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OT DVD recorder?
Hi Everyone,
A little off topic, but I need to get some new DVD recorders for our edit suites, dubbing area; and up until now we’ve been using the Pioneer DVR line (which has worked out great), BUT Pioneer has stopped making most of their line with only a couple of higher end units left with harddrives. One of the main reasons that we went with the Pioneer units is the fact that the recorders DO NOT default to a ‘menu first play.’ Since most of the DVD recorders have a awful menu, I like it to just go straight to the video. (Since this is mostly for one-off’s and rough cuts-we don’t want to take the time to author a DVD)
To the question: What other brands of DVD recorders burn with the first play to go straight to the video?
Thanks for your help,
Todd at UCSB
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This was just discussed in great detail over the past two or three weeks. I would suggest you do a search on this forum.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Hi Walt,
try to give me a little credit…as a forum leader I would try to abide by the same rules that I would like all poster’s to do. I’m not interested in generic info on DVD recorders, nor to I need help in figuring out how to set one up. My specific question only is mentioned in one post -in regards to the units that I’m trying to replace- so that doesn’t help.
If you know of a thread that deals specifically with DVD recorder first play function, please let me know.As to my original post; I’m looking for a DVD recorder that DOES NOT default to the menu when played for the first time.
So, as it pertains to you-I believe your Panasonic recorder does go to a menu, then the user would need to push play before the video will play. I spoke with Panasonic tech support over a year ago, to ask if one could change this feature-no you can’t. Panasonic also said that this is the way that ALL of their DVD recorders work. Ipso-facto – I don’t want to buy a Panasonic DVD recorder since it doesn’t have the functionality I need. But the Pioneers do, BUT they don’t make any lower end models-Hence I’m full circle (back to my original post) does anyone has a recorder that doesn’t go to the menu?I hope this clears up why my original post was not something that could have been found in searching previous posts.
Thanks,
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[Todd at UCSB] “I believe your Panasonic recorder does go to a menu,”
Our machine can be set to go to menu or first chapter when we finalize the disc.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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interesting…?
Can you set a default so every DVD is finalized this way (go to first chapter)-without choosing it in the finalization process?
It might seem trival, but we have 10+ Pioneer recorders-over 4 edit suites, 2 studios, and a duplication area, so even the smallest change get multipled by a factor of 10.
Thanks again Walt.
Todd at UCSB
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[Todd at UCSB] “Can you set a default so every DVD is finalized this way (go to first chapter)-without choosing it in the finalization process?”
Not that I’ve found. There’s no way to preset anything that I can tell, but honestly we’ve never looked at the manual as Menu is always what our clients want to see.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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