Product Description

records high-definition and standard-definition video to DVD from select Canon camcorders * viewing high-definition recordings requires connecting DVD burner to camcorder and camcorder to TV * playback of high-definition recordings requires an AVCHD-compatible Blu-ray Disc player -- not possible on a standard DVD player * records digital photos to DVD from select Canon camcorders * high-speed USB interface (USB cable not included) *

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: DW-100
• Dimensions: 61.40" h x 106.30" w x 167.30" l, 4.00 pounds

Features

• Burn DVDs direct from your Canon hard drive or flash memory camcorder
• Play back AVCHD DVDs on your HDTV
• AVCHD and MPEG2 burner and player
• Easy to use; one-touch operation
• Plenty of backup options

Manufacturer Description

To complete your video experience, Canon has created the DW-100 DVD Burner. With the touch of a button you can record footage from your Canon Hard Disk Drive, or Flash Memory Camcorder. Not only can the DW-100 create DVD’s, but when connected to a compatible Canon camcorder, it can also be used to play AVCHD DVD’s on your television. Who better to make your life simple and easy then Canon?

DW-100 DVD Burner Highlights

AVCHD and MPEG-2 burner and player You can record footage from your Canon AVCHD hard disk drive, or AVCHD flash memory camcorder, as well as from your standard-definition flash memory camcorder. Additionally, the DW-100 can also act as a player, simply by connecting to a compatible Canon AVCHD camcorder.

Simple and easy With only 3 buttons there is no room for confusion.

One-touch operation After connecting your compatible Canon camcorder to the DW-100 DVD Burner, and selecting the footage you want to record through the menu on the camcorder, you just have to press Record and the footage will burn onto the DVD.

Various backup options By using the menu on your compatible Canon camcorder, you can choose to record all of the footage saved, part of the footage saved, and can determine which footage you have not recorded yet.

Customer Reviews

Will not burn Stadard DVD's
I bought the DW-100 burner to go with our Canon HF-10 HD flash based camcorder. I'm not so disappointed with the performance of the burner itself, but rather the misleading description by Canon of what this thing actually is. According to Canon's website, "...DW-100 allows you to connect to a Canon VIXIA HG10, VIXIA HF10, and VIXIA HF100 as well as the FS11, FS10 and FS100 camcorders to download video and burn AVCHD or Standard Definition DVDs." This is not exactly the truth. As it turns out, the ability to burn Standard Definition DVD's is dependant on the camera's ability to record in Standard Definition (and vice versa). For example, Standard Definition is not a recording option with the HF-10, and thus I am unable to burn Standard Definition DVDs.

This issue leads me to the whole point of me buying this burner. I wanted to have the ability to create Standard Definition DVD's on-the-fly (i.e., encode DVD mpeg-2 from source AVCHD) so I could share videos with those friends and family that don't yet have blu-ray playback technologies in their homes (including ourselves at this point in time). Unfortunately there is NO on-the-fly conversion from AVCHD to mpeg-2 at all.

So I'm stuck with a $200 stand-alone DW-100 burner that isn't really anything more than what I already had in my desktop PC, which I bought for $30 about 2 years ago. So be informed as to exactly what you are buying. This unit will not burn Standard Definition DVDs when coupled with the HF-10 as the description implies.

Great for archiving original recordings
I purchased this as soon as it was available. I was looking for a way to archive the original footage that was recorded on my Canon HG10. It is a little quirky to use. You need to create a playlist to record if you are not backing up the entire camera. Once you get used to using the burner it is a great utility. I was unaware until after purchasing that you can put the disks created by the burner into a Blu-Ray player and watch them in full HD.

At home I have an iMac and when I insert the burned disc it shows up in iMovie just as it would if the recorded video was still on the camera.

I have had no issues burning to RiTek RiData 8x DVD-R. I cannot vouch for other brands as I haven't used any others yet.

I absolutely recommend this item to anyone looking to archive their videos in their original format that does not want to rely only on keeping it on local hard drives. After having a hard drive in the past fail and losing some info that had not yet been backed up I am a firm believer in that you cannot have enough backups. Especially when the subject of most of our video recordings have been of our daughter.

I only gave it 4 stars as I wish the drive itself could be used to playback the burned discs.

Completely unnecessary if you have a computer
This burner creates an AVCHD-formatted disc from a DVD-R or DVD-R(DL) blank DVD. You have to have a Blu-Ray player to play this disc, and one that specifically can handle AVCHD-formatted discs.

The software you get with your camcorder (ImageMixer) also easily creates an AVCHD-formatted disc from a DVD-R or DVD-R(DL) blank DVD.

If you have a computer with a writable DVD drive (and don't mind using it), then you absolutely do NOT need this burner. You only need this burner if you don't want to run ImageMixer to create AVCHD-formatted discs.

Better idea (IMHO) is to use your computer to burn DVD's and use the money saved to buy a Blu-Ray player.