If you want to look at your pictures on a TV and you have a DVD player, one answer is to simply write them to CD, and play the CD in the DVD player.

The majority of domestic DVD players will show pictures. If you don't currently have one, it might be worth considering getting one for this specific purpose - they are available at ludicrously low prices these days - in this country you can get them for well under �30 now.

Regards,

Chris

Thanks Rarogirl and Chris! I do have a dvd player and have the cds which I view on my tv as a slideshow. The questions concern the new method with the VCR.

Rarogirl, I'v checked and do have additional ports on the back of the vcr. So, with the tv and vcr on, if I connect the camera to the vcr the pics will come on the tv and then I can press record on the vcr to record them. Am I thinking right on this? Maybe the movie mode shots might also play since vcrs do audio-did you have any movie mode shots? Many thanks for your help! This is fantastic info!

You are correct, but I think you'll find that the quality will be pretty poor on playback. The quality of video is _extremely_ poor; it's only the constant movement of the picture which disguises this. I suspect that if you record a "still" picture on video you'll be disappointed with the results.

Always worth a try, of course, nonetheless.

Regards,

Chris

Roxy . . . yes, I think you should be able to record them in the way you describe. I have never used the movie mode on my digital still camera because I have a digital video camera and always travel with both cameras. Still cameras take much better stills and video cameras take much better movies. But I think the stills I have recorded on VHS look pretty good. The next thing on my electronic wish list is a set top DVD recorder for the tv. They are starting to get pretty reasonable in price now.

Hi Chris, thanks and yes the quality will not be as good as on dvd, but it just another quick option to have for sharing with folks who do not have dvd players - I can send them a tape of stuff.

Hi Rarogirl, thanks again...guess what? I just discovered (found the manual) there is also flip down door on the front of the vcr with the a/v jacks. Who knew? it is so cleverly designed I never realized it was a door! Not having a camcoder, I had no need to explore! Anyway, I will now begin to experiment with it. I do have a dvd player, which produces excellent quality slides, but it does not record. In today's world of electronics, it seems I'm always playing catch up! Stay tuned for my progress and thanks!

G'day,

You can store images (or any other file) through a portable storage device, which is basically a hard disk for a laptop. You can transfer the images by plugging in the storage card from your camera.

Alternatively, if you're currently more comfortable with CDs as I am, you can purchase a 'standalone CD burner' to burn the CDs from your storage card to CD.

If it's a lengthy trip, it amounts to a lot of CDs but not unbearable. There's also some peace of mind in having insurance through creating back ups - as opposed to losing the storage device (i.e. the 'all eggs in the one basket' scenario).

With standalone CD burners such as the Apacer CP200, you can span the CDs - i.e. you can put in a 1 Gb card over two Cds etc.

I hope that helps!

David

I burn my photos to a CD but when I play them through my DVD player on to the TV the quality is poor compared to the quality when I run a slideshow on my computer. Can anyone tell me if there is anything I can do to improve the quality through the DVD?

I got this cool bit of software with a recent HP printer I purchased. It is called "Memories Disk", which will burn your photos, with music to CD, then in turn you can play in your DVD. Quality is good, but you are limited to about 250-300 photos if you have music with them. With no music, you can get maybe 400-450 photos. It is maybe better to have no music on the disk, as you can only record one song, and you get rather sick of hearing it play again & again as the disk normally takes about 35-40 minutes to play from start to finish

For those who are prepared to spend the extra money for a portable storage disc, I can recommend the Flashtrax. Costs about $750.00 Australian but comes with 3.5" TFT viewing screen, 20Gig hard drive and has slot for automatic download of CF cards. You can also purchase a small adapter to enable downloads of other cards. The unit fits into the palm of your hand, plays music files, and movies taken in most digital camera formats. You can also use it to view Power Point presentations and it will connect to your TV Video etc. Because it is basically a portable hard drive with viewer, you can store and manage all files just as you do on a computer, and interchange files via a USB 2 cable. Admittedly they are not cheap, but they are more versatile than just a picture only storage device.
The American website is http://www.smartdisk.com/

By the way....Guy H, hows Sunny Invercargill.?
I lived there for nearly 5 years many years ago and remember quite keenly how the rain used to come down so hard from the direction of Bluff that it would hit the ground, bounce straight back up and smack you in the face.!!
Great place, great people, but 4 seasons in one was a regular hourly experience.

Regards GG

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By the way....Guy H, hows Sunny Invercargill.?
I lived there for nearly 5 years many years ago
Regards GG [/qb]

Hi GG.
Invercargill is still great and yes we can still get 4 seasons in 1 day!! But we dont get the extremes like they are getting elsewhere at the moment

Glad we are not touring over there at the moment!!

Guy H,

When I lived in Invercargill it was the year of the "Big Flood", the river broke its banks and washed out hundreds of houses, the water was right up to the eaves in some parts. Fortunately our place escaped without any probs even though we were just behind the Kew stream near the Kew Hospital which did overflow its banks. The main problems were elsewhere though.
I owned a large canadian canoe in those days and used it to help a friend access his flooded home only to get picked up by the army looking for looters. Forunately it was obvious we weren't looting as we had nothing in the boat and they let us go.
I spent the next few weeks doing 60 hour weeks at work repairing electrical items that were flood damaged.
Ah...those were the days eh...

GG

GG,
Well, you were not that far from us then!! We lived by St Patricks church then. Contact me at guyh@es.co.nz for further info if interested.... maybe we can swap more lies??