• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Set top DVD recorders: Newer not necessarily better

Bill Hark

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I finally decided to research and buy a set top DVD recorder with hard drive to record shows and do quicky DVD's of chase footage. Interestingly, there are many units that don't have a firewire input, an absolute necessity for anybody using a minDV camcorder. I finally decided on the Pioneer DVR 520. This is an older now discontinued model but it has one very useful feature:
DV OUT

I am able to output a DV signal via firewire from homemade DVD's (and a few commercial DVD's) and can record onto a miniDV tape. Supposedly, this signal won't go to a computer firewire input but I can always output via my TRV-900 to a computer and edit with minimal loss.

The newer Pioneers retain the firewire input but the output is disabled.

I have used the following forums for research:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdispla...35&daysprune=30


In summary, if you want a DVD player with a FIREWIRE output, grab one of the remaining Pioneer DVR 520's. I don't know any other consumer grade DVD recorder with a firewire out.


Bill Hark
 
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