Burn TV shows to DVD

Whether you're downloading video files or recording from a tuner card, building up a collection of TV shows is easy. Now, we'll show you how to archive your saved shows by burning them onto DVD.

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Keep the quality.

Because DVDs have much higher capacities than writable CDs, you'll be able to back up your videos at better quality settings. Why compromise?

Save space.

Video files tend to be hard drive hoggers; by archiving your shows to DVD, you'll free up the space you need to keep recording new stuff.

Save money.

Sure, you can buy practically any show on DVD these days. But why shell out the cash when you can build your own collection?

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"I just got a PC with this feature"

by areina (see profile)
March 17, 2006

I will like to obtain more knowledge on how to do this

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"children's TV in the car"

by gcraigm (see profile)
October 20, 2005

I like to record episodes of Sesame Street for my kids to watch. We also take a lot of long road trips. I'd like to...

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"From a DAT Head: EAT it Sony!"

by sh80 (see profile)
October 7, 2005

As a music lover and a recorder of taper-friendly musicians, I would gladly burn TV shows to DVD, solely because it...

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