DVD Recorder that will Automatically Finalize

[yardline]

I want to put a DVD-Recorder in our church hooked to a camera. I need it to be idiot proof. I'm looking for a unit that you can just push record on the front (OTR), have it record two hours and eject a finalized disc without any intervention. I really don't want to use a monitor, except to set it up initially. Is there a unit that will do that?

[LJB]

Read through the owner's manuals.
Several will let you set the recording mode to include finalizing after each recording session, at the end of the dvd, or not at all.

[trhouse]

Newer Panasonics give you a choice of auto finalize or not. So does the Pioneer 531H hard drive recorder but with the Pioneer you have a choice of menus to select after if you tell it to finalize on its own. Some JVC's like the DR-M70S will also.

[CrazyCanuck]

Hi Yardline, I know that most Liteon can record on DVD+RWs and doesn't need to be finalized. I think the issue is using DVD+RWs rather than -RWs. Look at models in you area and theirs manuals, "Recording to Disc" section, and you should find one that doesn't need finalizing.

Good Luck

CC

[StuR]

Hi had a philips 3350 which auto finalised DVD RW + or - (+ do any way). They would be on RW though not R disk if that matters, these RW could be copied to R.
My Sony performs better but only the +RW auto finalise. The sony disks work better in other players. The Philips was very easy to use, but not fantastic quality, good on 1 or 2hr though as with most DVDRW's.