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Posted by onehappymadman on 10/04/39 11:33
onehappymad...@yahoo.com wrote:
> senior.dennis@nospam.com wrote:
<snip>
> > One last question, if I bought one of these, and it does not require a
> > computer, can it still be hooked to a computer to backup photos and
> > stuff? That would be about the main reason I'd want one, so I can
> > backup my photos on my harddrive, rather than using floppies or buying
> > those 256 meg sticks that go in the USB connector.
>
> If that's the main reason you want one, you'd actually be better off
> with just a CD burner (yes, a CD burner; record to CD-R or CD-RW) and
> make a Video-CD slideshow. I've done one with about 600 pictures on a
> VCD, and still have room to spare (!!) VCDs have good compatibility
> with most DVD players.
Whoops, I didn't read your question thoroughly enough. For backups, a
DVD burner (not a DVD recorder) would be better.. can store over 4 gb
on a DVD-RW. You might have trouble taking the DVD-RW disk to Costco
for developing the pictures, though. Might need to stick to CD-RW for
that task - can record up to 700 mb on a rewritable CD-RW disk. You
can record CD-RWs using a DVD burner. (There is no equivalent CD+RW,
just only CD-RW and CD-R. Yay!)
For simple viewing on the TV (for family gatherings) the VCD slideshow
is great.
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