keep the quality the best you can AND as was just said, do it as fast as anything by improting to iMovie. do It via a modern DV camcorder that has "pass through" Analog to DV conversion (or a converter box about the same price as a low end camcorder). then make a nice menu in iDVD. if you go direct to dvd you won't have a nice DVD menu that looks professional. forget the DVD recorder, you are not saving anything. -Preston