A DVD recorder is for recording and playback of movies. It can be quite different recording sources are used. With a DVD recorder can record TV broadcasts are recorded as well as the films were made with a video camera. Also, the dubbing of films that have been on old video tapes is possible. If you connect the video cassette player for the old to the DVD recorder, the tape can be copied to the DVD.

The DVD recorders offer the possibility that the footage on DVD discs to write this so as to burn a DVD burner in your computer. It is usually no matter whether it is called DVD-Plus or Minus DVD-R. All the newer DVD recorders can handle both DVD formats.

Higher performance equipment, while still offering a built-in hard drive. With such a DVD recorder you have the ability to edit the recorded Fimmaterial before the final letter to the DVD. This offers the possibility out of TV recordings, for example, the commercials cut.

With many DVD recorders, it is also possible, the recordings at the same time Puts see.

Unlike a video recorder that writes the signal with a magnetic recording head on a magnetic tape, the DVD recorder is the storage medium described by a laser beam. Since the reading takes place without contact with a laser beam, as described on the DVD recorder is DVD playback, even with frequent wear. In sharp contrast to conventional video tape that is read by the contact with the drum reading. After frequent playing here is a noticeable decline in image quality.

Even with the reuse of the recording medium of the DVD recorder has the advantage. While leaves on the quality of a video tape after several rewrites games, you can use rewritable DVD discs as often again. Used in the DVD recorder, however, only one write-once DVD, so this is closed after the finalization and can not be deleted and no longer be overwritten.