ninip

Hi everyone and Merry Xmas
I hope someone can help me.
I got for Xmas a Liteon DVD Player/Recorder Model #LVW-5115GHC for my TV
I have everything hooked up, cables everywhere, TV & a VCR & a Cable Box.
I figured out finally, how to transfer a home movie from my camcorder to a
disk.
I also finally figured out how to transfer a home movie from my VHS tapes to
a disk. I have been working on it for 3 days.
My question is... I want to make dvd copies of all my home movies for each
of my 4 kids and of course for me too!
I am not sure what media to use, my player says that I can use them all.
But I don't want to do all this work and then find out that some people
won't be able to watch it on their tv.
It came with a DVD+RW blank, so I practiced on it and took it to one of my
son's and it played on his tv.
What media should I use DVD+R or DVD+RW?
Also in the manual it talks about finalizing & fomating disks, what and when
would I do that?
I also want to be able to put as many VHS tapes on one disk as I can so that
I don't have to be using a million disks.
sorry about the rambling, but just wanted to make sure that I gave as much
info as possible.
Thanks in advance and will await your replies before I buy any disks.

dr hfuhruhurr

Every player is different in what it can and can't play. I've got a
liteon 5026 which does DVD-/+R and -/+RW. So far I've just been using
+R disks (as I had some anyway) without a single problem on friends and
families players. +RW will simply allow you to rewrite it. As far as
putting Video on to disk, it's a very simple process. Have a look here
for some assistance http://www.liteonusers.org.uk.

Doc

geo_h

Compatibility;
I record on a Liteon 5005 and if I use DVD+R's they will not play on
some players. Like the Mintek,Sylvannia.

So when I make DVD's for my kids I use DVD+RW's..
Once in a while you can find them on sale for the same price as
DVD+R's..

Once again if you want to subsitute or add sound do it by changing the
audio input while you record with the Liteon..

After I record a DVD+RW or +R I copy it on my computer using the same
type of disk.using two burners.
Time is approx: 15 to 20 minutes.

cathy

DVD-R is supposed to be the most compatible.

Finalize after creating to be able to use in other folks DVD players.

Disks are cheap...put two hours of material on each disc to maintain
quality.

r sweeney

That's something people forget.
A VHS tape actually has more time capacity than a DVD.
A 6 hour SLP VHS looks pretty bad, but a 6 hour overcompressed single layer
DVD looks worse.