> My DVR must pre-date yours. I would have loved to have a DVR/
> DVD machine that can read video "files" directly from a DVD.  I
> spent a lot of time burning and reusing DVD/RW discs for the
> machine.

Right, one movie to one DVD at one time, eh? My wife started doing that,  luckily I had found a great source for brand new blank DVDRs. So, with 5 movies to a disk, each movie, playable on our DVR, cost 3.5c!

Bneter than buying blanks from the dollar store for $1-$2 each!

> Later, I acquired a small media player that accepts SD cards
> and USB drives and plug that directly into the TV.  That's not
> bad 'cuz it accepts up to 64GB SDD devices.

Ours reads my 512Gb USB thumb just fine -- much nicer than going through  multiple DVDs! But I can't get the right format down, so a lot jhust dn't show  up on the DVD play menu. . .

I can put the shows/movies into folders, & the DVDR's menu just shows on one  listing on the TV screen.

I love technology, wshen it works!

I just need to find out which video format is simplest & how I can convert to  it without the codecs being necessary to play the post conversion file.

Pretty sure MKV is too new. . . (most files come as this now, with subtitles or captions built right in, instead of needing two separate files as previously.)

Yeah, right, Shaw, trying to charge me $6 for a 30-minute epiosode on PPV! GL  with that pricing plan. . .

I prefer free for my books, movies, & TV shows.

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