mikestock wrote:
I have a DVD recorder that I've had for years. It will record over-the-air through a built in tuner and the quality is near HD.
I am trying to maintain a collection of my college team football season as I have done for years. Some of the games come in through the CBS or ABC affiliates and I am able to get good quality OTA recordings. Other games are on ESPN or other, cable only, sources and I can only record them to my DirecTV DVR. From there the only way I can transfer them to a DVD is via the A-V output and input to the DVD recorder.
Does anyone know of a DVD recorder with a component or HDMI input that allows one to record higher quality disks? I can't find any way to transfer DVR recordings to a DVD without diminishing the quality via the A-V route.
No.
Not the answer you are looking for, but..
DVD is NOT in any way shape or form "near HD quality", period.
DVD standard is SD or STANDARD DEFINITION.
You will not get any better quality in a DVD recorder even if it really had component (RGB) inputs.
Connect your DVD recorder to the analog COMPOSITE output of the Direct DVR and don't worry about trying to "gain" any better quality.. Analog composite gives all the quality that a the DVD specs will allow.
If you want to "improve" you capture of the DVR you need to set the DVD recorder to 1 hr record time if provided, most DVD recorders don't offer 1 hr record time but that IS the absolute MAX quality the DVD specification will give you..
One additional caveat.. There IS a very good chance that the Direct DVR will have Macrovision turned on.. If so the DVD recorder will honor the Macrovision signal and prevent you from recording anything from the DVR..
If you want Near HD you will need to bump up to a non DVD HD PVR which has either Component or HDMI input.. Those are typically not available for sale in the USA and often are a USB dongle that needs a PC to do the recording work.
