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This recorder use to cost $500 back when they first hit the set.. I thought about buying it at one time but now not..... Besides what's the point in recording hd to a dvd if it's doesn't record in mpeg2(VOB's) it will not play on a dvd. It will be an mp4 persay and you would still have to edit it in order to get it to a dvd. Yet I am not for sure about this but it appears to be the case. They are not giving much info on this prodduct now nor then.

I still want to buy something from these guys store.archos.com noticed I went to the referb section.Downside not writing to blueray nor dvd yet it could work in conjuction with cable dvr.

I have seen this too and was wondering same things

I thought the major upgrade from the mc3 that it could record hd onto a playable
dvd, even blu-ray?
(but I think recording in HD might be linited to the "sony handycam" input.

we need to find someone who uses vsl who has hands on experience.

this recorder does not seem to have any "HD" inputs, although it claims to support HD. My guess is HD from Sony camcorders.

H.264 is ratified as a standard for Blu-ray disks. In other words, ALL Blu-ray players must be able to play H.264 encoded Blu-ray disks. This is the preferred format of Blu-ray material.

Standard definition DVD disks specified only a single standard for video encoding, and that's MPEG-II. Blu-ray specifies a total of 3 if I recall correctly.

yeah... thats kind of what I gathered too..

and from more reading it seems like that "sony hd handy cam" is the only way to get an HD
(theres no way to hoodwink it)

but I suppose if you have an extra 200 bucks and you want something to make video mixes for the internet/promotions it might not be a bad option.
most site only support so much anyways...
audio & video in 1 step.

Im on the fence, this might be a xmas present request or something...

Sorry, I guess I should have posted this too:

To take advantage of high-definiton (HD) recording, you'll need a Sony AVCHD camcorder. Furthermore, it only supports HDD and memory stick models;

In order to make a HD DVD, you'll need to supply a Sony memory stick with AVCHD footage on it.

You can't record a LIVE video input to HD in any way.

yeah, and it says in that youtube tutorial it writes in h264.
but I think we are all in agreement thats just when using a handycam...

but, maybe not

right, and not a live input. only from memory stick.

but seriously, if you find a portable recorder that record a live 1080p high def signal to ANYTHING for $200, you let me know.

i just bought a recorder and i paid $5k for it. and that was the cheapest one I could find, by about $25k.

Recorder for 5K...Swift you could have bought a house in Detroit...

Actually, after I bought my recorder the Aja Ki Pro was released and that's easily without a doubt the highest quality recorder you'll get for $4k.

Damn a-swift you making your on tv station so you can do dj news. That's some high dollar shit....

Don't front on swiftVision. You heard it here first.