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DVD Recorders and ugly generic menus
Does anyone know of any specific brands/model numbers for standalone DVD Recorder units that DO NOT create a generic menu on your DVD’s?
I’ve read posts that claim that certain brands do it, but none so far that actually lists a specific model number.
Any ideas out there?
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All the ones I’ve used do it. Of them the Philips is the nicest, giving you a selection of frame for the thumbnail image which you can choose before you finalize after the encoding process. The panasonic has to be the ugliest with the full screen list.
The high end units (LX-1, BD-X200U) come with a large variety of custom menus but I don’t know if they just do a 1st play option.
You can re-burn in toast using auto start or demux in streamclip and format in dsp for 1st play also but this is extra work.
Maybe someone else knows of one.
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The Pioneer PRV-LX1 will do what you want. It has many premade templates in it for Menu options but will also make auto-play DVD’s that will play without displaying any menus at all.
We’ve had ours for a little over a year and it’s been great. It can also be configured with a second DVD drive which enables me to make two identical disks at the same time. Keep one for archiving and give the other one to the client or the duplicator. That way when he looses it, you have a spare. It also has a hard drive to store source materials and will burn DVDs directly from the hard drive.
The unit also features a 9-pin RS-422 port that can be used to control the machine remotely. It’s really designed to take in timecode info from a tape and put itself in to record at a predetermined location on a tape, but I’ve made a setup in Final Cut that can trigger the record function remotely so I can do a “Record to Tape” without actually needing to be in the room to physically push the record button on the burner.The deck isn’t cheap, but it will do just about anything you need it to do. Check it out.
Tom
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