DVD writers under £24 (merged)

Lizbetty

I wonder if you might be able to help me out, folks..we're wanting to record from camcorder mini dv onto dvd, and play them on a dvd-ram dvd-r/rw player (the Panasonic DMR-ES20 that got rave reviews on here but hasn't got dv input). I've been told we need a firewire card and dvd writer to do this from our pc, and don't know where to start. In simple terms, can anyone advise me on what I'll need to get/avoid? We're on a tight budget, and I'm scared of buying complicated things that I won't understand! Any advice would be very much appreciated, would any of the dvd rewriters on here be useful for us, or would we need to fit them/have some technical knowledge? Thanks in advance! Luce

kaan_is

(lucyeff)..you will get better & quiker responses from the techi forum...

dc

Lucyeff wrote:

I wonder if you might be able to help me out, folks..we're wanting to record from camcorder mini dv onto dvd, and play them on a dvd-ram dvd-r/rw player (the Panasonic DMR-ES20 that got rave reviews on here but hasn't got dv input). I've been told we need a firewire card and dvd writer to do this from our pc, and don't know where to start. In simple terms, can anyone advise me on what I'll need to get/avoid? We're on a tight budget, and I'm scared of buying complicated things that I won't understand! Any advice would be very much appreciated, would any of the dvd rewriters on here be useful for us, or would we need to fit them/have some technical knowledge? Thanks in advance! Luce

You will need a writer, preferably one that does DVD-Ram, like the LG or NEC usually under £30, you can get a firwire card for less than £20 even at PCW. The relevant software should have come with the camera. You should be able to fit it youself, a screwdriver and a little care is needed.

HTHs dc

Lizbetty

Thanks for that. Sorry, I didn't mean to clog up this thread. Went into Comet where a young man (they're getting younger!!) said they have an internal dvd writer for £50 that does all the pluses and minuses and dvd ram thing(quite dear?), but more importantly explained it all in great detail, so I'm not as frightened now and thanks, I'll be looking for a cheap one on the net and getting me toolbox out! Luce

Kilty_2

Pioneer 110D (Beige) £17.99!

At Play.com, INCLUDING delivery

Play.COM DVD Writer

dc

Kilty wrote:

Pioneer 110D (Beige) £17.99!

At Play.com, INCLUDING delivery

Play.COM DVD Writer

These are the ones they Mis-sold for £29.99, at the beginning of the year, as recording to RAM.
The suffix "D" means they dont record but do play RAM.

They are "old" stock as the current model is 111D.

B4UgoZzz

Hi Lucy,

I had similar techno fears as you. An alternative which I opted for was to buy a DVD Recorder (which sits on my TV) that will handle your Camcorder requirements. I bought one with built in Hard Drive and Firewire / AV connections on the front. I've been delighted with it. It's a total doddle to load Camcorder footage onto DVD and to edit it using the DVD's hard drive, then copy to disc for back up. I paid £116 for the Yamada 9000 unit and have been very pleased.

I realise you opted to buy your Panasonic but you could sell it and upgrade to something like I've mentioned. Personally, I find this (via the TV) approach so much more straight forward than using my computer for the task.

Hope that's of some help,
Cheers, Wilf.

roses

Kilty wrote:

Pioneer 110D (Beige) £17.99!

At Play.com, INCLUDING delivery

Play.COM DVD Writer

Darn it, sold out already! I've been looking for a dual layer writer for under £20

Lizbetty

Hey Wilf! How's it going?? Thanks for the reply, hope you're ok and still freecycling? :beer: I think the pc option will be better seeing as I'm so bad with the camcorder at the mo...editing it via Windows Moviemaker (still to look into getting the software for that) sounds quite fab, someone mentioned that you can put stills in, and get rid of gaps in the filming which there will be a plenty, no doubt! Lol! The dvd recorder I got is a bit fab (probably cos we've never had a dvd player, let alone a recorder) so I'm reluctant to get rid, as it had freeview and suchlike, and as it turns out is compatible with all discs inc the dvd ram thing. It's such a headache all this. So we're just after a cheap rewriter that does the ram thing now (so to speak, lol!) and a firewire card (and directions as to where to stick it, ahem!). Btw, we're expecting again:T , due in mid January, so even more chaos awaits.... Luce

davemuk

SVP are doing the 111D in ALL colours for £19.99 until Sunday 11.59pm.

With Ecomony delivery that works out at £25.85.

but....

If you choose an item from their discount delivery list you get 99p delivery.

Combine the 111D with Infinity White Top 8x DVD-R @ £7.99 (which use the excellent Mitsubishi dye) you can a top DVD writer with 50 blanks for £28.96 delivered.

For those who don't know, the 111D can be cross-flashed to the 111L which does DVD-RAM writing and Labelflash (it's the exact same hardware with different firmwares) using this firmware 111L_819.ZIP. This firmware also supports auto-bitsetting.

Dave