Video - DVD converter - Recomendations

[Viney]

I need a Video to DVD converter package

Need something to plug in to my PC and the Video, so that i can transfer the stuff to DVD. I have a few videos that i need to do, and at £7.99 a hour it will be cheaper to buy a piece of kit.

im sure there are many options availble,

one option could be to buy a TV card for your pc, plug the video directly into it and record from it,
then use something like nero to burn it to a dvd.

there is the option of setting up a webcam pointing at your tv screen, but the quality will be really poor.

a cheap analogue TV card, such as this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PCI-TV-Tuner-C...QQcmdZViewItem


you do need quite a large hard drive though to store all that digital video on though, be prepared, and it will take your computer some time to do, depending on your processing power.

[Viney]

Not quite what im after, but its another option i suppose

by the sound of it you want somthing liek the old Iomega Buz drive

somthing like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IOMEGA-BUZ-MUL...QQcmdZViewItem

alows you to plug what video you want into your pc and record it, then burn to dvd

HTH
Marshall

Why not just buy a cheap standalone DVD recorder from somewhere like Tescos or PC World?

Originally Posted by wyrdness

Why not just buy a cheap standalone DVD recorder from somewhere like Tescos or ......?

I couldn't even quote that last word. Please, don't swear, this is a U-rated forum!

As for the issue, I'd just go with an Analoge Video decoder card (usually PCI etc) and run a cable from the video to the PC. Record using the software supplied, and burn using Nero.

That's the setup I did for my dad. Quality is same as the video, and it cost him something like £30.

http://www.signvideo.com/conv-v-to-d.htm

Originally Posted by Baph

I couldn't even quote that last word. Please, don't swear, this is a U-rated forum!

Yes, PC World are cr@p but occasionally they can have some really good deals. I work next to one and at the moment they've got stacks of standalone dvd recorders at quite reasonable prices. For transferring VHS tapes, I'd think that using one of these would be much easier than doing it through a PC, unless you actually need to edit the video, create fancy menus or want fine control of the mpeg encoder. And it can be used for recording futureTV programmes straight onto DVD.

Originally Posted by Marshall

by the sound of it you want somthing liek the old Iomega Buz drive

somthing like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IOMEGA-BUZ-MUL...QQcmdZViewItem

alows you to plug what video you want into your pc and record it, then burn to dvd

HTH
Marshall

thats pretty much the same thing as a more complicated TV card isnt it ?