DO NOT BUY

I bought one of these and had the problem where it would not read the disc, so I returned it and got another one. This one had the same exact problem. I recommend that you do not buy this product. JVC's customer support wanted me to pay to ship this to them so they could take a look at it. I returned the second one and will not buy a JVC share station again.

Don't waste your money

First unit I purchased was defective in that it would not recognize a disk. I purchased a second unit and had the same problem. When I contacted JVC they told me they were having quality problems with the unit. I would not reccommend purchasing this product.

Be careful with this

We bought this for our physical education classes and it worked fine, but there was one major flaw. It is quick and simple, and easy to do. However, if you're interested in this, be very careful about the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R. This will ONLY use DVD-R discs, and that format does not work in anything we have, so for us, it is basically useless. Our computers don't read DVD-R, three brands of DVD players don't read DVD-R, but this product will only use DVD-R discs, which will not play in anything we have. If you have a DVD player that will read DVD-R discs, then it should work just fine. But all our computers, burners, and players will only read DVD+R, and this product does not use DVD+R discs.

Convienience in a little plastic box

I have had the Everio G for a year now. I had tried many ways to figure out how to get my movies on CD. I asked around, people kept on shrugging their shoulders and giving me lousy answers.
Here is the correct answer for the Everio, get the share station. It is really cool. You just edit your movies on the camera or on the computer and send it to this burner.
You have a couple of options. One is that you can plug the burner into the camera and burn movies from that device. The other option is that you can plug it into the computer.
It is very quiet. I was nervous that it was not working because it was so quiet, but it works like a charm. I would recomment CD's that have CD-R on them because these work best.

Awsomly convinient unit for backing up your projects!

I'm not sure why everybody is complaining. This device works perfectly in the way it supposed to! Its task is creating backup copies of your footage from 60Gb GZ-HD7 hard drive. The unit is very reliable, works in tandem with the camera which allows select shots and combine them.
You don't have have to have it as Everio offers many ways to backup the footage, but this is one of them. As the description states it is not designed for making DVDs to watch. For making DVDs connect your Everio GZ-HD7 to general DVD recorder with audio-video interfaces. This unit connects to camcorder via USB. I am very happy with this my purchase!

Camera ok..............share station......very very poor

The sharestation is probably the worst piece of equipment I have ever purchased. Worked when it wanted to the first couple of months, now it doesn't work at all. I have always liked JVC products but after this dreadful experience, I am gonna have to think long and hard before I buy ANYTHING from JVC. This item will not recognize ANY disc, even the ones I made with it

JVC sharestations do not work

I recently bought a JVC sharestation, to go along with the JVC Everio camera I just bought. You are supposed to be able to connect the camera to the sharestation, and start burning DVD's. Sounds great! Every disk I have used creates the error message "Incompatible disk". I am not alone, only now I find out that hundreds of other people are also unable to use the device that they just paid $200 or more for. JVC is not acknowledging the problem. I don't know how JVC can get away with this!

HD Video Storage

Received unit and set it up using HDMI cable. Works great. There is no means for editing this is just for HD Video taken with the JVC camera. Stores HD on regular DVDs. You can then use the "Intensity Pro HDMI card from Blackmagicdesign to edit you HD video and store on the computer.

HD Video Storage

Received unit and set it up using HDMI cable. Works great. There is no means for editing this is just for HD Video taken with the JVC camera. Stores HD on regular DVDs. You can then use the "Intensity Pro HDMI card from Blackmagicdesign to edit you HD video and store on the computer.

Enverio - Don't buy, doesn't work like you think

I purchased the camera and the share station. I took family video and tried to burn to a dvd. The DVD provided by JVD wouldn't work. It kept saying 'incompatable disc' so I purchased the DVD-R by Sony (recommended in their manual) and it still says 'incompatable disc'. I called the JVD Help Center and they said...you have to send it to the factory. No help at all....just send it in. Don't buy this piece of junk.

Common Problems Abound

Well, I read many poor reviews on the internet about the product, and the reviewer is correct, this is an archival unit only, and won't generate a DVD that can be played on anything other than the JVC ShareStation. Unfortunately, I had already purchased a $1600 JVC camcorder which I could not return due to it having 5 hours of footage of my new baby (which I can't get off of it) on its HDD. So, I went ahead and purchased with these limitations in mind.

Unfortunately, when the unit arrived, it was defective. Won't recogonize any disc of any type. Even the disc supplied by JVC in the packaging showed up as "incompatible disc."

If you have already purchased the camcorder, you may also be stuck purchasing this unit; however, if you have not yet purchased a camcorder, I would strongly consider another brand.

See ya!

Common Problems Abound

Well, I read many poor reviews on the internet about the product, and the reviewer is correct, this is an archival unit only, and won't generate a DVD that can be played on anything other than the JVC ShareStation. Unfortunately, I had already purchased a $1600 JVC camcorder which I could not return due to it having 5 hours of footage of my new baby (which I can't get off of it) on its HDD. So, I went ahead and purchased with these limitations in mind.

Unfortunately, when the unit arrived, it was defective. Won't recogonize any disc of any type. Even the disc supplied by JVC in the packaging showed up as "incompatible disc."

If you have already purchased the camcorder, you may also be stuck purchasing this unit; however, if you have not yet purchased a camcorder, I would strongly consider another brand.

See ya!

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE

This unit PROBABLY doesn't do what you think it does. If you read the website and the box, it looks like you can shoot wonderful HD movies, push a button and voila! a DVD pops out and you can SHARE it with friends and family. Notice it is called the "Share Station"! NOT - the unit spits out a DVD that "cannot be played on normal DVD players" (page 47 of the manual). This unit is simply an ARCHIVAL unit. It takes whats in your camera and backs it up to a DVD. Thats it. Call JVC and verify it.