FOR THE REAL ENTHUSIAST HOW ABOUT THIS ONE

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The DMR-HS2 is one of the first DVD recorders to feature a built in hard disc drive, a home recording playback dream in one box
Plays pre-recorded DVD's & CD's
Records on DVD-RAM & DVD-R Video Blank Media
Will make discs that will play in most existing DVD players (DVD-R only)
Uses VBR (Variable Bit Rate) Technology to maintain high picture quality
Firewire (i-link) DV input
Videoplus+
Playback programs recorded to DVD-RAM or HDD while watching another program on DVD-RAM or HDD
Internal 40GB HD for time shifting
High speed transfer (22 Mbps) to and from HDD to DVD-RAM
When transferring at 1x speed from HDD to DVD-RAM or DVD-R, formats can be re-encoded eg XP mode > EP mode)
Allows non-linear editing to transfer to DVD-RAM and from DVD-RAM to HDD
Playback while recording even at high bit rates (HDD and DVD-RAM)
Uses the single layer 4.7GB DVD-R (once only) system and DVD-RAM 4.7Gb systems
Records in real-time using MPEGII compression-Up to 6 hours per DVD-RAM disc
Quick recording function automatically finds the blank part of the disc
Variable Data rate and variable resolution settings
Disc navigation thumbnail chapter view
PCMCIA PC Card upgrade slot (SD Card reader for JPEG still transfers is one of the possibilities)
Built-in time base corrector that delivers highly stable, natural images
Front A/V input
Full RGB in and out
Flexible recording mode allows you to manually a time for recording and the player will set the best possible bit rate for that time, say 1 hour 15 minutes to fill a disc
Can record and playback NTSC and PAL

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Added:  Saturday, August 31, 2002
Reviewer:  Flash

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