I may be missing something here, but isn;t the obvious anwer to use video editing software, which is meant for precisely the task of getting DV off a camcorder and onto a DVD or other media. Having coughed up for a DV camcorder, paying £50 or so for video editing software seems fair enough to me. I use Adobe premiere elements, having only just changed from ulead videostudio 8. Cheap and effective, not meant for computer nerdy whizzkids...