good results off of the TV.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1423464&Sku=S167-4042

Though I tried to grab the Sopranos and found that they added the signal scramble which can be bypassed with a little black box thingy of some sort. Haven't gotten my shtein together to be able to grab that kind of stuff yet but regular shows on the network haven't been a problem and tha Tivo even has a function for putting up a title of what you want to record.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 03:34:22 PM
i just make sure i tivo them at maximum quality. and then put them on dvd at max quality.

and i havent had a problem. it looks the same as the TV broadcast. (not HD mind you, those DVRs are too high right now)
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: ice grillin you on July 26, 2006, 03:36:11 PM
can you burn stuff from dvr to dvd as simply as you can record from tv to vhs
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 03:42:09 PM
no, it takes years to master the art of hitting the little red button.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: ice grillin you on July 26, 2006, 03:56:52 PM
oh werd?
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: MURP on July 26, 2006, 04:11:11 PM
thanks for the info fellas.


wingspan-  4 hours at max quality fits onto a dvd looking good?  i was under the impression that recording long times like that would make the quality junk. 
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 04:23:58 PM
Quote from: MURP on July 26, 2006, 04:11:11 PM
thanks for the info fellas.


wingspan-  4 hours at max quality fits onto a dvd looking good?  i was under the impression that recording long times like that would make the quality junk. 

the games i have converted to DVD i have split up onto two discs to keep the quality.

and i pause through commecials...my dvd recorder puts in chapter break on pauses from the remote.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Diomedes on July 26, 2006, 04:28:38 PM
all y'all need to post lists of the games you have, so I can make an order.

i'll  pay cost of  materials and shipping, you donate the time to get them made and shipped out.  deal?
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 04:30:21 PM
no
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: SunMo on July 26, 2006, 04:32:25 PM
certainly you can present a bill for such services; after all... we are not Communists.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 04:39:34 PM
sure i can bill for my time.

i said no for the sole reason that i don't have a dvd duplicating station. and for me to duplicate any game i have on dvd, i would have to re dump it on tivo, and then reburn it. that would take about 10 hours.

a dvd recorder costs about $99. and works the same as a vcr it's not rocket surgery here.
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: SunMo on July 26, 2006, 04:41:42 PM
i...just wanted to use a Godfather line in a clever way
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: SunMo on July 26, 2006, 04:43:03 PM
so you say it works the same as a VCR?  so, the cable would come in from the wall to the cable box, then you run A/V wires from the box to the DVD recorder and then wires from that to the TV?
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: MURP on July 26, 2006, 04:49:43 PM
Quote from: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 04:23:58 PM

the games i have converted to DVD i have split up onto two discs to keep the quality.


hmmm.  so have you tried it on 1 disc and how bad did that look?
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on July 26, 2006, 04:49:56 PM
i could email websites to get dvd copier progs there wingspan, provided your computer is capable of DVDr- recording
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: ice grillin you on July 26, 2006, 04:54:56 PM
so have you tried it on 1 disc and how bad did that look?

it looks fine murp
even in slp
Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 05:05:22 PM
Quote from: MURP on July 26, 2006, 04:49:43 PM
Quote from: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 04:23:58 PM

the games i have converted to DVD i have split up onto two discs to keep the quality.


hmmm.  so have you tried it on 1 disc and how bad did that look?

depending on the capacity of the DVD, grainy. don't use any "fit to DVD" feature on a recorder. just us the SP or EP settings and set it to highest quality, you normal DVD holds a 2 hour feature, with high quality settings.

Title: Re: Recording Eagles games to DVD
Post by: Wingspan on July 26, 2006, 05:30:17 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on July 26, 2006, 04:49:56 PM
i could email websites to get dvd copier progs there wingspan, provided your computer is capable of DVDr- recording

it is, but i don't care that much.  8)