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Chapter 12: Home Video -- “So, You Want to Be the Next Steven Spielberg?”

Today, DVD burners can be purchased for reasonable prices. Amazon.com offers a Sony 4x DVD±RW drive for $240. Currently, Best Buy offers a 4x +RW HP DVD300I (internal IDE) drive for $179. And, by the time you read this, prices should be even lower.

This means that for a very reasonable price, you can create your own DVD movies at home. Look out, Academy Awards! But first, you need to understand how DVD burners work, and choose an appropriate model. Let’s look at some of the issues.

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