I just bought a Panasonic VCR/DVD recorder in order to copy our VHS home movies to give to my kids for Christmas. I'd hoped it would be a fairly straightforward process, especially since I've had zero experience recording DVDs, but naturally I came to a fork in the road immediately.

The instructions for copying VHS to DVD give two optionsÂone if you want to finalize the DVD and one if you don't. Do I or don't I? I was planning to make three copies of every DVD. Does that mean I'll have to copy the VHS tape three times on this machine? Or can I use my computer to make the additional copies?

I'm not sure what "finalize" means. Can a finalized DVD be copied?

Thanks!

Susan