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I just picked up a Pioneer HDD/DVD burner and had a quick question...(no, I haven't read the manual in its entirety yet...) If you're recording off a TV signal on XP (which is better image quality than SP, apparently) on to the hard drive, how many gigs would it take up?  Would a two hour movie still burn on a DVD - R disc (4.whatever gigs) without requiring compression or is this venturing into dual layer DVD territory? Cheers!

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Nope. I have the Pioneer also. I know that LP you fit about 4 hours on a standard DVD. SP is an 2 hours I am not sure about XP

Thanks, I guess I'll be using the dual layers for XP...although it seems a waste when you're just burning a movie by itself...can't wait for the prices on dual layers to go down. How are you liking your Pioneer so far?

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I have had it for a year and a half now and its great.

If they only extended days to 36 hours I'd have time to watch all of the stuff I've recorded already...

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My Panasonic records XP = 1 hour, SP = 2 hours, LP = 4 hours, SLP = 6 hours. I never use speeds lower than the 2 hour mode with that recorder because of the encoder in it (it produces macroblocks like crazy on anything with fast motion in it). For longer length recordings I use my Liteon recorders as they have better filtering and a better encoder chip. I've heard that the Pioneers have very good filtering making them good for transferring old VHS and Beta tapes which is making it a priority to get one before they all vanish. The only other unit I might consider is the Philips 3755 available at Best Buy since it has glowing reviews from many places like AVSFORUM and Videohelp. I am unable to find that recorder in my city though...