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X-Shahbaz
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Jul 24, 2003, 9:01 PM

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Hi there
I want to buy a DVD recorder for my video store. Can you please recommend me one which is good and its recorded DVD would play on all DVD systems. In our local market Panasonic and RCA recorders are avaliable. I use the panasonic one but its recorded DVD do not play on other DVD system. I also want to know that what king of DVD’s i should buy I mean DVD from Fuiji and JVC which costs for 7 to 9 dollars, i want cheap one so that I can sell the recorded DVD to customer in cheap price.
Thanks
Shahbaz


X-Doug_Graham
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Jul 25, 2003, 1:14 PM

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The Panasonic DVD recorders are among the best available. There are NO inexpensive DVD recorders, in either the DVD-R or DVD+R format, that will make discs guaranteed to play in all DVD players.
At present, DVD-R discs are compatible with 70% or more of the current crop of DVD players. Older players will not fare so well.
The only way to get 100% compatibility is to use a commercial duplicator to make discs in the DVD (Authoring) format. Pioneer makes a recording drive for this format, but it costs about $3,000. The discs are more expensive, too.
By the way, you say you own a video store...you wouldn't be planning to duplicate copyrighted DVDs and sell the copies, would you? That would be illegal; if that is your plan, please don't.
Regards,
Doug Graham