Multibridge extreme and a DVD-Video recorder

[Steve Wargo]

Of course you’ll want to do all of that. We stopped using VHS for client dubs a long time ago. Discs are cheap to make and take up practically no room. And, you can use them for coasters in your office when you’re done with them.

Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona

It’s a dry heat!

[Paul Provost]

yeah we have done it for years. only way to go
we like the pioneer dvd recorders. the recorder can be set to record 3/4 or 16/9. they also make pal/ntsc models which come in handy
go to bhphoto.com and you’ll find whatg you need

[Baz Leffler]

We do playouts every few days and use panasonic DVD recorders and record on DVD-RAM and keep rotating the reuseable discs. Using record once discs has 2 major problems…

1/ if they are kept they can be confused with later versions and

2/ how many drink coasters do you want!!! we were turning into alcoholics!!!

If you string the old discs in a tree it can keep the birds away from waking you in the early mornings.

BTW.. most panasonic DVD ‘players’ can play DVD-RAM too so all my producers have them at home. Oh, and all the later Pioneer DVD drives play them.

[Jean Coulombe]

The pioneer LX1 is what we used we have 2 for the 2 edit system we used one is premiere and the other is FCP this dvd recorder is for pro usage with every input ouput available in ntsc and pal composite component s-vhs firewired and has an option sdi in and out, you can burn strait to dvd or to the internal hard drive and do cut trim if need be and you can transfert vob file from the hard drive via cat5 network for authoring on a pc or mac the software inside the box is linux base so future update are possible so far the suport for dual layer is not available but is supose to be comming will see .

[Daniel5000]

Thanks for the info everyone.
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[Steve Wargo]

We, too, use the PVR LX1 and we asked Pioneer when we would see the ability to plug in a couple of dual layer drives and they replied that they didn’t think the dual layer burners were up to the task. Pioneer makes them. What’s the problem? It’s like they don’t believe in their own product.

Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona

It’s a dry heat!

[Trevor Kinsey]

I can’t comment on the multibridge, but we use a DVD recorder a lot. The comment about 4X3 and 16X9 is important as some recorders (our Panasonic for one) can’t record 16X9 and have the output play properly on a 4X3 monitor. On a 16X9 monitor you can set the monitor to show 4X3 or 16X9, but the recorded DVD doesn’t have the appropriate flag set to force the DVD player to show the output as letterbox or centre cut. To get a suitable disk for playback on a 4X3 monitor from a 16X9 source we have to run the signal through an aspect ratio converter to produce a letterbox image.

I don’t know if you will find the 16X9 feature on a domestic level recorder. This will force you to spend a fair bit more money on a professional recorder (which will probably give you better results).

Trevor Kinsey,
Technical Producer,
CVP Film and Television,
Melbourne,
Australia

[Daniel5000]

Thanks Trevor