'Direct Dubbing' is a DVD player's feature where you transfer videos from DVD to VCR .
Yes, it is much more expensive then buying a seperate dvd and vcr.
A high-quality DVD/VCR can cost upwards of one hundred dollars, but a capable one will run you only sixty or seventy.
Yes, using the VCR portion of the DVD/VCR combo and a product such as ADS DVD Xpress or Pinnacle DVC90 to transfer old home movies from the VHS tape to a computer.
The modern VCR / DVD recorder does not work like the old VCRs. The switch to OTA digital TV has made the tuner less useful and was deleted from most device. VCR / DVD are now used to transfer the data to DVD . You could however attach cables fron an exernal digital tuner/ or cable box/ satellite into the VCR/DVD with the input line to record. (RCA / HDMI/ composite)
A VCR to DVD conversation tape player ranges from $100 to $300. Individual companies charge $10 per tape
A DVD cannot be put in to a vcr.
There are certain DVD/VCR combos that allow you to transfer them, and there are computer based systems with video input cards, software and DVD writers that allow video to be captured and mastered to a DVD.
While they make DVD/VCR combos that will play DVD-R and DVD-RW, there does not appear to be a DVD/VCR combo with a DVD writer available for purchase.
You can record from DVD's to VCR's, but only on some players. Toshiba makes a DVD to VCR recorder.
vcr out into DVD in, DVD out into tvhd in
If you have Windows Vista, then it is possible that you have Windows DVD Maker.This is sufficient enough to create professional-looking DVDs, as the program practically makes the DVD by itself!