Hasbro Toy Videonow Media Wizard

As soon as I got my VIDEONOW MEDIA WIZARD in the mail, the next day I went to school and I put the software on a computer in our classroom (with my teachers permission) and I made 4 discs.I decided to put an episode of Oh Yeah! Cartoons on disc 1, my video projects(me on the school bus to school/my trip to paris,france "my funny youtube video project"/my cat) disc 2me and my favorite music/photos of m disc 3and nickelodeon promos 2002/ oh yeah!cartoons end theme and my cartoon network video projects on disc 4.A satisfied videonow disc collection indeed, as i will be needing more kits where that came from:)

Unfortunately you CANNOT use mini cds instead of the PVDs. It may burn the disk, but if you put the mini disc into the video now player, the machine DOES NOT recognize it, and you will get an error message. According to Hasbro customer service, you can't purchase the PVDs separately anywhere, so if you want more PVDs, you will have to buy more of these kits. You can cut down regular Cds as another reviewer suggested. However, this is a tedious and difficult process. Overall, this is a good idea, but you have to wonder what Hasbro was thinking by not making these blank discs available for sale individually...

I ordered this item and was so excited. It loaded fine. It let me upload files just fine. It wasn't until I actually tried to create my PVD that I received errors that shut down the program (many many many times...with numerous types of video files) I double checked the system requirements for the software and my computer checked out fine. The worst thing is that there is no support for the media player. I tried contacting Hasbro with no response. I am so dissapointed.

Why is it that they will come up with a great idea to make a product to create your own PVD's, but don't sell blank disk's? The Disks that come with the Media Wizard only hold about 20min of video which isn't enough for anything really. Why can't they make (and sell in stores like Wal-Mart,Zellers,Giant Tiger,Sears, etc) blank PVD's large enough to put a whole cartoon or even a movie on it? If they do, they should make them more available to the public. Overall, the VideoNow it's self is Great! But I wouldn't waste the money on the Media Wizard. It is almost impossible to fit anything on the disks.

A great idea from the creators of VideoNow. The availability of pre-recorded PVD is abysmal at best. Living in a small mid-western town I have always had trouble finding the PVD's anywhere but online. We do have a DVD player for the car, but when we go somewhere that requires waiting (the Doctor, Dentist, DMV, etc) the VideoNow is a lifesaver. Having the ability to make our own discs just makes it that much more versatile.The good news is that you DO NOT need to cut down regular CD-R's as one reviewer suggested - the unit will burn standard "mini" CD's which are readily available in most electronics super-stores and online for next to nothing. You end up being able to make your PVD for under a buck.

The kit includes:Media Wizard Software4 Blank PVD's4 PVD Jewel CasesPVD Disc AdapterAllows you to burn your own PVD's. Any combination of media within the size limitations of the PVD format (roughly 20 minutes or 450MB).

i bought this for my son so that he would have more options on his videonow.well the media wizard is awful!!!!!!!when i tried to burn onto a pvd disk(it comes with 4) i got a ongoing pop up screen saying that there was a problem with the disk.once you try to burn something and you get a "problem with the disk" error,the disk is ruined.i have gone through 2 sets of these.!!!!!!!In my opinion they are not the worth the time and effort and i know it will cost more money in the long run to buy the regular videonow disks but are worth it.I do not like the media wizard,just awful.save your money on this one!

This program does what it says it will do- I've transferred material from DVD and also Quicktime and AVI files from the computer. My only real complaint is that the program only lets you burn onto their own blank CDs, yet the program only comes with 4 of them and you can't buy more separately! I found a way to trick it into accepting regular CDRs though, which I then cut down to fit in the Videonow player- not the best thing to do but it works, and if Videonow ever goes off the market that'll be the only way to make more discs for it.Sound and picture quality obviously aren't as good as the original DVD- the frame speed is a little slower and there's a funny effect with the color on some material, also the sound is mono and often doesn't come through loud enough on the built-in speaker. I got a Videonow player cheap though, and this is fun to play around with.