Posted by PTravel on 11/25/07 00:22

"Jacques E. Bouchard" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in
> news:5qqbenF10v6stU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> When I get back, I'm going to have to ask you to point me to a
>> tutorial on burning HD DVDs on standard DVD-Rs. I edit in Premiere
>> Pro CS3 and author in Encore CS3. I know that neither of them can do
>> this. I hate the thought of buying additional expensive software,
>> just to have a way to watch my HD material, but I may have no choice.
>
> I put together a dedicated PC as home theater system and connected
> directly to my HDTV's HDMI port. No more compatibility problems. I can
> store in any format I want or juet leave the video on my HD. With my home
> theater hooked up to my home LAN, I never have to burn DVDs just to watch
> a video.

I've actaully already done that with my laptop and a docking station -- I
use it for watching SD movies that I time-shift from DVDs. However, I would
like a more permanent (and transportable) storage system.

>
>> Incidentally, update on using the HV-20 -- shot some more video here
>> in Dali. This thing eats batteries! My usual modus operandi is to
>> leave my camera on and just press "start" when I see something I want
>> to shoot. With the larger batteries in my VX2000, I could go for 5 or
>> 6 hours like that (unless it was very, very cold). The HV-20 gets me
>> no more than 2 hours or so. Not bad, I suppose (and the batteries are
>> much, much smaller), but not good enough for what I do. Right now,
>> I've only 2 batteries. I think I'll buy another 3 or 4 (and another
>> charger) when I get back.
>
> I bought no-name batteries for my HV20 for $3 each on ebay. They last
> about 2 hours each, so I bought 4. I also got a charger from the same
> vendor for about $9.
>
> jaybee

Could you tell me which vendor you used? The price is certainly right. ;)

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