My problem is that I do not want to store 80GB of data on my computer from my harddrive camcorder. I would need to buy a separate computer just for my camcorder video! I want to connect my camcorder to my computer and then just act like the camcorder is an external hard drive. Is this possible?This is similar to what I do with my digital camera. For example, each time I print photos, I don;t upload them to my computer, I just view them using my computer and then print them. No uploading/saving necessary. Yes, the camcorder is treated as an external hard drive - at least for my Sony HDD camcorder. So you won't need to transfer any video to your computer in order to burn a DVD.
I use the Sony DVD Direct DVD burner - it will burn a DVD directly with the videos from the camcorder...no computers required.
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