I would like more infomation about this answer below,why would VCD or
Divx be better than DVD-r.
also to clarify the question:I have access to a collection of about 50
2hr videos about meditation (these videos are not copywrited they are
not feature films). I want to be able to play them on my dell latitude
laptop. I have access to a panasonic DVD recordedr player. But I am
open to any cheap efficient method of accomplishing the task.
Thank you. 
 
CompUSA or BestBuy with a rebate has meada for about 
$2 a disc - but I 
think changing your video collection to VCD wold be 
better idea (as it 
still plays in a home dvd player) or better yet Divx 
(only can be 
played on the computer).  As Cd media ranges form 10 
cents a disc with 
out a rebate to free after rebate. 
  
Finalize means check the finalize box on your buring 
program (don't 
leave open to record more data).

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Clarification of Question by craigeperkins-ga on 16 Jun 2003 09:51 PDT

I don't know if I am able to direct a question to funkywizard-ga but I
could use some more clarity on your comment. Divx seems the best. Can
you tell me more about this? What hardware or software would I need so
I could hook up my VHS player to my computer so I could record to
divx? (I have a desk top computer also windows 2000) Or any more
details I would need. Do I store on CD's?

VCD has advantages over DVD in the following areas:

Lower bitrate, so you can fit the movies on CD-Rom

The VCD format works with a wider variety of free and cheap programs,
whereas DVD movie editing and encoding software usually costs money or
is more complicated to use.

Works well enough for VHS movies, since the quality of a DVD is not
necessary for those.

VCD also still plays in most DVD players, in addition to playing on
computers that do not have a DVD drive

CD-R's are much cheaper than DVD-R's.

Advantages to Divx are:

Even lower bitrate than VCD, at the same quality.

Can be encoded to nearly DVD quality at bitrates much lower than DVD.

If you are only playing these discs on computers, then you can
actually put either format of video onto a recordable DVD, which would
allow you to fit 8 or more hours of video onto on DVD recordable disc,
instead of a typical maximum of 2 hours with DVD format video.


There are advantages to using DVD instead of VCD or Divx, but you
didn't ask for those.