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Advice About DVD Burners Please
Hi,
I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. Any other advice would be appreciated Thanx |
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you should get a dual layer 16x, I like the NEC 3520a.
go here for pricing and other models www.pricewatch.com I also like Nero for burning along with dvdshrink and dvdcryptor. the last two are freeware. "Chris S" wrote in message ... Hi, I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. Any other advice would be appreciated Thanx |
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"BigJim" wrote in message ... you should get a dual layer 16x, I like the NEC 3520a. go here for pricing and other models www.pricewatch.com I also like Nero for burning along with dvdshrink and dvdcryptor. the last two are freeware. I agree with the dual layer, seeing as it doesn't seem to impact the price significantly. I like my LiteON, but it is only a single layer. Came with Record Now which I like very much, particularly the bundled MyDVD which does an adequate slide show for me. Note however, the cost of double layer media is still high and less easy to find. DVD media is getting almost as cheap as CD. I don't normally copy movies, but did evaluate the two freeware items quoted. They seem to work as advertized and you can't beat the price! Of course the whole point of DVD Shrink is to avoid having to use dual layer. I wouldn't pay a lot more for 16x and don't recall seeing any 16x media, but that will change. Dave Cohen "Chris S" wrote in message ... Hi, I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. Any other advice would be appreciated Thanx |
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"Dave Cohen" wrote in message ink.net... "BigJim" wrote in message ... you should get a dual layer 16x, I like the NEC 3520a. go here for pricing and other models www.pricewatch.com I also like Nero for burning along with dvdshrink and dvdcryptor. the last two are freeware. I agree with the dual layer, seeing as it doesn't seem to impact the price significantly. I like my LiteON, but it is only a single layer. Came with Record Now which I like very much, particularly the bundled MyDVD which does an adequate slide show for me. Note however, the cost of double layer media is still high and less easy to find. DVD media is getting almost as cheap as CD. I don't normally copy movies, but did evaluate the two freeware items quoted. They seem to work as advertized and you can't beat the price! Of course the whole point of DVD Shrink is to avoid having to use dual layer. I wouldn't pay a lot more for 16x and don't recall seeing any 16x media, but that will change. Dave Cohen 16 x and DL are easy to find. DL is costly about 10 x the price of 8x/16x discs Not worth the cost just to save having two discs in a case "Chris S" wrote in message ... Hi, I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. Any other advice would be appreciated Thanx |
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On 2005-08-10, smh wrote:
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:22:50 +0100, "Chris S"
wrote: Hi, I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. Any other advice would be appreciated Thanx Any of the latest 16x DVD burners should be capable of burning all the major formats (except for DVD-RAM). That includes: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW. So there's no real need to install a separate CDRW drive, unless you've misplaced the plastic cover on the case and don't want your PC to have a "toothless grin". NEC, Pioneer, LG, and Plextor are the most trouble free. BenQ isn't too bad, but only if you've got a power supply that performs within spec. If your power supply can't supply enough power, or can't do it reliably, the drive will behave strangely, and produce coasters. The problem is difficult to track down, so if you've got a cheap marginal power supply and aren't sure about the PSU's quality, best to steer clear of BenQ's DVD drives, or replace your PSU with a better one (might want to do that anyways if you're using a crappy one). This applies to NuTech, and Philips drives as well, because they're the same drive. LiteON has been improving, but still has some glitches with media compatibility and burn quality. The brands it burn well, it burns very well, but they seem to have trouble recognizing some brands of media (even some fairly common name brands). If you buy one, check out their recommended media list before buying discs. You should do this no matter what drive you buy, but it's more important with LiteON drives than some of the others. ---------------------- There are exceptions to what I wrote above though. 1. The LG drives are "SuperMulti" drives, so they'll burn all the above AND DVD-RAM. 2. Pioneer, and NEC have announced "SuperMulti" drives of their own that will be released by years end, so if DVD-RAM is important to you either wait, or buy an LG if you can't wait. If you need DVD-RAM support, you'll know. If you don't, or aren't sure, you won't need it. 3. There are some oddball drives from DELL and Compaq that were custom made to lack DVD-R and DVD-RW support to try and sidestep the licensing fees. Likely won't be an issue as you *should* only be able to get them as part of a computer from DELL and Compaq. Trouble is, some people put the drives on Ebay upon finding out about the missing features, so a few are "in the wild". --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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"Chris S" wrote in message ... Hi, I need some advice about DVD Burners I am thinking of getting a DVD burner but am unsure about what type. Could you give us a run down of the sorts of DVD and which sort is best. Any advice on a recommended drive would help. Also could I fit a CD RW as well as a DVD RW. I've owned 5 CD/DVD burners in my life, but the LG4163, my newest one, is clearly the best of the bunch. It will it burn anything, even DVD-RAM. It also seems to have less trouble ripping damaged originals. It comes with Nero Express and Cyberlink Multimedia. I bought it to transfer mp3 music files to DVD-R. I haven't tried it with video files yet, but I suspect it will be excellent there as well. Norm Strong |
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you should get a dual layer 16x, I like the NEC 3520a.
go here for pricing and other models www.pricewatch.com I also like Nero for burning along with dvdshrink and dvdcryptor. the last two are freeware. Agreed, except I'd say the NEC 3540A now If you're in the US, keep an eye on newegg, they have it on "sale" every now and then. And as far as Liteon goes, well, lets just say I bought 3 of them and I've retired 2 of them with NEC burners...*much* better burn quality,and media compatibility, and that's not just IMO, that's fact. -GV |
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