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We just got one and is it ever nice.
It can record DVD, VCD and SVCD discs using DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and CD-R/RW. Sources can be composite, S-Video or IEEE-1394 (w/ basic camera controls) and outputs are composite, S-Video and component.
It has several DVD quality modes ranging from 352x240 MPEG-1 at 1700 kbps (6 hrs/disc) up to 720x480 MPEG-2 at 9500 kbps (1 hr/disc), and this top setting is gorgeous.
VCD/6 hr MPEG-1 modes are of course quite limited in quality, but SVCD is very good as are the 4, 2 and 1 hour DVD modes (4 hour uses halfD1: 352x480).
What I also found impressive is that the MPEG-2 recordings use quite high quality settings: a DC precision of 10 (the max legal for DVD video) and the average Q (quantization) runs from 2 to 6 (lower = better). Not too shabby.
$179 USD (at Super K-Mart)
Dr. Mordrid
It can record DVD, VCD and SVCD discs using DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and CD-R/RW. Sources can be composite, S-Video or IEEE-1394 (w/ basic camera controls) and outputs are composite, S-Video and component.
It has several DVD quality modes ranging from 352x240 MPEG-1 at 1700 kbps (6 hrs/disc) up to 720x480 MPEG-2 at 9500 kbps (1 hr/disc), and this top setting is gorgeous.
VCD/6 hr MPEG-1 modes are of course quite limited in quality, but SVCD is very good as are the 4, 2 and 1 hour DVD modes (4 hour uses halfD1: 352x480).
What I also found impressive is that the MPEG-2 recordings use quite high quality settings: a DC precision of 10 (the max legal for DVD video) and the average Q (quantization) runs from 2 to 6 (lower = better). Not too shabby.
$179 USD (at Super K-Mart)
Dr. Mordrid
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