DVD burning question

[Madonna]

Well good grief. You mean to tell me that CD-R disks work in a DVD Player...and plays movies??? And I went to all this trouble...for nothing. :o

[slidecage2222]

Well good grief. You mean to tell me that CD-R disks work in a DVD Player...and plays movies??? And I went to all this trouble...for nothing. :o

i didnt think you could put movies on  CD-r ... i was just moving some of my   VHS movies to  DVD  and    seems  DVDs only hold  2 hours per DVD??  so how could a  CD  hold a movie when its at least  10x smaller

[Madonna]

Well good grief. You mean to tell me that CD-R disks work in a DVD Player...and plays movies??? And I went to all this trouble...for nothing. :o

i didnt think you could put movies on  CD-r ... i was just moving some of my   VHS movies to  DVD  and    seems  DVDs only hold  2 hours per DVD??  so how could a  CD  hold a movie when its at least  10x smaller

That's exactly what I was thinking. And too, I thought CD-R was only equipped for music. :-\

[pogohatesme]

Most of our movies are split onto 2 CD-R....and his wrestling that he downloads he burns onto 1 CD-R and they work for us  O0

[slidecage2222]

personally i dont see why people want   a  dvd recorder for their  TV..... its giving more more problems then its worth....  got this for 200 bucks for xmas present and  99% of the time i probally will never use the  recorder part of the system.... at least its under warrenty  till   Dec  21  2009  : )

[holly222]

Ok, ya'll got me curious......how can i tell if i have a dvd burner on my comp?

[pogohatesme]

on the face of my drive is says "cd-r" and "dvd rom" on it....most newer computers come with it in there..............

[holly222]

mine says hp cd writer

[Madonna]

It sounds like you can burn CD's, but no DVD's...I may be wrong though. Mine says CD rewritable/DVD ROM R/RW.

[RC]

If it's just DVD-ROM, it only plays dvd's, does not burn dvd's. You can still burn cd's if it's a combo drive that is a CD-R / -RW. It would have to be a DVD-R / -RW to burn onto actual dvd's. You can get other things onto a cd other than just music or pictures, but I wouldn't think there would be much room for big video files.. dvd would sure be better for that kind of thing.

[pogohatesme]

If it's just DVD-ROM, it only plays dvd's, does not burn dvd's. You can still burn cd's if it's a combo drive that is a CD-R / -RW. It would have to be a DVD-R / -RW to burn onto actual dvd's. You can get other things onto a cd other than just music or pictures, but I wouldn't think there would be much room for big video files.. dvd would sure be better for that kind of thing.

I think as long as you have a "cd burner" in your computer you can burn anything...it's more of the program that your using to actually format and burn the cd's

[holly222]

Downloaded a movie cant play it on dirx or media........any sudjestions.......