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Sam
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:00 am Post subject:
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Hi there,
I would like to burn some home movies onto dvd that I can send to
family and
friends in Europe. They use PAL. I currently have a Toshiba DVD
player
that only plays DVD-R's. I don't know what kind -R or +R players they
are
using there. So, to be on the safe side, I would like a reliable
although
not necessarily fast DVD writer. A dual layer is nice to have but I
don't
know if this is really necessary.
I currently own a few computers. The most current is a Dell Inspiron
1150
laptop. It has 2.8G P4 Processor and a 60 G hard drive with 39G
available.
I also have a 1.8G Celeron with 256 Ram and a 20G hard drive. The
Celery
is basically used for wordprocessing and cruising the net. Finally,
I have a
solid P3 800 mhz 640 M SDRAM with a WD 120G hard drive.
I am trying to figure out the best way to go here. I have a PCI
firewire
card that will work in the P3 and Celeron system because that's what I
will
need to use to transfer the movies. My laptop doesnt have a
firewire. I
would have to buy one.
I really don't want to shell out a lot of money here because the use
of the
DVD will be rather limited. I don't feel buying extra RAM for the
Celery is worth
it considering the PC's use. It was suggested that I get an external
5 1/2
enclosure and a bitsetting writer such as a Pioneer 108 +-R DVD
player. I
didnt see bitsetting in the specs for the Pioneer. I want to ensure
that my
home movies will play on most dvd's out there.
What advice is recommended?
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Comfortably Numb
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:00 am Post subject:
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go with the p4! obvious choice for editing and get lots of ram!
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Solo
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject:
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Think about buying a DVD recorder with appropriate connection for camcorder?
Regards Bri@n
"Sam" <outand@about.co> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi there,
I would like to burn some home movies onto dvd that I can send to
family and
friends in Europe. They use PAL. I currently have a Toshiba DVD
player
that only plays DVD-R's. I don't know what kind -R or +R players they
are
using there. So, to be on the safe side, I would like a reliable
although
not necessarily fast DVD writer. A dual layer is nice to have but I
don't
know if this is really necessary.
I currently own a few computers. The most current is a Dell Inspiron
1150
laptop. It has 2.8G P4 Processor and a 60 G hard drive with 39G
available.
I also have a 1.8G Celeron with 256 Ram and a 20G hard drive. The
Celery
is basically used for wordprocessing and cruising the net. Finally,
I have a
solid P3 800 mhz 640 M SDRAM with a WD 120G hard drive.
I am trying to figure out the best way to go here. I have a PCI
firewire
card that will work in the P3 and Celeron system because that's what I
will
need to use to transfer the movies. My laptop doesnt have a
firewire. I
would have to buy one.
I really don't want to shell out a lot of money here because the use
of the
DVD will be rather limited. I don't feel buying extra RAM for the
Celery is worth
it considering the PC's use. It was suggested that I get an external
5 1/2
enclosure and a bitsetting writer such as a Pioneer 108 +-R DVD
player. I
didnt see bitsetting in the specs for the Pioneer. I want to ensure
that my
home movies will play on most dvd's out there.
What advice is recommended?
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Comfortably Numb
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject:
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or dvd camcorder
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Adrian
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:
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Sam wrote:
| Quote: | Hi there,
I would like to burn some home movies onto dvd that I can send to
family and
friends in Europe. They use PAL. I currently have a Toshiba DVD
player
that only plays DVD-R's. I don't know what kind -R or +R players they
are
using there. So, to be on the safe side, I would like a reliable
although
not necessarily fast DVD writer. A dual layer is nice to have but I
don't
know if this is really necessary.
I currently own a few computers. The most current is a Dell Inspiron
1150
laptop. It has 2.8G P4 Processor and a 60 G hard drive with 39G
available.
I also have a 1.8G Celeron with 256 Ram and a 20G hard drive. The
Celery
is basically used for wordprocessing and cruising the net. Finally,
I have a
solid P3 800 mhz 640 M SDRAM with a WD 120G hard drive.
I am trying to figure out the best way to go here. I have a PCI
firewire
card that will work in the P3 and Celeron system because that's what I
will
need to use to transfer the movies. My laptop doesnt have a
firewire. I
would have to buy one.
I really don't want to shell out a lot of money here because the use
of the
DVD will be rather limited. I don't feel buying extra RAM for the
Celery is worth
it considering the PC's use. It was suggested that I get an external
5 1/2
enclosure and a bitsetting writer such as a Pioneer 108 +-R DVD
player. I
didnt see bitsetting in the specs for the Pioneer. I want to ensure
that my
home movies will play on most dvd's out there.
What advice is recommended?
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One thing I would recomend, don't bother with PAL to start with, the
vast majority of european players and TVs will play NTSC discs without
any problems.
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Adrian
54º 10' 59" N 0º 19' 35" W |
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Sam
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Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject:
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I never thought about that. Wouldnt' a burner with an external
enclosure be a lot less expensive? Or even a regular DVD +-R?
"Solo" <solo@callnet.com> wrote in message
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luminos
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Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:
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Not necessarily. See www.walmart.com for the $150 ilo with camcorder input.
(It is a Liteon rebadged).
"Sam" <newsgroup_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I never thought about that. Wouldnt' a burner with an external
enclosure be a lot less expensive? Or even a regular DVD +-R?
"Solo" <solo@callnet.com> wrote in message
news:308l1lF2qibrgU1@uni-berlin.de...
: Think about buying a DVD recorder with appropriate connection for
camcorder?
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Sam
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Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:00 am Post subject:
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I checked out Costco and Walmart. I think I have more control of
getting a burner. The price is a lot cheaper if I bought a burner
too.
"luminos" <logos1@trip.net> wrote in message
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: Not necessarily. See www.walmart.com for the $150 ilo with
camcorder input.
: (It is a Liteon rebadged).
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: "Sam" <newsgroup_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: news:zJNnd.289966$%k.8061@pd7tw2no...
: >I never thought about that. Wouldnt' a burner with an external
: > enclosure be a lot less expensive? Or even a regular DVD +-R?
: >
: > "Solo" <solo@callnet.com> wrote in message
: > news:308l1lF2qibrgU1@uni-berlin.de...
: > : Think about buying a DVD recorder with appropriate connection
for
: > camcorder?
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: >
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