Hey SVCD/VCD'ers! Here is a new unit comming out called the VDR2000. It is a set top unit that records VCD 1.1/1.0/2.0, SVCD, Audio CD straight to either a CD-R or CD-RW. No PC equipment to fiddle with, no software to buy, no complications.

Here are the technical specifications:

VDR (Video Disc Recorder) Real-time Recording Function, Able to record SVCD & VCD quality video and CD quality audio, using CD-R and CD-R/W discs. MULTIPLE COMPATIBILITY VDR, Compatible to SVCD, VCD2.0, VCD1.1&1.0 and CDDA disc. MULTIPLE PLAYBACK MODE Three playback modes (PBC, NORMAL and PROGRAMME), Time search playback (DISC, TRACK), Four speed fast forward/backward playback, Repeating playback (FULL DISC, SINGLE TRACK, PASSAGE), Resume playback. MULTIPLE DSP & KARAOKE Digital key control, Digital echo, Bilingual selection, Automatic follow-up, Mute, Double microphone input (volume adjustable). MULTIPLE DISPLAY OSD (On Screen Display) in English or Chinese, Large VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display). MULTIPLE I/O TERMINALS Composite Audio/Video and S-Video I/O.

This great unit will be availible late this month. I am talking to the supplier now and I will give more details as availible. This is an excellent chance to author SVCD/VCD/AudioCD without the aid of the comuter!

More to come......

-- MrVCD (mrvcd@juno.com), March 01, 2000

Answers

Great, I think "TOMO" posted this a few months back and some of us have been tracking developemnts on the web ever since.

-- Ross McL (rmclennan@esc.net.au), March 01, 2000.

Ok, who is the manufacturer and where can i find it? Information on this developement is greatly appreciated.

-- lnguyen (wingstarzz@hotmail.com), March 02, 2000.

I have seen the demo of the upcoming DVD-Recorder unit coming from Panasonic. The DVD-Recorder unit beats this hands down.

-- The Lone Ranger (rutger_s@hotmail.com), March 02, 2000.

Thought Mr VCD might have given this .......

http://www.amoisonic.com/product/PRODUCT.HTM

have fun Long.

-- Ross McL (rmclennan@esc.net.au), March 03, 2000.

Hello Everyone,

I am the technical director for Datavideo the manufacturer of the VDR- 1000. It is currently available through several dealers including B& H Photo in Ny (800)947-9910. If you would like more info. take a look at our sites: www.dvrecorder.com and www.datavideo-tek.com

Thanks for the good word of mouth.

-Steven Datavideo

-- SQ (steven@dvrecorder.com), October 23, 2000.

I've talked to the Distributor of the Datavideo VDR 1000 in Singapore yesterday and the machine sells for about 1000 US Dollars here. However, a friend told me that there is a Singapore based company to come out with a similar stand-alone machine for about 500 US$. It might be worth the wait for a couple of months to let the prices come down a little bit.....

Cheers - Homer

-- Homer (homer_sg@yahoo.com.sg), October 24, 2000.

Hi all, I do have a DVR 2000 and start tesing it. Does anyone has also one ? I have been in contact in Steven from the list. Very nice guy. His item seems very interesting and definitely superior to the DVR 2000 ( except the price :-) and probably for the moment ). I look upon the novelty that his company will produce, meanwhile at moment I'll try my best to work on my new machine. , I have to do some work from very close friends of mine, that you probably know: the Gipsy Kings? With my warmest regards to all Vincent from Provence in France

-- bertomeu (vbertomeu@imagique.net), November 23, 2000.

As far as I know,VDR has a promising market.A supplier named Amoisonic from China is now providing such product with a competitive price,usd 370,FOB.Even taking the freight into account,I think it's still much cheaper than similer available in US.

-- Tians (tians@163.net), November 30, 2000.

This is Alex of Lik Sang writing here. We do have the Amoisoinc VDR 2000 in stock and we do ship directly from Hong Kong. The price is as low as US$ 499. We do also sell the MP3 Superstar (known as Lenoxx) for US$129, acting as Distributor for factory direct sales. You'll find the review at http://www.mp3.com/hardware/ Feel free to check out our website at http://www.lik-sang.com

-- Alex (alex@lik-sang.com), January 20, 2001.