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Martin Dawes are renting the Panasonic and Philips DVD recorders out @ £20-£50 per month.
This is not exactly my local store,so does anyone know of any national rental deals going for these?
At £20 a month, and assuming that would be for the £400 recorders (which you can buy for less than £350 now), you would have paid off the cost of the unit in about a year and a half, but you'd still be paying out. Wouldn't it be simpler to get one on interest free credit?
Sorry, I just don't 'get' rentals at all.
Yes,I agree with you,but you do get a lifetime warranty with rentals.
Have you seen the Panasonic one's going for interest free credit anywhere then?
Maybe there are better places than the rental shops I've heard of, but friends who used to rent TVs and VCRs used to have problems getting their rental shops to sort out problems, and always seemed to wind up with old rubbish when they did get the renter to accept there was a problem.
I haven't looked at credit since I never use it (I'm very anti-credit/loans) but I should think that a lot of shops will do that. Certainly the big chains should. Can you not afford to buy the recorder straight out? I always think that if I can't afford to buy something with the money I have then I won't buy it at all.
...with the exception of my house, that is.
Sorry to preach. If you prefer renting/credit then ignore me - to each their own. :)
I am not on a big wage and want so many things,so credit be it free or not is what I have lived with for years,plus I have a mortgage and Council Tax etc to pay for.
I can't believe many people can afford to buy outright a TV,Video,DVD Digital Camera,Hi-Fi,PC and Digital Camera etc,without credit or saving up for months and years.
Is it possible to rent these things just for a month or two.
I think renting would be a good way to find out which make of recorder you want to use.
I would hate to get a Philips recorder then realise the Panasonic would be better.
Originally posted by nwgarratt
Is it possible to rent these things just for a month or two.
I think renting would be a good way to find out which make of recorder you want to use.
I would hate to get a Philips recorder then realise the Panasonic would be better.
The impression I get from people is that the Panasonic is more reliable than the Philips.
QVC have a 1 month return policy,others might.
The impression I get from people is that the Panasonic is more reliable than the Philips.
Yes, they are supposed to be. I was thinking of trying to decide on the DVD format.
However, I have seen a guy in a shop trying out TDK RAM discs and they were not getting recognised by the recorder.
The Panasonics also write to -R though.
Originally posted by nwgarratt
Yes, they are supposed to be. I was thinking of trying to decide on the DVD format.
However, I have seen a guy in a shop trying out TDK RAM discs and they were not getting recognised by the recorder.
My new Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder arrived yesterday, and so far has worked fine with all the DVD-RAM disks I've tried, though the majority on TDK disks .
I can tell you this is one fine piece of kit, great quality and the ability to edit out bits of recorded programs means I can overrun the recording time, but recoup the space later by editing, don't think the other formats can handle this.
mike
I can tell you this is one fine piece of kit, great quality and the ability to edit out bits of recorded programs means I can overrun the recording time, but recoup the space later by editing, don't think the other formats can handle this.
I think DVD+ in VR mode is suposed to be able to do some editing stuff before the disc is finalised..
Personally, I like the idea of RAM as it is like minidisc ad the discs itself does not get touched.
Is your model, one with a hard disk? If you recorded onto a RAM disc, and then decided to keep the recording, how would you transfer it to DVD-R using the recorder?
Originally posted by nwgarratt
I think DVD+ in VR mode is suposed to be able to do some editing stuff before the disc is finalised..
Personally, I like the idea of RAM as it is like minidisc ad the discs itself does not get touched.
Is your model, one with a hard disk? If you recorded onto a RAM disc, and then decided to keep the recording, how would you transfer it to DVD-R using the recorder?
It is almost identical to minidisk, the only downside is you can't rejoin divided programs, but can create playlists which seem to achieve much the same effect.
My model is without the disk, I've got Tivo, and NTL digital, so this is the best combination of kit for what I need.
I already had a PC DVD-RAM for data backup, so I'll be taking the originals from the recorder, editing and writing back on the PC, assuming I can get the software to convert to a PC friendly format.
mike
Thinking about it, it is probably best to have the same DVD ability on the PC. Then, you could copy DVD RAM to DVDR/RW. All you need would be two drives, one DVD RAM and the other DVD-/DVD+.
