[Vintage-Audio] Converting VHS to DVD

Thu Jul 9 17:32:29 EDT 2009

Thank you sir.

It makes absolutely no sense to me as to why I need to make a menu selection 
to finalize a recording when the button is physically located on the remote! 
So press the finalize button, press 'enter' or "GO" or whatever, and be done 
with it!

With all of your knowledge about this equipment, why can't you operate it 
blindfolded? If I can do it, there is no reason why you can't sir. No 
offense intended. My bet is that you can perform a VHS to DVD copy without 
your sight OM, I challenge you to try it.

I was retained by the head of the Computer Science Department at the 
University of Michigan, Flint campus, to teach him basic programming! 
Absolutely true! Are you out there Dr. Harry Edwards?

Now how does one become the head of the Computer Science Department, having 
a doctrite in said field, and have to hire a self-taught computer programmer 
who has never taken a single class on anything about a computer, and totally 
blind to boot, to teach you how to use a computer?

Open your eyes world! Lest my Guide Dog get another matched pair of low 
profile, road hugging, water skid resistant tire tracks across its back! 
Sort of like a Somkey The Bear after a rush of plasma gas singed his hair!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Converting VHS to DVD

> At 03:26 PM 7/8/2009, you wrote:
>>Hello Charlie,
>>
>>Thank you. Excellent information to be aware of.
>>
>>I am going to put you on the spot Charlie, but I would not if I were not
>>totally confident you can handle the question!
>>
>>I am totally blind, now. I was shot by a careless stranger who was 
>>Pheasant
>>hunting in a residential area. Illegally. That was the afternoon before i
>>turned eighteen in October of 1964. I mention this so that you understand 
>>I
>>have full visual imagery and nearly total recall of what I saw. Hence, I
>>comprehend "visual" termonology and have a mind's eye loaded with 
>>countless
>>images to call upon. So do not worry about saying something I may not
>>understand etc.
>
>         Hi Duane:
>
>         I am afraid that with a handicap like that, I would have
> trouble finding the machine, let alone operating it.
>
>
>>I hate using remote control units. All of my audio and video equipment is
>>stand alone and does not connect to any external computers etc.
>
>         While all the DVD burners I have are capable of recording or
> playing back from buttons on the front panel, The remote control is
> necessary to finalize the disk. If the DVD is not finalized it will
> not play back on any machine other than the one it was recorded on.
>         Also it is necessary to make a choice from a menu to tell
> the machine to finalize the disk. If this presents too great a
> problem, would it be possible for you to record a number of disks and
> then get sighted help to finalize them?
>
>>If I am understanding you correctly: You suggest that I avoid a 
>>combination
>>machine that converts a VHS tape into a CD. Right? You want me to use a 
>>good
>>quality VHS deck, feed that signal out and into a good quality DVD deck.
>>
>>I assume the DVD deck is both play and record. Now does this DVD deck have 
>>a
>>side one that is 'play' only and a side B that is both play/record? I 
>>could
>>copy a DVD from side A to side B, provided the copyright protection did 
>>not
>>block me from doing so, of course.
>
>         The five dvd burners that I have will all record and play
> disks, but, just like a vcr, when playing back they just turn off the
> record circuits.
> While it is possible to make copies from a burner's hard drive if it
> has one, it is much faster and easier to make copies on a PC using a
> program like Nero or Roxio.
>
>
>>Which of the DVD decks that you mentioned do you "believe" would be the 
>>most
>>user friendly for a totally blind person?
>
>         The machines I have are from three to seven years old and
> have probably been replaced by much newer models. Also, I seem to
> recall that some DVD recorders were not available in the USA because
> the FCC required that digital television tuners be installed. Of the
> machines I have, the Toshiba RD-XS32SC is the most complicated, and
> the Sony has a couple of features I don't like. (It formats the disks
> in a separate operation that the others avoid, and it calls a program
> a "title". (Do you want to delete this title? Yes, and the whole
> program is gone.)
>         I think the Pioneers are the most simple operation.
>
>
>         I hope this helps a bit.
>
>         Cheers
>                 Charlie Fox
>
>
>
>
>
> Chas E. Fox Video Production
> 793 Argyle Rd. Windsor ON N8Y3J8
> 519-254-4991,  cfox1 at cogeco.ca
> www.chasfoxvideo.com
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