Re: Recording an Event with a VX2100 to DVD?

When you stop a stand-alone DVD recorder, it takes a little time for it to be ready to start again, and every hard full stop creates a chapter break. If you pause recording on the machine, you don't get that. When the recording is done, you still need to "finalize" the dvd so it will play universally on both computers and DVD players. This step takes more time if you recorded less material. If you only record 15 min. on a DVD in 2-hour mode, it may take 15 minutes to finish finalizing, as the machine scoots along the unburned sections of disk, writing "nope, nothing here, scoot along about 2 minutes" over and over. If the DVD is packed to almost the full 2 hours of capacity, finalizing may only take a couple seconds. but DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP, or you'll get angry calls wondering why the DVD won't play for them.