Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
- Transfer Home movies and digital photos to DVD
- Record HD video from Sony AVCHD HDD/MS Handycam Camcorders
- Record digital photos as a slideshow or for storage
- Connect to any compatible camcorder, VCR or DVR
- 4:3 Full Screen and 16:9 Wide Screen support
Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
Transfer home movies and digital pictures to DVD, quickly and easily without a PC. Connect with virtually any camcorder, VCR, even DVR for recording video DVDs playable in standard DVD players. Built in slots accept the 5 most common memory cards for recording digital pictures to DVD as a slideshow or for photo storage. Record high definition AVCHD video from Sony HDD or Memory Stick Handycam camcorders to DVD playable in Blu-ray Disc compatible devices.
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Review by A. Boston for Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
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I’ve stopped using my old hitachi video camera(from 2001)awhile ago since I never liked dragging it out, setting it up, charging it, finding a tape or lugging it around etc. But, none the less, I still have at least 10-12 mini cassette(8mm) tapes that needed to be put on DVD, as well as some old VHS tapes too. I haven’t seen any of these home movies in years because watching a VHS is aggravating(waiting for it rewind?! geez. hello old school). I was so excited to hear about this and figured it would be a great idea to finally transfer my stuff.
Out of the box, it will literally take you moments to set up and start recording. If you’re taping from a VCR, make sure you plug into the line OUT on the back of the VCR.
It formats the DVD disc for you, and when you press play on your video camera(or VCR) you also hit the big main button on the DVDirect to begin recording. If there’s snow in your video for more then a few seconds, it pauses recording and resumes when the video kicks back in. You can choose 5 min, 10 min or 15 minute automatic chapter inserts, so it’s easy to navigate a long video. Sound is good, but only as good as it was originally. If you have crappy sound on your old video camera, it’ll be crappy on DVD. I wasn’t expecting it to turn my stuff HD or work miracles, so this is exactly what I wanted and expected.
The screen on the DVDirect is easy to see and tells you how long you’ve been recording, when it’s stopped, it tells you how long is left on the DVD to record. Only a few buttons, so it’s simple to stay on track and not get lost in countless options, which means it won’t be hard to figure out even for someone who’s not good with technology. It does record live time, so you have to have a little patience. Press play, record, and walk away. Also, amazingly simple to finalize the DVD and pop it in a player and begin watching. I also notice on the box it says you can make photo slide shows with music. Pretty cool! Definitely a great buy for anyone with tons of old VHS and mini cassettes.
Review by A reader for Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
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This is a nifty DVD recorder, but only if you use a recent Sony camcorder or certain Sony memory sticks. Anything else and you can only copy video from your camcorder via firewire (if your camcorder has it) or by analog baseband audio and video. The VRDMC6 was made for Sony users. If you do not have a Sony camcorder you will probably do what I did–return it for a refund. Even though it probably works great with Sony equipment, I marked it down because by not identifying this as a shortcoming in the packaging and in the manual, Sony implies that there is an equivalence between a digital copy (Sony sources or firewire only, please) and an analog dub (any other source), promising recording quality and versatility that it cannot deliver to non-Sony camcorder users.
Review by Floyd Goodrich for Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
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I purchased this DVDirect from HSN not Amazon, mine is piano black and shows every fingerprint ugh. This is a quality made video recorder BUT it is really intended for a Sony Camcorder being attached to it by the fire wire connection or by using Sony memory sticks. If you use Sony equipment with this, the DVDirect will record almost anything automatically. If you use another brand of Camcorder or camera, you are restricted to the composite (yellow, red, white) connections and the SD card slot for JPEG photo’s and then it’s pretty much a manual operation to get the video and JPEG photo’s onto DVD disks. That may sound discouraging, but to use all the features properly with a Sony Camcorder reads as very complicated procedures. The manual recording from non-Sony cameras is very simple and even though your using the worst way to copy video (composite cables) the video you get is outstanding. It should be noted that you cannot copy video onto a DVD and then copy JPEG photos onto that same DVD disk as the disk formats itself for one or the other (video or pictures). I cheat on this by using the composite cables that came with my camera (Panasonic FZ28, Canon SX110IS) then put my camera into slide show mode and copy the JPEG’s and video from those cameras onto the DVD disk that way. I eliminate the need for the SD card slot. I also can add music to my photo slide shows by hooking up an audio source (IPOD, etc) to the audio inputs on the DVDirect and record audio as it records my JPEG’s, works slick. The dirty little secret is that you could use most any camcorder and hook it up to a DVD recorder with composite inputs and do the same thing as this DVDirect will do, so why buy this? Convenience and quality is why, this makes everything simple and the results are great.
Review by P. Hecker for Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
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I originally purchased the StarTech SVID2USB2 USB 2.0 Video Capture Cable to transfer VHS videos of the family to the computer. It never worked (outdated driver/downloaded new driver-files corrupt) so I had to send it back. This was an expensive option BUT the product is AMAZING!! I barely scanned a couple of pages in the book. Easy hook up, hit “play” on the VCR, the video shows up on the screen, hit “record” on the burner, and away she goes. I tried the burned DVD in our DVD player, and it played flawlessly, with great sound! In the computer, it plays automatically with Windows Media Player. I LOVE THIS ITEM!! I have probably at least 70 home movies of our family to transfer but this little gem makes the task as easy as can be, and it’s handy to see the video as it records. The DVD-R’s I had were at least 3 years old when I first started burning them on the computer so I’m sure it’s compatible with recordable disks. I haven’t yet tried the camera card slots or other features but this is as hassle-free as it gets for tranferring VHS to DVD.
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Review by Mitchell B. Roberson for Sony VRDMC6 DVDirect Compact Size DVD Burner with AVCHD Recording
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My brother owns an earlier model and loved it. we used it once however never pursed buying one until this year. Now we are running around the house grabbing all our home movies on 8mm, and VHS, we have started moving them all to DVD. This is awesome.
We had a sony handycam that we just do not use much but. had about 10 8mm tapes that had family stuff on it that we had not looked at in years. We purchased this yesterday and have been copying 8mm tapes all evening. it absolutly is bringing new life to a video camera that we felt was worthless. We plan on useing the camera more and more now that we have an easy way to move the video to DVD.
Awesome product.
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