The SR-DVM600 will produce a professional, high-quality DVD with smooth video edits, chaptering, and menu backgrounds regardless of the original video source material. What's more, the SR-DVM600 simplifies DVD disc creation of finished video material in a highly professional manner with-out the necessity of complex PC or editing skills. The SR-DVM600 records and plays various DV, DVD and CD discs as well as transferring them to and from the Hard Disk Drive. It s capableof recording and playing back different DVD formats, including DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, and DVDRAM. The MiniDV deck is capable of playing back DVCAM format tapes on small DVCAM cassettes. Recordings can be dubbed to either DVD or HDD, preserving the high quality of digital video and professional DV sources. The standard IEEE 1394 bus interface pro-vides direct connection to NLE systems or to a PC for downloading, editing and archiving. For extra convenience, connect up an external wire remote controlled to enable additional controls such as playlist/title direct selection for HDD or DVD, and direct playback speed selection. The Auto Repeat disc authoring function is very convenient when constant or repeated video play back material is required such as for digital signage or storefront demos. The SR-DVM600 is fully equipped with additional video editing functions designed to improve efficiency in the professional production environment. For example, Last Function Memory stores the last function performed in the mem-ory and always resumes operation from that point while Mode Lock helps to protect against unintentional erasure of recordings.