Now that our phones have cameras that can actually produce a decent picture, we need to do something with the footage. Fear not as ever we have the answer. Go old school and stick them on a DVD. Here’s how.

What’s the point?

Show off your flicks without carting cables round to your mate’s house. Slip in a DVD, take charge of the remote and show off your creations in comfort.

Is it free?

Apart from the cost of blank DVDs, totally.

Sold! How do I do it?

Step 1: Your phone records video in MP4 format. That’s lucky as it’s one of the most common video formats around. Once you’ve finished shooting your footage hook your handset up to a PC or Mac using the supplied USB cable.

Don’t be tempted to use Bluetooth to transfer your clips – it’ll take an age and leave your battery thoroughly drained of juice.

Step 2: Opt for ‘Data transfer’ or ‘Mass storage’ when your phone pipes up and you’ll see the memory card appear on your computer as a removable drive or device. Dive in to it, root out your camerawork and copy it to the desktop if you’re in front of a PC, or your Movies folder if you’re on a Mac.

Step 3: You’ll need some DVD burning software for the next step. If you’re using a PC you can skip to Step 4. If you’re on a Mac, you’re in luck – there’s a neat program called iDVD built in. Fire it up, pick a theme for your DVD, drag your clips into the menu (if you want to show them off there too), head to the ‘DVD Map’ icon and drag your footage from the Media tab on the right onto the menu to create chapters. You can hit the big ‘Play’ button at the bottom of the screen to preview your DVD, then choose the circular ‘Burn’ icon when you’re ready to commit to disk.

Step 4: PCs aren’t as well equipped as Macs to make DVDs without extra software, so you’ll need to grab a DVD creation program, although they’re not expensive. Try Nero, it’s dead simple to install and when you insert a blank DVD it’ll ask you what you want to do with it. Pick the option to ‘make your own DVD’ then drag your movie file from the desktop (or import it using the ‘File menu’) to Nero’s timeline and keep pressing ‘Next’ until the option to burn your disc pops up. There’s the opportunity to tweak your DVD’s menu on the way too, picking themes and colour schemes from the right hand side of the screen.

Step 5: When your DVD’s finished take it our of your computer and give it a try on your own DVD player – hey presto, your phone’s movies on the big screen. Bravo!