Well, I've finally decided to (try to) join the 21st century and start
recording TV shows (for timeslip) to DVD rather than VHS.
I'm using a Panasonic DMR ES40V. It should record 2 hours in SP mode
and 4 hours in LP mode etc.
The first time I tried to record 2 programs of 1 hour each in SP mode,
it recorded the first and put an "!" in the status field on the
schedule screen for the second. The next time I tried 4 programs: 3
in LP, and 1 in EP. It recorded the first two but not the last two
and once again put an "!" in the status field on the schedule
screen. Even if the disk really isn't 2 (SP) / 4 (LP) hours long, I
would have thought the second try should have worked or at least
recorded 3 programs. IIIRC, I'm using Memorex 16x DVD-R if it makes
any difference. (They work find in the computers burners I have.)
Rick Kovalcik wrote:
>
> Well, I've finally decided to (try to) join the 21st century and start
> recording TV shows (for timeslip) to DVD rather than VHS.
>
> I'm using a Panasonic DMR ES40V. It should record 2 hours in SP mode
> and 4 hours in LP mode etc.
>
> The first time I tried to record 2 programs of 1 hour each in SP mode,
> it recorded the first and put an "!" in the status field on the
> schedule screen for the second. The next time I tried 4 programs: 3
> in LP, and 1 in EP. It recorded the first two but not the last two
> and once again put an "!" in the status field on the schedule
> screen. Even if the disk really isn't 2 (SP) / 4 (LP) hours long, I
> would have thought the second try should have worked or at least
> recorded 3 programs. IIIRC, I'm using Memorex 16x DVD-R if it makes
> any difference. (They work find in the computers burners I have.)
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
I can't recall how my own one of these machines worked as I hardly
used it for dubbing, but if you don't get an answer here you could try
problems recording to Panasonic DMR ES40V 
Linear Mode
