JVC DVD burner

I purchased the JVC Everio camcorder on QVC and there was no mention that you needed any other equipment to burn to DVD. I tried for HOURS to read every word in the manual to get the videos onto a DVD. IMPOSSIBLE!!! After giving the camera and instructions to my "computer geek", 28 yr old nephew, who makes computers, he said I needed to get this item if I wanted to get the video off of the camera. I was pretty upset at the cost. That much money to make a DVD of my daughters wedding to send to relatives! Shame on JVC for this. But I went ahead and purchased the burner because I was forced to. It was so easy, that within a few minutes, the DVD was burned and I made 10 copies to send out. I have made several other video since then and find it to be easy and fast. I can't say it is worth the price but you must have this if you ever want to see your videos outside of the camcorder.

convenient but not compatible with tv dvd player

I have owned this dvd recorder for several weeks now. I also have the Everio HD camcorder. The dvd recorder is very easy to use to make dvd's directly from the camcorder. What I have discovered is that the Everio DVD recorder only records to the -R format. Unfortunately, my home dvd player (a brand new Panasonic combo unit) only reads the +R format. Bummer! I have not checked around to see if other dvd players can read both formats or not. Of course you can play back -R dvd's using the Everio burner and camcorder. If you do not need to make dvd's to watch on your tv system, I would recommend this dvd burner.

Fast and Easy!!

This portable DVD burner is so easy I was able set it up in 5 mins attach it to my video recorder and burn my sons play in less than 30 mins. Then removed the DVD and put it in my DVD player and watched his play. EXCELLANT product and sooo easy. IN ADDITION, YES it does come with a USB 2.0 cable attached to the burner. I read a few reviews that said the burner did not come with a USB cable and you need to purchase one (which I did) but there was one attached to the burner. I recommend this product to any one who likes ease to their life.

saves lots of time

i made a copy of 6 different segments that equaled about 55 mins, it took less than 10 mins until i was watching the dvd on my player. i got tdk dvd-r but the sony seem to work as well. only use the -r or -rw from tdk,sony jvc or vebatim. this is kinda pricey at 200 bucks but i think it will pay for itself in a year or two. i am glad i made this purchase and waited until i got 12% off before i got it so it was only about 186 with tax.

Strings attached - Beware

In order to connect to a PC, you need to buy a 'special usb cable' - sold separately.

This cable is ONLY sold by JVC, and it's $24 + $7 for shipping!!

Very Happy!

This is an awesome product. I purchased the JVC Everio camcorder and the software to download it to a DVD from the computer came with it. However, not being very computer savy, I struggled and struggled with it. I finally talked my husband into purchasing the DVD burner and within 15 minutes I had the DVD made of our son's Army basic training graduation. Well worth it! I wish I would have purchased it with the camera as it would have saved two days of frustration. It's as simple as connecting the camera to the burner and selecting what to burn and pushing the start button! I highly recommend it.

compact & fast!

i had purchased the previous version of the share station and compared to this.......let's just say they are not even on the same playing field! the Very Compact Size is great first of all, then there's the built in usb connection and my previous jvc burner required 27 minutes to write each disk, this one does the job in only 15, i'm using it for the first time now and so far, so good!

Good Investment!!

Very user friendly, no need for a computer, attach to your camcorder via USB cord. For those of us not very computer savvy, will save time & frustration. Takes about 30 min. to burn a 60 min.DVD. Not limited to JVC Everio, ex: can be used as an external DVD Burner for your PC. Small & sleek in design. Amazon has the best price out there. Can't go wrong.