On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:56:54 +0100, "John" wrote:

I'm very new to all this and I can't find an FAQ for this group so I
apologise if this question has been asked before. I've just bought a Sony
HC22E MiniDV camcorder and I'll be using a Firewire cable to connect the DV
output of the camcorder to the DV input of my stand-alone DVD recorder so
that I can put my movies onto DVD.

My DVD recorder (a Philips DVDR725H) will allow me to record in various
qualities - M1 which is the highest quality and allows up to 1 hour of
recording on a standard disc, down to the lowest quality - M8 - which allows
up to 8 hours on a disc. I've been led to believe that M4 is better than the
quality of VHS and M3 roughly equates to S-VHS so on that scale, what
quality is MiniDV and what should I set the recording quality of the DVD
recorder to?

TIA,

John.

I would record at M1 ( one hour to a dvd ) that way you have highest
quality possible.

Blank dvd's are not expensive and i see no point in not recording best
possible.
Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor