Guest guest Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 There should be a setting on your player that asks you the quality. I can record, up to 4 hours, I think?? But I can set it for only 1 hour as well. Hope that makes sense..DarcyOn Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Pink Pussycat <pinkpussycat@...> wrote: Dvd's can hold 4.75 gig's. I don't have a machine like yours so I don't know how to help you. I'd google it?Good luck!On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 8:34 PM, From Jen <volleyjen0416@...> wrote: Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Ok I will look for it and bother you again if I can't find it Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Depends on the quality you record in, single sided DVDs usually hold 120 min in standard quality. Once you choose Good Quality or High Quality you have less recording time.VennittaOn Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM, From Jen <volleyjen0416@...> wrote: Ok I will look for it and bother you again if I can't find it Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 So standard quality only holds 120 mins? I thought it would hold more Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, it's 120 min/4.7 GB max...double sided holds twice as much though Vennitta On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM, From Jen <volleyjen0416@...> wrote: So standard quality only holds 120 mins? I thought it would hold more Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Vennitta, can you tell me the brand and exactly what kind of DVD I need to get the most recording time out of it? I want to transfer some of my VHS to DVDsThanks, Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Jen, Your dvd recorder is going to determine how many hours you can get on the dvd. I have had a number of vhs player / dvd recorder combos. On my current dvd recorder, I can choose the amount of hours I want to get on that dvd. My choices are 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours. The more hours you choose, the less quality you have on the recording - the picture may be a little blurry, the colorings may not be clean or good, etc. That's because the disc only has so much "space" on it - 4.7 G. When you chose to put 8 hours worth of information in that amount of space, you're "thinning" that information out to compress it and make it fit. When you chose 1 hour, you can maintain all of the original information that the digital recording contained and the pic, sound, colors, etc will be much better. So, if it's something that you really want a good copy of, choose either 1 or 2 hours for the recording speed. If you really don't care if the pic isn't perfect, chose the 8 hours. You'll get more info on the disc that way. Now... the vhs/dvd combo I had before that didn't have 8 hours as an option. It had something stupid like 1, 2, 2.5, 3, & 4 hours. 2.5?? really??? I could never figure out why they thought that setting was going to be helpful! You machine may be a little different also, but should be close to what I've said here. You'll find that setting somewhere on the remote and it should be named something like "record mode". For the disc, you can buy either dvd-r or dvd+r (make sure it's not cd - it has to be dvd). There really isn't that much of a difference any more between dvd-r and dvd+r (used to be some machines would work with one and not the other). I buy whatever I happen to find. Right now I have dvd+r. I would stay with a reputable company like Memorex, Maxell, or Sony. Now, not to confuse you, but there are dvd+rw out there. The "rw" just means that you can actually rewrite over the top of it (just like you could record over the top of a vhs tape you no longer wanted). You could use those also, but you have to format them first. Your dvd recorder won't let you start recording until you format it. The dvd recorder will walk you through that process. Confused yet? That's your basic class in dvd101. LOL All of the above info is useful whether you're doing what you're going to try to do or if you're recording tv shows while you're gone at work to watch later. The only problem with this whole scenario is that recording companies got smart after a while and put copyright encoding on their vhs tapes. After telling you all of this, you may not get your vhs tapes copied. The dvd recorders these days can tell if it's a copyright protected vhs and can actually stop the recording process before you get going. You have a better chance, though, with the older tapes. Hope this helps, Laurie From Jen wrote:   Vennitta, can you tell me the brand and exactly what kind of DVD I need to get the most recording time out of it? I want to transfer some of my VHS to DVDs Thanks,             Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Every brand I've seen holds appx 4.7 GB. if you compress or don't chapter and remove some of the background add-ons some programs have you can get more than 120 min.It really depends, on your copying program and what you are copying. Buy a small pack of DVDs and give it a try. The more you put on your DVD the lower the picture quality though. If you have a Mac you are in luck, from my experience, Macs copy DVDs better than PCsVennittaOn Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM, From Jen <volleyjen0416@...> wrote: Vennitta, can you tell me the brand and exactly what kind of DVD I need to get the most recording time out of it? I want to transfer some of my VHS to DVDsThanks, Jen Can DVDs record more than an hour or so? I'm asking because I have a two in one vcr dvd player/recorder and I can transfer vhs tapes to dvd but the dvd only holds an hourHELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Thanks Laurie, I will look at my recorder and let you know what lengths I can record at. The VHS tapes I want to copy are older and/or are my own recordings from tv. Or they are old VHS tapes that aren't sold any more and aren't available on DVD. I will probably just transfer the ones I recorded myself on VHS. Jen Vennitta, can you tell me the brand and exactly what kind of DVD I need to get the most recording time out of it? I want to transfer some of my VHS to DVDs Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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