Re: "ps. also looking forward to your other uploads jon, might ask you how you hooked your vcr to your dvd recorder as i thought a simple scart lead would suffice (then rip the resultant dvd using divx or whatever) but looking on videohelp.com etc. it seems a little more complex?" Sorry, I missed this one... The DVD recorder is connected via a scart lead and the resultant DVD is cropped & converted to Xvid with 'Auto Gordian Knot', the best convertor I have found.