Which DVD +rw recorders permit editing OUT commercials??

[Cynthia]

Hi,
Currently I have an aging Panasonic E20, and it writes only to DVD RAM. My primary PC has capability for DVD RAM and DVD +RW/R -RW/-R and what not... however the rest of my family has dual format but NO DVD RAM capability on their PC's.

I would like to aquire a DVD +RW recorder to put cartoons and what not on more easily than having to put them on my system, then convert to DVD +RW ... however the Panasonic E20 permits editing of the content (I can remove commercials, and save space).

Are there DVD +RW recorders which support this capability, and if so, which if any are the low cost units?

Thanks for any help!

[malaugh]

All DVD+RW/+R units will edit out commercials. The biggest diffence is that on DVD-RAM you can re-use the space you saved by editing the commercials, on DVD+RW you cannot.

[Cynthia]

Ouch, is there a utility to figure out what was edited out to help recover the lost space? I really like recovering the space on my ram drive... and could live with the +rw drives not recovering the space, IF there was a utility to later go over it and remove the skipped portions.

Thanks by the way for your help... also suggestions on low cost units would be helpful.

[lordsmurf]

Don't do it. The method is flawed. My site will explain it more soon.

If you want to edit, use a PC.

[spiderman2k1]

Get the Panansonic E80 with the hard drive to edit its the best way to do it on a DVD recorder. Also PC is very good to edit.