Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
TBC, DVD-RW to DVD-R copies possible?
It sounds as though this unit could use some form of a rudimentary time base corrector to stabilize analog video being input into the machine like some of the digital Video Walkman's do (I have a Digital 8mm one).  You shouldn't be seeing pixelation from either composite or S-Video either.  <br />Can any of you new owners tell me if the Firewire input also does DV output?  <br />Also is it technically possible to record camcorder footage to DVD+RW and then slip the disk into a Mac G4's DVD-ROM and make copies to a Firewire DVD-R burner?  Has anyone made these kinds of copies?  It's the only thing that keeps me from buying it.  (The Philips is the superior DVD Recorder of the moment with such features as Firewire and progressive outputs.)  Since there is only DVD playback data there I shouldn't think it'd be a problem.  I suppose you could also copy the DVD+RW data to hard disk and then write DVD-R copies.  My desire is to master/archive in DVD+RW and make copies on DVD-R for relatives since I already have the DVD-R burner.  ---PG