[dba-Tech] Question about cable tv and recording therefrom

Heres a few more links with some info for you Arthur....

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/106487.html

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/article/0,,2076_15019870_128554781,00.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123000164.html

That last one was just published today and it referred to the NEXT
article that is to come in the series offering more info so perhaps
that will be the answer that brings it all together....

GK


On 12/29/05, Arthur Fuller <artful at rogers.com> wrote:
> This is a start but that is all that it is. I have a Scientific Atlanta box
> with standard RCA outputs and diagrams how to copy to VCR but this seems to
> me a very lossy route. I have been told that instead I could select a
> recorded program and pipe it to a DVD burner and thus capture 1+ programs to
> a single DVD. That is that I want. I am NOT into bootlegging this stuff. I
> just want to watch episodes repeatedly. Unfortunately, the series of
> interest are not available at the CBC store or I would simply buy them.
> I might be wrong, but I am guessing that first recording to VCR and thence
> to DVD would result in a serious loss of resolution. I am most willing to
> stand corrected on this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: December 28, 2005 2:06 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Question about cable tv and recording therefrom
>
> Hi Arthur,
>
> PC Magazine just ran an article on using your PC DVD burner to burn
> your VCR Tape based content to DVD. You would be doing a similar
> process from the Rogers hard drive recorder.
>
> Have a look here
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1892657,00.asp
>
> There is a nice diagram on the second page of that artical "Hardware"
> that shows how it all fits together.
>
> Gary
>
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