JVC CU-VD20 Share Station DVD Burner for Everio Camcorders
From JVC
For burning Everio footage directly to a DVD, JVC offers the optional CU-VD20 SHARE STATION, a DVD burner that eliminates the need for a PC when creating DVDs. The new CU-VD20, which can be used to create DVD Video discs or digital still data discs, connects directly to the Everio camcorder or the Everio dock via a USB 2.0 connection. DVD burning is a simple three-step process that is controlled from the camcorder, converting Everio video files automatically for playback on most DVD players.
Brand: JVC Model: CU-VD20 Share Station Dimensions: 10.40" h x 5.80" w x 17.80" l, 5.50 pounds
JVC CU-VD20 Share Station DVD Burner We purchased this DVD burner in conjunction with a matched JVC Video camera, and must state that it works as advertised. Of its many assets are the ability to burn to DVD any picture and/or video without the need of computer. This is a big plus on vacation trips away from the home. The interfacing with the camara's docking station is intuitive and the transfer itself is handled seemlessly from the camara's lcd screen. The only negative (minor at that) is that it requires one to purchase -R DVD disk. It has been my experience that the +R disk are the format that the more modern stand alone DVD players prefer. This drive/burner does not work on the +R format. That being said, with the proper software on the home computer - the conversion to the +R format is really only one step removed. We went on a one week vacation, and this product allowed me to download content off of the camera's hard drive, thus keeping the camara clean and functioning smoothly. It can as well server as a playback unit using the camara's lcd as a display in cases where you do not have access to a television with RCA input jacks. It is a useful tool, but useful in given circumstances. 7 of 10 stars on performance.JVC CU-VD20 Share Station DVD Burner for Everio Camcorders Worked very well and can be used by someone not computer saavy just no Photograph transfer which is curious. Worked very well and can be used by someone not computer saavy just no Photograph transfer which is curious. The Dvd will record dvd-r without much work and practically no work if you are just copying all that is on your video camera, it just fills and closes the first dvd and asks for others until it is done(ours needed 3 dvd's to get all from camera. One surprising although not critical omission is that the dvd's don't include the still photographs that you have on the camera, you have to use an sd card in the camera and switch so that all picts are stored on the sd card. ALSO... the everio camera my father in law has will only use up to a 1 gig sd card so if you are having trouble using a sd 2 gig etc, that is the problem. JVC Everio CU-VD20 = piece of junk! Bought this item along with new Video Camera about 2 years ago (2007). I have burned several home videos of various events on to 12 different DVD's over this 2 year period of time. Just recently when I went to burn some video onto DVD again, I started encountering the "disc not recognized" type errors. I know there's nothing wrong with the disc's as they are all from the same spindle. But, I tried a different disc... same thing. Very disappointed in the reliability of this product. I will say that it worked just fine, when it worked, but this is inexcusable. A product should last longer than 2 years, especially when you spend $200+ for it. Lesson learned, and I won't be buying any other JVC products in the near future. Now I'm worried about how long my JVC Camera will last. If you own this JVC Everio CU-VD20 DVD burner, and have not had any problems with it - be warned that your time is coming.
