[ale] DVD recorders: know of a good one?

[david w. millians]

On 1/11/2010 9:53 AM, Daniel Howard wrote:
>> Hi. We need to find a DVD recorder that will record from a RCA
>> input,
> and, here's the important part, actually allow you to take that disk
> and play it in another player/rip it. Got a suggestion? These
> goshdarned Sony boxes record okay, but only play back internally.
> Whatever oddball format they use doesn't move well.
>
> Check your user guide to see if there is a 'Finalize' menu item.  On
> my Pioneer DVD recorder, it makes the DVD readable on anything else
> (including computers).

We had the same problem whether it was finalized or not, dvd+r or dvd-r. 
You couldn't watch it on anything but the Sony.
The fact that the Pioneer DOES work that way gives me hope, though. Thanks!