Sony’s DVDirect VRDV20 offers you the easiest way ever to turn home movies into DVDs. It connects directly to your camcorder or VCR! In fact, the Sony DVDirect VRDV20 is the world's first DVD burner capable of standalone, real-time DVD recording, as well as computer-attached burning. And it’s as simple as 1…2…3. All you have to do is hit record, and play! In no time at all, you’ll have a beautifully produced DVD you can play on most conventional set-top DVD players. You can even play it on your computer’s DVD-ROM drive. Up to 6 hours of home video will fit on standard DVD recordable or rewritable discs. With Double Layer DVD+R DL discs, you can record up to 12 hours on a single disc with your Sony DVDirect VRDV20.