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Kilarney:
For me it's not a program, it's a new DVD player that I bought. It was $50. I burn the files to a CD-R, and pop it into the DVD player. The DVD player has a built in chip for this stuff, and plays pretty much anything that I throw at it. It plays DIVX, XVID, WMA, etc. You don't have to worry about burning DVDs or VCDs, which makes it really easy. You just burn the data file onto the CD-R.
The only problem that I can foresee is if an individual file is larger than 700mb. I should probably look for a program that will split a large video file into two smaller files. For TV shows, though, this really isn't an issue.
TheCinera:
Gimme! I want one now. I'll have to search for one of them next time I go to the mall. If it's only $50, then I'm getting it! At the rate that I burn TV shows on DVDs, this would come in handy!
Jeffrey Scott:
I'll look up the software when I get home. I forget what brand it was. Essentially, it lets me turn any avi, mpg or other video file into a dvd format when I burn it to disk. Comes in handy. Especially since I have a DVD R/W and a several disks so I can keep burning over them.
Kilarney:
The player I bought was the Phillips DVP5140. It was on sale at Radio Shack for $50. I think the sale ends in a couple of days. It can probably be had for slightly cheaper online, although maybe not from a well known merchant.
I have been really impressed with the player. It has played whatever I throw at it. I only have a CD burner, which is why this player works really well for me. I suppose the risk is that someday, as technology changes, it won't be able to play the data files directly. But by then I will have a DVD burner, so it won't be a big deal.
To save a lot of money, you can burn the data file to a DVD. Therefore, one DVD could hold a TON of shows. The Phillips player will play the data files straight off of the DVD.
I didn't want to mention it earlier since I didn't want to sound like I was shilling for Phillips. (I have no relation to them.)
I have not tried using CD-RWs. although I can't imagine that this would be a problem.
TheCinera:
I have a Radioshack about a mile away from where I live. I think I'll look it up online and see what other deals I can get. Thanks, Kilarney!
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