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Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20 DVD Burner
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Product Description: Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20

Your home movies on DVD as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Sony's latest model of DVDirect DVD Recorder is the easiest way to turn home movies into DVDs. Simply connect your camcorder, VCR or other video source to DVDirect, hit record on the front of the recorder, and play or your camcorder and presto! You'll have a DVD that can be played on most consumer set-top DVD players or your...

Your home movies on DVD as easy as 1, 2, 3.

Sony's latest model of DVDirect DVD Recorder is the easiest way to turn home movies into DVDs. Simply connect your camcorder, VCR or other video source to DVDirect, hit record on the front of the recorder, and play or your camcorder and presto! You'll have a DVD that can be played on most consumer set-top DVD players or your computer's DVD-ROM drive. Up to 6 hours of home video will fit on standard DVD recordable or rewritable discs, and with Double Layer DVD+R DL discs, up to 12 hours can be recorded on a single disc. DVDirect can even be connected to a computer via Hi-Speed USB for high speed 16X max. DVD burning and other cool things. Don't let your precious home movies sit in the closet; breathe new life into them by burning them onto DVD and share with friends and family or just save them for the future. Complete with accessories and software for Windows PC connection to get you up and running quickly.

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Product Specification: Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20

Type of Drive:DVD±RW (+R DL)
Enclosure Type:External
Interface:Hi-Speed USB, Audio in, S-video input, Composite video input
Write Speed:48x (CD), 16x (DVD±R), 4x (DVD+R DL)
Rewrite Speed:24x (CD), 6x (DVD-RW), 8x (DVD+RW)
Operating System:Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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User Reviews: Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20

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    By Randy  Jun 17, 2005 | 7 out of 7 found this Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20 review helpful

    Pros: Easiest way to make a DVD

    Cons: LCD is too small

    Cool product. I have the original DVDirect but this new one is much better. The DV input makes burning DVD's from my camcorder trival. I used to be nervous about burning disc because I would always have to test them before storing the disc away. ...Now, it works perfectly every time. The Nero software is a big help. It did not come with the old DVDirect and this is a big improvement. My only complaint is the LCD screen is a little small to read the screen without taking off my glasses and getting up real close. A bigger LCD would be helpful but not critical. Once you have used it a couple of times you never need to read the LCD as carefully. Thank you Sony for making my life so much easier. I was thinking of getting one of the HP Moviewriter products before this came out but Sony's DVDirect blows HP away. Read more Less

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    Just Love This Sony !!!

    By RANDALL  Sep 2, 2005 | 3 out of 3 found this Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20 review helpful

    Pros: Ease of Use, Can be used as either PC DVD drive or stand-alone recorder

    Cons: Slightly inconvenient chapter divisions when recording directly from video source

    Wow. A week a go I had a really bad experience with a DVD recorder. I did a little more homework, and found this unit. I couldn't be happier. I've only had it a few hours and I already made a DVD from video I had already captured to my hard d...rive, and recorded a whole tape from my camcorder using the DV connection in stand-alone mode. The Nero software is easy, and slick. I have used the auto-sense chapter divisions and was reasonably happy with where it marked chapters. The menu setup was smooth and intuitive. I was surprised at the length of time it took to recorde the video from the PC's disk - but I might have a device on the USB that is slowing it down to USB 1 speeds - I still have to check that out. Recording in the stand-alone mode only allows you to select chapters by time (5,10,15 minutes) or by manually hitting the record button again. It would be nice if it dropped a chapter division when the camera went through a spot on the tape where recording p Read more Less

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Pro Reviews: Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20

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    Sony DVDirect DVD Burner

    If you dont already have a DVD burner, chances are its because youve been waiting for a drive like the DVDirect: one that makes converting analog sources to DVD-Video truly effortless; one that supports disc-burning speeds that exceed what most folks can afford in media anyway. It should be noted, however, that recording an analog signal direct to DVD with this device, but without a PC, can be done only with the DVD+R format. This will produce discs that are compatible with fewer older set-top DVD players than DVD-R discs are. The drive also lacks a FireWire port (yes, we know that creating DVDs from FireWire-equipped DV cams is already a breeze). And the DVDirect was unable to record any of our commercial VHS tapes, not even our aged Schoolhouse Rock compilation. But we can buy that on DVDnot so with our company-weekend videotape, which will now be around for a long, long time. Read more

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    Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20

    The Sony DVDirect VRD-VC20 makes it easy to copy those old VHS tapes or clips from your camcorder to DVD. Read more

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