Sanyo doubles CD-R capacity with HD-Burn

OK, I would be really impressed if they came up with 1.4GB CD, which could be recorded in a normal burner and played on any standalone. Then I wouldn't have the swap over half way through with VCD! Better just switch to DVD-R Paul.

There's a partial way around that, Paul - not an ideal solutuon perhaps, but a viable one. Use a dvd changer. I recently tried an inexpensive GE 3-disc model out for my growning collection of homemade VCDs. (The GE5803P) It changed discs beautifully, quickly, and with virtually no noise. When making vcds, I always carefully choose a likely, quiet, logical spot in the film to make the split to ease the necessary interuption, and the GE player acquited itself admirably when mechanically playing them back. Unfortunately, it was also the absolute WORST videocd player I ever had the misfortune to watch in my life. A/V sync was WAY off. Skips, glitches, and just plain crummy picture quality forced me, after trying 3 different units, to trade it for a one-disc Sony DVD-NS315, at exactly the same price (within .18c) which by marked contrast, is the BEST videocd player I ever owned, beating the pants off my earlier Sanyo unit by a wide margin. (VCD playback is utterly, uncompromisingly perfect). But damn, I can't afford a Sony disc changer. So, like you, I still gotta do the damn swap thing. (sigh.....) -- Mike --

Or just record loads of VCDs onto cheapish DVD media. I was recently chatting with dRD, who says this can be done, even in CVD format, I imagine you could also do SVCD. Imagine being able to fit 3 or 4 decent quality movies on one DVD, rather than one movie on 2 CDs. By the way, DVD changer? We don't have those in England yet, at least I have not seen them. I will be away for a few days, keep safe (no late night cabbing.) Paul.

In Ireland almost everyone has 21" Mono TV (sometimes Nicam stereo) Video Recorder and some have a Sky Satellite receiver and/or DVD player. When I visited the US, I couldn't believe that just about every house had a large TV with Dolby Pro logic 5 speaker sound, Video Recorder, Radio Tuner and some had a multidisc (3 or 5) DVD player. I haven't been in one house over there out of over 10 that had less than 4 black/silver boxes under the TV!

I have one of the Optorite DVD =/- R recorders that has the HD-Burn technology. I have tried writing a 1.3 GB SVCD with the Nero (which is supposedly compatible with HD-Burn). I also tried using B's Recorder Gold5 which is suppose to do HD-BURN and no matter what I try it will not burn the SVCD. I always get the message that there is not enough room on the media. If anyone has used the HD-BURN sucessfuly please let me know what I am doing wrong.