Posted by - Bobb - on 01/01/07 15:40

On these stand-alone ( non-PC ) recorders ... The ones I've seen have a
button that you press and it copies the VHS to DVD. What do I do when I
have a 6 hr VHS and it won't fit onto DVD ? would it "fail" or would it
record only 4 hrs ( or whatever fits) then close the DVD so that at
least the first 4 hrs is usable ? How to capture that last 2 hrs ? Any 6
hr DVD media out there yet ?

I also have a lot of camcorder ( VHS-C ) video. Rather than buying full
size 4 hr DVDs , could I buy physically smaller DVD's for less money ?
( do they exist ?) The point in asking is this is a LOT of family video
( boxes full) that are maybe 20-30 minutes long and I'm wondering if
cheaper /easier to store the smaller dvd's since even one the "full
sized 4 hr DVD'd" it's still only gonna store only one vhs tape when I
hit the VCR =>DVD "record button". So it'll record 20 minutes then
"waste" the rest of the DVD.

Bobb

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