ILO DVDR05 Anyone bought one yet???

I have a question that I'm sure that someone will b able to answer:are there any machines(dvd recorders)that can record copy protected vhs tapes and dvd without the external gadgets? and which are they? thanks
Itried that but it won't work because it is just a pass thru for the signal,works for the tv but not the vhs or dvd signal,thanks

 

pakratBob
some machines will allow copy of protected material.
You might try this on an iLo, do not know if it will work or not

Come out of the VCR using the VHF jack ( channel 3 ) and go into the DVDR via the VHF ( antenna )input jack with the recorder set to channel 3

If you try, please let us know

 

I had a lot of troubles getting my DVDR5MU to read any type of media until i downloaded the upgrade for it that fixed it it now works great and as a extra added bonus it now works with -R ,My unit will record most vhs movies with no problems but not DVDs

 

Wild Willy
Before you get too fare into video copy protection you might want to check out this URL http://www.howstuffworks.com/question313.htm.
It appars that the most poupler protect scheme injects 'noise' during the refresh time of the CRT. The normal TV is not 'fast' enough to notice however a video recorder must faithfulley reproduce even the retrace signel. You might get around this by going from ITSC to PAL and back again. Before you go too far be advised that at least here in the US messing with copy protection will liklely get you more jail time than child molesting. Oh well, take a look at that page.......
What one man builds; an other man can tear down.
Just for the hell of it.
Andy

 

There is an MU1 model now. I replaced my MU with the MU1. I discovered the audio on recorded material was "slurred". Evidently this is a bug in the MU.

I have tried (-) media. I did some title renaming and some removal of unwanted clips. I also finalized and unfinalized the disc once. The iLo took them fine; but I had a hard time playing the DVD on another player. I ended up copying (it took several tries) the disc to a (+) disc to get it to work.

I haven't done any more work with (-) discs. I figure my excessive fiddling around with my previous attempt may have made it harder for other players to read the discs.

 

Hey guys, another newbie here with a dumb newbie question. In 2004 I bought an ILO DVD04 and it worked good for a while. Now I am not into this stuff as deep as you guys but I know a little. It finally crashed in Dec of 05. I replaced it with a DVDR05 with a serial # ending in MU1. Now I do read the forums alot but I can't for the life of me figure out the diffrence in the MU, MU1 and the ZU. I do like the 05 alot better than the 04. Had several diffrent problems like the DV in would not work. Went thru alot of dvds to get ones that would work. I sure would apreciate any info. Thanks

 

Each of the models of the '05 is an improvement over the others. You won't see anything on the outside that makes them different. All the changes have to do with the internal chapsets inside the units.

 

well I've tried many different things and so far what some of the other people have suggested has worked,the coax is just a "pass thru" for the tv signal,can record the tv programs that way but the dvd and vhs won't work because of the copy protection---so my question still is this what is the best,cheapest dvd recorder out there(besides the iLO 04)that will record copyright protected vhs and dvd ? I don't need one yet but I am the type of person that hates to wait till the last minute to try and find these things!

 

I just took the DVDR05MU out of the box and it will not read any disc I put in it. Called tech support and they said I will have to return it. I am living in Ecuador and a friend bought it at wal-mart and brought it to me, soooo I can't stroll down to my local wal-mart and return this thing. Ouch!

 

dsusong

are you on 50 or 60 cycle mains
you may have to set your region code on your ilo unit

 

I had the same problem with the MU reading any commercial DVD. I returned it, and it worked. I suggest returning it and getting all your money back

 

Has anyone else noticed that 8X +R disks created on the ILO or the PC will not work on some DVD players? My Sony 8x disks will read or write on the PC and the ILO, however my older Panasonic player can't reconise them. 4X +r or +RW work everywhere.

 

I've noticed that my DVDR05MU works best with 4X disc much better than 8X i don't think that the software can read 8X well i've been useing JVC 1-8X -R with no coasters memorex 8X +R about 2 in 10 are coasters RCA 8x +R won't read after recording Memorex 4X+RW works great imatation 4X+RW works great Imation 8X+R coaster every now and then .

 

My ILO DVDR05MU1 has no problem with 8X +R (at least I'm not creating a great many coasters). The PC has no problem with the current batch of Soney 8x. The older DVD player does not reconise 8X no matter where they were created. Also PowerDVD doesn't autostart on the 8X DVD, however if manualy started all works fine. 4X +R and +RW work fine everwhere, and I only get a coaster if I do something stupid. TRhis isn't makeing good sense as if I creat an audio CD on 8X or 48X cds it will play anywhere, even the P.O.S. in the car. The PC's DVD burner is a Lighton. I am more concerned about DVD at the moment however if I forget to set the burn speed it will burn an 8X CD at 48X and 95% of the time the audio CD will work.
Question, do 8X DVD finelise differently than 4X?

 

Damn man I'm sure glad you can find cd's that are 8 x

 

NO NEED TO B TACKY!

 

Wolf,
I'm guessing you're serious about not being to find 8X DVDs. Officmax will sell you all you want. In case you live in a more primide backwater than CO. their is allways Newegg.... http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=71
If you are not searious; OK hot shot what's with the 8X DVDs.
Andy

 

I keep getting an Unknown disc message when i try playing discs recorded in this machine. What could be causing this?

 

Are you playing the discs in the machine you recorded them on, or on another player. If on another player, make sure you finalize the disc before playing on another machine if you are using "R" media.

 

I do own another machine, but I do not play the discs from it in this one. This problem happens only to the discs that have been recording using this recorder. Even the finalized discs do it sometimes. If the disc hasnt been finalized it asks me to format the disc....again...