This is not exactly my local store,so does anyone know of any national rental deals going for these?
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At £20 a month, and assuming that would be for the £400 recorders (which you can buy for less than £350 now), you would have paid off the cost of the unit in about a year and a half, but you'd still be paying out. Wouldn't it be simpler to get one on interest free credit?
Sorry, I just don't 'get' rentals at all.
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Yes,I agree with you,but you do get a lifetime warranty with rentals.
Have you seen the Panasonic one's going for interest free credit anywhere then?
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Maybe there are better places than the rental shops I've heard of, but friends who used to rent TVs and VCRs used to have problems getting their rental shops to sort out problems, and always seemed to wind up with old rubbish when they did get the renter to accept there was a problem.
I haven't looked at credit since I never use it (I'm very anti-credit/loans) but I should think that a lot of shops will do that. Certainly the big chains should. Can you not afford to buy the recorder straight out? I always think that if I can't afford to buy something with the money I have then I won't buy it at all.
...with the exception of my house, that is.
Sorry to preach. If you prefer renting/credit then ignore me - to each their own. :)
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I am not on a big wage and want so many things,so credit be it free or not is what I have lived with for years,plus I have a mortgage and Council Tax etc to pay for.
I can't believe many people can afford to buy outright a TV,Video,DVD Digital Camera,Hi-Fi,PC and Digital Camera etc,without credit or saving up for months and years.
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Is it possible to rent these things just for a month or two.
I think renting would be a good way to find out which make of recorder you want to use.
I would hate to get a Philips recorder then realise the Panasonic would be better.
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Originally posted by nwgarratt
Is it possible to rent these things just for a month or two.
I think renting would be a good way to find out which make of recorder you want to use.
I would hate to get a Philips recorder then realise the Panasonic would be better.
The impression I get from people is that the Panasonic is more reliable than the Philips.
QVC have a 1 month return policy,others might.
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The impression I get from people is that the Panasonic is more reliable than the Philips.
Yes, they are supposed to be. I was thinking of trying to decide on the DVD format.
However, I have seen a guy in a shop trying out TDK RAM discs and they were not getting recognised by the recorder.
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The Panasonics also write to -R though.
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Originally posted by nwgarratt
Yes, they are supposed to be. I was thinking of trying to decide on the DVD format.
However, I have seen a guy in a shop trying out TDK RAM discs and they were not getting recognised by the recorder.
My new Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder arrived yesterday, and so far has worked fine with all the DVD-RAM disks I've tried, though the majority on TDK disks .
I can tell you this is one fine piece of kit, great quality and the ability to edit out bits of recorded programs means I can overrun the recording time, but recoup the space later by editing, don't think the other formats can handle this.
mike
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I can tell you this is one fine piece of kit, great quality and the ability to edit out bits of recorded programs means I can overrun the recording time, but recoup the space later by editing, don't think the other formats can handle this.
I think DVD+ in VR mode is suposed to be able to do some editing stuff before the disc is finalised..
Personally, I like the idea of RAM as it is like minidisc ad the discs itself does not get touched.
Is your model, one with a hard disk? If you recorded onto a RAM disc, and then decided to keep the recording, how would you transfer it to DVD-R using the recorder?
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Originally posted by nwgarratt
I think DVD+ in VR mode is suposed to be able to do some editing stuff before the disc is finalised..
Personally, I like the idea of RAM as it is like minidisc ad the discs itself does not get touched.
Is your model, one with a hard disk? If you recorded onto a RAM disc, and then decided to keep the recording, how would you transfer it to DVD-R using the recorder?
It is almost identical to minidisk, the only downside is you can't rejoin divided programs, but can create playlists which seem to achieve much the same effect.
My model is without the disk, I've got Tivo, and NTL digital, so this is the best combination of kit for what I need.
I already had a PC DVD-RAM for data backup, so I'll be taking the originals from the recorder, editing and writing back on the PC, assuming I can get the software to convert to a PC friendly format.
mike
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Thinking about it, it is probably best to have the same DVD ability on the PC. Then, you could copy DVD RAM to DVDR/RW. All you need would be two drives, one DVD RAM and the other DVD-/DVD+.
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