Finalizing Time for DVD Recorders

[ZippyP.]

I am looking at buying either a Pioneer or Panasonic DVD recorder. I tested a Panasonic DMR-E30 and it took 15 minutes to finalize the disk. The Pioneer one I tested (don't remember the model #) took only three minutes.

How long does it normally take to finalize a DVD-R in your Pioneer or Panasonic DVD recorder? And what's the model # ?

Thanks.

[elkfir]

It takes 4 minutes to finalize in my Panasonic DMR-HS2

[Bob W]

Four minutes or less on the Panasonic E50.

[PhilipL]

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[wayne421]

I have a Pioneer PRV-9000 at work and it usually takes 3 mins to finalize a DVD-R when I record about 75mins of video on it. It has taken 8 mins to finalize when I record short clips, say 20-40 minutes. This is in V1 and V2 modes (V1 = 10mbit V2 = 5.5 mbit). So I guess my answer would be 3-8 mins for DVDRs.

DVDRWs is another story. Those take almost an hour. :P

Overall the techs in my office really like the unit (and so do I).

-W

[handyguy]

My E30 takes 4 minutes. If longer than that you must have one of the older ones, the date of manf is on the back, mine is Oct 2002. The older ones have that black level bug.

[PhilipL]

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[capvid0429]

I have the dmr-e20 and the dmr-e30. Both take about 3 to 4 minutes tops. I never heard of it taking 15 mins.

[ZippyP.]

Could it have been during your test you just recorded a small amount of video, giving rise to a longer finalise time?

Yup, that's exactly what happened. We were testing the unit "in store" and only put a minute or so on the disk. Thanks for the info.

[piano632]

Ditto for the Sharp DV-RW2 (or should I call it a Pioneer? which it basically is). It takes 3 minutes for both DVD-R and DVD-RW discs.

For all DVD recorders:
A minimum of 1 GB has to be written to a DVD disc in order to make it fully compliant, so if you make a disc with only 5 minutes of video on it - when you finalize it, it will fill in the rest of the 1 GB plus the normal finalization time which is why short discs can take a long time to finalize.

[ejai]

I have an E30 and E50 both take 4 minutes or less

[huntr]

I have E80 and only took me 4 min or less to finalize the disc. It's an excellent recorder!

[videobruce]

What's the difference beyween this V1 and V2 mode?
Also what is the difference between the Video mode and the Video Recording mode as mentioned by a eralier post? Are these the same things?

[Mixer2000]

I am not sure what the difference is between V1 and V2 is but the major difference between Video Mode and VR mode is on board editing. With VR mode you can add manual chapters and you can edit and delete more items then you can with Video mode. With Video mode there is also no way to edit once you finalize.

[videobruce]

Then why record in Video mode? Whats' the advantage?

[PhilipL]

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[videobruce]

Thanks (as he pulls more of his hair out).

[verchad]

My panasonic dmr-hs2 takes about four minutes for nearly full discs. It has taken a few minutes longer for discs that are half full or less.

[daz_raven2010]

I own the Panny DMR-E30. Even though the manual said that finalizing may sometimes take upto 15 minites, I have burned some 50 DVD-R's and they all have taken under 4 minutes. When finalizing the disk, the screen message itself will say it can take upto 4 minutes.

[busterw]

Well I copied my first VHS tape last night just as a test on my new Panny E80. I copied it to the HDD, then from HDD --> DVD in SP mode. The video was 1 hr 2 min long. Finalization took 3-4 minutes.

[handyguy]

" Even though the manual said that finalizing may sometimes take upto 15 minites,"

Might be an older unit manual. Either that or a typo. 4 minutes is right.

[pannyman]

I have a e80 & it takes 4 minutes or less, I've never even heard of anytime over that...

[bikerval]

Sharp recorder onto DVD-RW in Video Mode... 3 minutes to Finalize. Same time for DVD-R. But then, disks are usually fairly full. That does make a difference.

Use Video Mode rather than VR in order to easily use on PC. Can use DVDShrink, InstantCopy (which isn't "instant" but does cool things), DVDecrypt, VOBEdit, etc. to work with your footage. As far as I can tell, I can't do that if I record in VR mode on my Sharp DVD recorder.