Hi,

I have recently purchased 32' Sharp LCD and Panasonic EZ25 DVD recorder. Both brilliant!

I was thinking of buying a cheap (probably the Digihome 80 from Argos) PVR (HDD recorder) to add to the collection, but..

I am now unsure, can I record from the PVR to the DVD and edit?

Basically, I want to record the odd TV prog. and the odd film
to watch at later date. But I also want the option of saving films onto DVD.

I also want to record music videos in a stream , and be able to compile a 'favorites' dvd for later viewing.

This is possible, but time consuming and messy from the dvd recorder. would having a PVR make this any easier?

I could edit on my PC, but would need to replace DVD player with DVD R/W drive. Would this be more advantageous, cheaper?

I have a limted budget, was looking for something less than £150.

Any advice thoughts welcome.

Many thanks.

G.

Semms to have got into wrong forum. Not my fault I think!

Sorry.

A PVR is far better for time switching TV programs than a DVDR so you would generally use the PVR then record from that on to a DVD for keeping long term.

Note you will have to do recordings in real-time from the PVR so if you are doing lots of small videos you would probably be better doing this on the PC.

Two different jobs time switching and video compiling. A DVDR with a hard disk (such as Panny EX75) would probably have been your best bet if starting from scratch because you can use this much like a PVR (not quite as convenient) but still edit on it.

What you want to do is exactly what i do! Link up my DVD recorder to my Digihome PVR80.

When i want to keep something i just play it through the DVD recorder (only a cheap one from Asda).

I can do basic editing on the DVD recorder itself, for anything more elaborate i have to rip the recorded DVD into the PC, edit and then burn it.

By the way, can i recommend the Digihome PVR80, my parents got one a few months ago, and i have also brought one (possibly with an eye on replacing Sky Plus because of the horrendous subscription costs).

I brought mine because i was impressed by my parents one, it's been excellent so far.

Well, thanks very much, Thats really helpful!

I wasn't even sure if it was possible. Seems I will go for the Digihome and try to set it all up.

As I say I only have a DVD player on the PC, but I will look for a resonably priced R/W I think. but I think for what I want the PVR - DVD combo would do.

I'm getting pretty good at editing on the DVD as it is! But it's time consuming. And a PVR would be great for ordinary timeshift, record another channel stuff.

Many thanks.