DVD Burner

Full Throttle · Dec 23, 2002, 02:15 PM

I'm trying to help a friend look for a DVD burner. I've been looking around haven't found a good review. Anyone have advice on brands / review site?

Thanks!

Full Throttle · Dec 23, 2002, 03:15 PM

Ok so after talking with some friends and reading some reviews it appears the Sony DRU-500A is the best overall burner. I found it listed for $322 at http://store.yahoo.com/upsource/922642.html

I guess that's not too bad a price... but it's still $300

RACEOMATIC · Dec 24, 2002, 09:14 AM

You should get a DVD +R +RW Here is a few links to DVD stuff;
http://www.burnworld.com/

http://www.dvdplusrw.org/whatsnew.html

http://www.vcdhelp.com/

http://www.buycyberpc.com/ric24xineidd.html

Necrosis · Dec 24, 2002, 04:25 PM

I second the Sony.

espionage_man · Dec 25, 2002, 01:42 PM

sony is good, but i have the feeling that the dvd-rw and dvd-r will beat out the dvd+rw and dvd+r format in the long run. most tech experts are betting on it.

RACEOMATIC · Dec 26, 2002, 05:07 AM

DVD+RW's principal advantage over DVD-RW is in the area of compatibility. Its proponents claim it is the only rewritable DVD technology that offers seamless media exchange between consumer electronics and personal computing environments and that the format was compatible with most of the installed base of 35 million+ DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives at the end of 1999. Recordings made with a DVD Video Recorder on DVD+RW discs - 4 hours record/playback time per side - can be played on DVD-Video players as well as on PCs with a DVD-ROM drive and MPEG-2 video decoding capability. Moreover, DVD+RW offers the possibility to combine digital video and digital data in a single file system as required for multimedia recording applications.

RACEOMATIC · Dec 26, 2002, 05:26 AM

DVD+RW discs do not need to be formatted. Formatting takes place transparent to the user in the background, it is automatically suspended when the user wants to write data to the disc, and will continue when writing is done. With DVD-RW, there is no such thing as background formatting. You have to manually do a formatting command, and depending on the formatting type and disc speed you have to wait for over an hour.

DVD+RW discs do not need to be finalized by the user. When you eject a DVD+RW disc, it is always in a "finalized state", ready for playback or reading by normal DVD players and drives. DVD-RW media however need to be finalized by the user.
DVD+RW and DVD+R, the basic writing speed is 2.4x. Furthermore, DVD+RW does not require formatting or finalization. This means that it never takes more than about 25 minutes to write a disc, or about 15 minutes on 4x

For DVD-RW and DVD-R, the basic writing speed is 1x. And since a DVD-RW discs needs to be formatted in advanced, and finalized when you're done recording, it can take well over an hour to write a disc. To write at higher speeds, you need either 2x or 4x DVD-R discs, or 2x DVD-RW discs (as DVD-RW discs with higher writing speeds do not exist). So don't be surprised when writing your video compilation takes much longer than usual when you use DVD-RW media.

ToshiroOC · Dec 27, 2002, 04:52 AM

I was under the impression that the Pioneer A0X drives were good (where X is the most recent version), with those being the DVD-RW/R, not the +R/+RW versions. From what I heard, it was an extremely good burner, with few reliability or error issues, nice and fast (for a DVD burner) and it also was one of the more reasonably priced ones. Anyone else heard/used one of these?

Dec 23, 2002, 02:15 PM	#1
Full Throttle DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	DVD Burner I'm trying to help a friend look for a DVD burner. I've been looking around haven't found a good review. Anyone have advice on brands / review site? Thanks!

Dec 27, 2002, 04:52 AM	#8
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	I was under the impression that the Pioneer A0X drives were good (where X is the most recent version), with those being the DVD-RW/R, not the +R/+RW versions. From what I heard, it was an extremely good burner, with few reliability or error issues, nice and fast (for a DVD burner) and it also was one of the more reasonably priced ones. Anyone else heard/used one of these? __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Dec 23, 2002, 03:15 PM	Thread Starter #2
Full Throttle DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Ok so after talking with some friends and reading some reviews it appears the Sony DRU-500A is the best overall burner. I found it listed for $322 at http://store.yahoo.com/upsource/922642.html I guess that's not too bad a price... but it's still $300

Dec 24, 2002, 09:14 AM	#3
RACEOMATIC Pecan Grower Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cuchillo New Mexico U.S.A. Posts: 35 Rep Power: 0	You should get a DVD +R +RW Here is a few links to DVD stuff; http://www.burnworld.com/ http://www.dvdplusrw.org/whatsnew.html http://www.vcdhelp.com/ http://www.buycyberpc.com/ric24xineidd.html

Dec 24, 2002, 04:25 PM	#4
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I second the Sony.

Dec 25, 2002, 01:42 PM	#5
espionage_man DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	sony is good, but i have the feeling that the dvd-rw and dvd-r will beat out the dvd+rw and dvd+r format in the long run. most tech experts are betting on it.

Dec 26, 2002, 05:07 AM	#6
RACEOMATIC Pecan Grower Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cuchillo New Mexico U.S.A. Posts: 35 Rep Power: 0	DVD+RW's principal advantage over DVD-RW is in the area of compatibility. Its proponents claim it is the only rewritable DVD technology that offers seamless media exchange between consumer electronics and personal computing environments and that the format was compatible with most of the installed base of 35 million+ DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives at the end of 1999. Recordings made with a DVD Video Recorder on DVD+RW discs - 4 hours record/playback time per side - can be played on DVD-Video players as well as on PCs with a DVD-ROM drive and MPEG-2 video decoding capability. Moreover, DVD+RW offers the possibility to combine digital video and digital data in a single file system as required for multimedia recording applications.

Dec 26, 2002, 05:26 AM	#7
RACEOMATIC Pecan Grower Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cuchillo New Mexico U.S.A. Posts: 35 Rep Power: 0	DVD+RW discs do not need to be formatted. Formatting takes place transparent to the user in the background, it is automatically suspended when the user wants to write data to the disc, and will continue when writing is done. With DVD-RW, there is no such thing as background formatting. You have to manually do a formatting command, and depending on the formatting type and disc speed you have to wait for over an hour. DVD+RW discs do not need to be finalized by the user. When you eject a DVD+RW disc, it is always in a "finalized state", ready for playback or reading by normal DVD players and drives. DVD-RW media however need to be finalized by the user. DVD+RW and DVD+R, the basic writing speed is 2.4x. Furthermore, DVD+RW does not require formatting or finalization. This means that it never takes more than about 25 minutes to write a disc, or about 15 minutes on 4x For DVD-RW and DVD-R, the basic writing speed is 1x. And since a DVD-RW discs needs to be formatted in advanced, and finalized when you're done recording, it can take well over an hour to write a disc. To write at higher speeds, you need either 2x or 4x DVD-R discs, or 2x DVD-RW discs (as DVD-RW discs with higher writing speeds do not exist). So don't be surprised when writing your video compilation takes much longer than usual when you use DVD-RW media.