"Dave Farrance" wrote in message
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"Steve Terry" wrote:

"Dave Farrance" wrote in message
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Anybody know if there's a cheap DVD recorder capable of recording at
least eight hours? It's for a video capture application where quality
isn't an issue

Almost all will record for 6 hours at reduced quality.

Wouldn't you be better off buying a Hard Drive recorder,
much better for continuous high quality recording,
and they aren't expensive anymore, take a look in Maplins

I wanted video-capture -- meaning capture from a composite-video input,
which all DVD recorders have, but Freeview PVRs don't. And I'd assumed
that DVD-recorders with hard drives are expensive? I'll have to check.

Anyway, I've looked at Maplin, as you suggested, and I've stumbled across
a £70 media player/recorder and hard drive enclosure that might be
exactly what I want. I think it must have a video input since it says
that it can record from a TV.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=A09HG
Dave Farrance

That's the sort of thing, but I suspect there's dedicated equipment of a
similar type
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...order&doy=26m4

or
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...ce=14&doy=26m4

Steve Terry