speeds that may take between 1 and 6 hours (even up to 8 hours on certain models) on a standard (single sided 12 cm) blank DVD. A trade off exists between recording time and video quality. MiniDVD recorders 8 cm miniDVDs are used on some digital camcorders, primarily those meant for a consumer market ("point and shoot"); such discs are usually playable on a full-sized DVD player, but may not record on a full-sized DVD recorder system. Though popular for their convenience (in the manner of VHS-C), DVD camcorders are not suitable for professional use due to higher levels of compression compared to MiniDV and the difficulty of editing MPEG-2 video. See also Digital video Digital video recorder (DVR) DVD Optical disc recorder Videocassette recorder (VCR, video recorder) Video scaler "Upconverting" References Recorder Recording devices Television terminology de:Brenner (Hardware)#DVD-Brenner fi:DVD-soitin#Tallentavat DVD-soittimet