LG RH177

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Originally posted by jardim on 26 Nov 2006 3:22 PM
Thanks for the reply. But I'm still puzzled about this RH177. Does this mean that if I want to record a movie with more than 60 minutes with high quality I must use two DVD discs? I know about DL discs, but it happens that there are many movies with more than 2 hours. This means that I must always use two discs at least? Isn't there any way to install a better codec in the recorder? Can't I install a codec that allows me to retain a good picture quality in a single DVD disc?


Thanks in advance


Jardim



This is not a LG issue but rather a DVD recorder issue. As the recorder has no idea what is about to happen on screen it simply records the data at the fixed bit rate you specify. The device does not have the processing ability to later look at the video stream and optimize it using variable bit rate technologies (I don't know of any DVD recorder that does).



The fix is to either user a DVD with enough capacity to record the movie at your chosen bit rate OR reduce the bit rate so the movie fits your disk. This is not a codec issue really as DVD is MPEG2 by default (standards based video agreements).



The real answer is to simply try it and see if you are happy with the picture. Get some DVD +RW and try it at both XP and SP quality on the DVD disk.



I don't think that the LG suffers this problem any more than higher spec units though so I don't think an upgrade will help at all.



hope this helps.



acmp

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Thanks for the reply. It helps in that it shatters my illusions on this issue...

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Sorry to ruin it for you.



My best thought is to get a DL DVD+RW disk (can you get those?) dub the movie at XP to it then re encode it on your PC to fit a standard disk.



sounds like a lot of hard work but it should get your 2 hour movie on a standard disk, and you can then format and reuse the DL disk.



acmp

From UK, 2 posts

Originally posted by tsugi on 26 Nov 2006 6:30 PM
Hi y'all.





I've tried the 'Setup, Lock and (7x) zero'. I've also tried the 'set to DVD, open, (7x) 0' In neither case was there a message on screen, and the region is still 2.





Any other options that anyone knows?



I'm having the same problem. Can anyone please help??

From Scotland, 2 posts

Thanks for the help, but my lack of success includes doing it with the door open. Having said that; I have just had the unit replaced as there was a problem feeding a diginox signal through it (worked fine when on, but when off the TV showed the digibox in B & W). So perhaps that flaw is part of the same conundrum. I shall post results when I've had time to set it up anew.

From London, 1 post

I connected 3 Scart leads as follows -



NTL TV to DVD AV2

DVD AV1 to TV EXT1

NTL VCR to TV AV2



I can play DVDs now on Ext Source 1 and watch telly on Ext Source 2, however I am not able to setup the tv channels on my DVD recorder. Hence unable to record!



Please can someone help. Maybe I am doing the wrong connections.



Many thanks.

From UK, 2 posts

Originally posted by tsugi on 27 Dec 2006 9:29 AM
Thanks for the help, but my lack of success includes doing it with the door open. Having said that; I have just had the unit replaced as there was a problem feeding a digibox signal through it (worked fine when on, but when off the TV showed the digibox in B & W). So perhaps that flaw is part of the same conundrum. I shall post results when I've had time to set it up anew.



I am in the same boat. Every possible combination of the suggested hacks has produced no results for me. My unit appears to work perfectly in every other way (though mine is not connected to a digibox), but ignores me completely when I try the hack. I might as well be pointing the remote at a brick wall. I look forward to hearing if your unit responds differently once it has been repaired. I don't have any reason to return mine so I may be stuck with a region 2 for life. Sigh.

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Originally posted by biggshot on 30 Dec 2006 12:37 AM
I connected 3 Scart leads as follows -





NTL TV to DVD AV2


DVD AV1 to TV EXT1


NTL VCR to TV AV2





I can play DVDs now on Ext Source 1 and watch telly on Ext Source 2, however I am not able to setup the tv channels on my DVD recorder. Hence unable to record!





Please can someone help. Maybe I am doing the wrong connections.





Many thanks.



The TV source for the DVD Recorder is via the NTL decoder into AV2. So you need to set up the record schedules to use input AV2. This will then record whatever the NTL box is outputting. Then you just need to make sure your NTL box is on the right channel. With Sky I use the programme reminder and auto-view options so that it automatically decodes the right channel. I assume NTL has a similar feature, but I don't know much about it.



Hope this helps

From Wrexham, 1 post

I'm having the same problem, has anyone found a soloution to the original hack not working?

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this doesnt work for me at all.. can someone please help me make mine region free.... i am desparate..