Transfer Home Video and Digital Photos to DVD without a PC.....
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17797)
United States
July 18, 2009 9:41pm CST
I am interested in a system that copies my home movies from my dvd cam corder from the mini disks to a DVD without going through my PC.... I see some called
DVDirect DVD recorder, DVD duplicator...
They Record dirctly to DVD from Camcorder, VCR, Digital vidwo recorder or memory card.
ANyone have one or have any infor about them? They seem to be rather new and run around $250-$299.
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2 responses
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
21 Jul 09
My standalone LITEON DVD recorder hooked into my TV can be used to record from external sources..it has what is described as a DV link input (Looks like a mini USB input) and 3x phono sockets which I've used to transfer home movies from my 8mm tape camcorder..there may be newer equipment on the market to do the same job...they're useful if you've lots of movies to transfer :) Good luck with that.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
21 Jul 09
I got my DVD recorder cheap on ebay about a year ago as it was a refurbished model..I've had no problems with it and it works great..I just took a look there on the site,and there's a bunch of higher spec.machines with built in Hard disk Drives available for under £50 on "Buy it Now" ($75?)
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@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
12 Sep 10
Thanks for the Best Response! I hope you got something to suit your requirements since then..
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
22 Jul 09
I appreciate your comments. I am looking into this. I really want one!
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
19 Jul 09
I've never heard of anything like this, but it would be an interesting thing to look at. I have one of those cameras too, and I just use my computer to copy DVDs, otherwise I leave them on their oroginal mini-disks. I only ever copy DVDs when i want to give them to family members as gifts.
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@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
21 Jul 09
A dvd recorder doesn't need transfer software for the job,AFAIK..You connect a suitable cable from your camcorder to the recorder,set the recorder to accept whatever input you're using,and hit record..the software would come in if you were doing some editing,which would mean using a computer..
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