Panasonic DMRE50S DVD Player/Recorder , Silver
Perfect For Transferring Home Videos
Several years ago I purchased a capture card and video editing software and a cd recorder so that I could transfer my 8mm videos to something close to a DVD. It, in theory, would make mpeg1 videos to put an hour on a cd and format it in Video CD form to play on \\"most\\" DVD players. Well, it worked once, though mpeg1 wasn't great, I thought I was off to a good start. The second one I tried failed to play in the DVD player and subsequent ones failed to even finish formatting on the computer and the next I knew, I had about a dozen fouled recordable cds. I gave up, figuring the computer couldn't handle the go between, capturing the video to hard drive and then writing it out without error. All I could do is capture the video and transfer the file to cd to play on my computer. I didn't want that. This machine does exactly what I wanted without the tedious processing of the computer. You hook up your video camera (if you have dv and want a fire wire you have to look elsewhere, I think Panasonics E60S has that. I have analog video.) start playing and hit record with a DVD-R in the machine. I don't want titles or dissolves or whatever, I just want my tapes on DVD that'll play on other DVD players. That's what I have now, plus a great recorder for television with VCR plus. If you've been frustrated by computer manipulation of video files trying to make DVDs or Video CDs to preserve your home videos, you will be thrilled with this machine.