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Originally Posted by Catlady
Am I the only one who wants to be able to KEEP what I record on shiny discs? I use a Magnavox DVR with a 1TB hard drive. I can record to the hard drive or directly to discs; I can dub from the hard drive to discs. I have it set up so I can record cable programs or OTA.
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Unless the discs are bluray, you cannot record HDTV on them. The highest resolution you can record on DVD discs is 480i, and IMO 480i looks terrible when viewed on an HDTV. It might not bother you though. The HDD should be able to record 1080i though, so that option will work for HDTV recording. The device might be able to upconvert the 480i DVD disc recordings to 720p or even 1080i, but upconversion never looks as good as the video recorded directly into 1080i. That is why satellite services which provide true 1080i feeds have better looking video than cable services which use 720p and upconvert it to 1080i. Compare either of those to streaming services with their less compressed 1080p and you will see just how terrible cable signals are and you will probably get a better signal than even the satellite services provide. All that matters though is if you are happy with the recordings. I doubt I would be happy with DVD recordings that have to be upconverted. I would most likely be happy with the higher resolution recordings on the HDD though.