Canon Camera Buzz fan Norbert is new to HD and the HG10 and has asked us:
The answer is yup – and there’s a gadget out in April which is just the ticket. The Canon DW-100, premiered at CES last month, is a portable DVD burner which allows you to burn AVCHD as well as standard DVD format. It connects to your camera (as well as the HG10 it’s compatible with the HF10, HF100, FS11, FS10 and FS100) through USB, and can be connected to an HDTV to double up as an HD DVD player. Mobilewhack think the 2-in-1 functionality and minimalist design, with only three buttons (power, eject, record) is ’smashing’ – and there are plenty of glowing reviews such as those at Gadgetizer and Technopress, who reckon ‘it looks good inside and out, you can’t go wrong.’
Initially released in the US for $269, it should hit UK shores in time for your summer hols.
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I Have this unit. Got it for $229, But recently seen it on the Walmart website for $199. Works great .Only has a usb output which is connected to your HG10 or similar. Records to standard DVD-R or -RW only. Now trying to figure out how to record from HD DVR (Directv) which also has a usb for future use but haven’t done that yet. Dvd will only play through the camera wired through the DW 100 burner. But the dvd disc will play through my PS3 easily and probable any BluRay player.
You can also record in low res to play on any dvd player ,the catch is you have to set the HG10 to low res before you record ,which sucks. The only way to get around this is to somehow downconvert the Hd disc on your computer and burn it on the computers burner. Hope this helps anyone. For HD only its the only way to go.