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DVD recorders: capturing TV on a disc.(Video)(Buyers Guide)
Having all but vanquished the videotape from the prerecorded-video market, the DVD now wants to be your TV recording medium as well. You should seriously entertain the offer.
Prices for DVD recorders have fallen from more than $500 a year ago to as little as $200 today. The recorders deliver better images than a VCR, along with direct access to the recordings on a disc. They serve as DVD players, too.
DVD isn't the only platform for digital recording from TV. You can also record onto a computer-style hard drive. While blank DVDs hold between one and eight hours of video, depending on recording setting, hard drives accommodate 10 to 200-plus hours, ...
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