Disordered Cogitations

I bought a Panasonic DMR-ES30V DVD Recorder this week. It handles DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and CD-VCD. I love standards so much I wish I could have dozens of them--I am disappointed I only have 7 DVD standards. : - )

One of the cool features is that I can pop in a video cassette and it will--with the push of one button--dub it over onto a DVD (as soon as I can figure out which format to use). It also does the TIVO thing--that is I can record and watch a DVD-RAM at the same time.