Hi

About a year ago the good Mrs P and I moved in the the 21st century and bought ourselves a big 42″ LCD TV. We’d always had small TVs before as big ones 26″+ were physically so big they tended to dominate the room – even when switched off. The introduction of the flat screen removed this last obstacle and I had to concede defeat. In hindsight probably the best defeat I ever conceded to.

Anyway, with this we bought ourselves a didgtal recorder/DVD player. This allowed us the freedom not only to record programmes we couldn’t watch at the time but also to be able to burn them on to DVDs and watch on another DVD player/TV in the kitchen while having supper ( we both work and eat late at times). The full glory of modern technology was thus brought to bear to let us see Coronation Street later the same night.

However on the movies side it does allow me to record movies at all times and subsequently burn them to DVD to watch at a time of my choosing. Great you might think and yes it was for a while. There is one golden rule to observe that I did not. ALWAYS CHECK YOU’EV ENOUGH MEMORY ON YOUR DISC TO RECORD THE FULL MOVIE.

Regrettably I didn’t and thus so far have enjoyed some pretty disappointing evenings. Losing the last 30 minutes of a 3 hour movie isn’t a lot of fun after you’ve just invested two and a half hours watching!

So always check how much time there’s left on your disc. It usually shows up when you go to record but on my Panansonic it doesn’t shout “don’t do it you haven’t enough space left” it just lets you go ahead and make an idiot of yourself!

However I’m now gradually getting a library of movies (full length) to watch as and when it suits me – where ever I want to watch.

I check the movie listings for the week at the weekend and then go to   IMDB for reviews on any that I’m not sure about or that sound unusual. It’s a great asset for any movies you’re not sure about and give a good synopsis that allows you to find out as much as you want to know about the movie with out spoiling it.