8 cm dvd from video camcorder

Since it is not recommended to put an 8 cm dvd into a slot loading dvd drive, can it be saved as a file that my iMac can read (quicktime or ?) if I open it on my wife's laptop, which is running windows 7?

Can iMacs play 8 cm dvd from video cameras?
Only if put into a tray-loading drive. If one is put into a slot-loading drive, it may become stuck.
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DVD - is a standard in it self - CAN only do SD-Video (as old CRT-TVs at it's best)
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• Best Performances *(movies + menus less than 60 min.)* - High quality on final DVD
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5. I use Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
6. I use DVD-R (no +R or +/-RW)
7. Keep NTSC to NTSC - or - PAL to PAL when going from iMovie to iDVD
8. Don’t burn more than three DVD at a time - but let the laser cool off for a while befor next batch.
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• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a shortlived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
These DVDs could be made in DVD-Studio Pro. But they don’t playback on any other standard DVD-layer.
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