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Torn Rose · 2004-05-14, 10:17 PM

I am not in any way an expert, but I just made my first DVD movie this week, I've had the DVD burner for 2 years and just been using it to store data, but this is a full blown movie, and I learned a few things to do different next time. But this is good to be a master for VHS which was my original intent.

I have a DVD + burner, the other kind is a DVD -.

It took 11 hours and 45 mins from the time I started to render the video to the completion of the burn at 75% DVD quality. That does NOT include the time of burning to the hard drive, editing etc. Just the DVD process.

The video in question is 1 hour and 13 mins in length, a DVD can hold 4.7 Gigs of information, and about 120 mins of video at a lower quality.

I just saw in Best Buy a Dual +/- DVD Burner for $75 or so. I tested my DVD in 3 pcs and my RCA DVD player and it worked on all 4.

As for returns I would stipulate they can exchange it for a VHS or credit if it doesn’t work. You never know what they have and until they all make the damn things the same way this will be an issue.

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2004-05-14, 10:17 PM	#2
Torn Rose "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~ Mark Twain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 4,806	I am not in any way an expert, but I just made my first DVD movie this week, I've had the DVD burner for 2 years and just been using it to store data, but this is a full blown movie, and I learned a few things to do different next time. But this is good to be a master for VHS which was my original intent. I have a DVD + burner, the other kind is a DVD -. It took 11 hours and 45 mins from the time I started to render the video to the completion of the burn at 75% DVD quality. That does NOT include the time of burning to the hard drive, editing etc. Just the DVD process. The video in question is 1 hour and 13 mins in length, a DVD can hold 4.7 Gigs of information, and about 120 mins of video at a lower quality. I just saw in Best Buy a Dual +/- DVD Burner for $75 or so. I tested my DVD in 3 pcs and my RCA DVD player and it worked on all 4. As for returns I would stipulate they can exchange it for a VHS or credit if it doesn’t work. You never know what they have and until they all make the damn things the same way this will be an issue. $0.02