not sure what that guy is talking about, but the method you were using before will likely work the same way, but not knowing what you were doing, its hard to say for sure, maybe you can tell us.
Anyway, you could connect a DVD recorder or go through a more expensive but much better end result of connecting to a PC equipped to do video import/capture and processing/editing and burn the DVD's
Remember that DVD recorder connectivity is NOT HD and some content is protected these days as well.