Hi, I bought a Daewoo combo VCR/DVD player to copy VCR's tapes to a DVD disk. I have had pretty good luck with it(to my surprise--considering the price) However, I find that I get widely varying quality of recordings with different brand DVD blanks. I seem to get the best results so far with Phillips blanks(dvd+r/rw). I don't know anythng about choosing a blank DVD for quality. Can anyone who has some knowledge of this save me a lot of time and money by clueing me in about what blanks I should buy for the best quality? When I play the DVD copies on my computer, or on my other DVD player, I get skipping and white lines from using the cheap blanks. The lines are there, but not so obvious on the original VCR tape. I plan on transferring my VCR tapes to DVD. I would really appreciate your advice. My Daewoo will only use DVD+ blanks(as opposed to DVD- blanks.) Also copies made on any other machine will not play on the Daewoo. In my case, that is not a serious problem, but, do all DVD combos have this restriction? I need some education in this matter. Ron

Check the Daewoo instructions booklet for type and brand of media suitable for your device.The resulting copy from a tape can't be better than the actual condition of the tape.Those VHS VCR tapes wear by elongating over a period if time.Those were rather short lived if you screened the tapes frequently causing a distorted image on the TV.Trial and error will tell you what is the best brand from those recommended.You are in a rather new technologic environment and experience may be difficult to share.Your problem is a typical hardware software issue not related to Windows 2000 as such.Did you check if the manufacturer has a support website or free telephone support like 1-800 to share your thoughts about it.It is also possible that many TV appliances on the market at this time do not deliver all their expected promises.Good luck.

I really like Verbatim discs. You can do a "yahoogle" search for dvd media test. "The resulting copy from a tape can't be better than the actual condition of the tape" My DVD-VCR recorder combo (Go-Video)says it uses an enhancer circuit to help improve the quality of the VHS tape(s) being recorded. Seems to help "a little". :) WILL POST FOR FOOD.

It could have something to do with Macromedia if these are movies on tapes. Anyways, I seem to get the best recordablility with Verbatim discs.