By now everyone’s heard of Digital Versatile Disk or DVD.Movie companies are pumping out the titles,and digital hungry comsumers have made the new format one of the fastest growing in history .Now pioneer ,the Stereo equipment maker ,is adding to the DVD desire,with is DVDRW,or Read Write.You can use a unit like this to record TV shows in perfect digital playback.
“More than twice the quality of that of VHS, and it records in digital sound.Now we are dealing with a digital video image.”
Recordable DVDs are just one of the new technologies for recording television. Hardd drive recorders ,like Tivo ,are also very popular, but you can’t move the recording with Tivo ,you can’t take a copy over to a friend’s house, because it’s locked inside the unit.Recordable DVD can be moved from one player to another .The only thing you won’t be able to do is record other movies.
“You can’t copy something that’s been copy protected ,if the machine detects any type of Macrovision or Copy guard , it actually won’t allow you ,it won’t permit you to be able to record.”
Recordable DVDs are easier to store than VHS tapes, plus they’re indexible, you can record several different shows on one disk ,and skip right to the show you want to watch , no fast forwarding or rewinding.