my dad wants to burn some videos onto a dvd.
He is really bad with tech stuff. so no computer burners.
what is the simplest dvd recorder for him?
i'm guessing something to plug into the tv.

vhs tapes to convert? you could buy something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Funai-ZV427FX4...+dvd+converter

What is the source? "Some videos" doesn't tell us much.

Are DVD recorders no longer made? Looks like most of Amazon's are used and Bestbuy.com doesn't seem to carry any at all. A while back, it looked like they quit making standalone DVD recorders and switched to DVD-R/VHS combo units, but I can't even find any of those.

Looks like I had better pray the Toshiba DVD recorder I got at Sam's in 2009 lasts a long time...

Wal-Mart carries them - the VHS/DVD recorders. I've gotten a few of them from there over the years when I wear them out.

Mine died a couple years ago. It recorded to a hard drive or to a DVD.

You can get a Panasonic which is probably the best brand but hard to findand you might have to shell out close to $300+ at Amazon.

Glad I've got a total of 3- using one with 2 backups. I had the first affordable consumer model but it died beyond repair.

It'll depend on what you want to convert. I've had some stuff that I've wanted to get off of a DVR forever, and HDCP is a bitch. That said, I haven't seen DVD recorders lately, it seems to be mostly done with hard drives. People much more tech savvy than I am use connections and do it straight from computers and laptops.

Yeah, my dead one is a Panny. Honestly I'm not sure I need it that much anymore since content is much more accessible now than it was back then.

I still use mine to for stuff I want to keep and store like NFL games.

I hate the dvd recorders that don't have a HDMI output.

It looks like you can't record anything from Directv (ABC, NBC etc) if you have a HDMI cable connected to the recorder unless you remove it and the HDMI cable from the dvr which is a pain.

Before it was just HBO, Starz, Cinemax, and ppv.