What D'ya think about this DVD Burner?

[Cyan]

Sony Burner (http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11218807&m=488&cat=511&scat=514)

Seems pretty good eh?

Here's a little lesson, been meaning to put this into the forum for those who don't know. (also it's time to kill the speed myth)

"There is very little difference between DVD-R and DVD+R. They are used in exactly the same way. But you have to be careful with DVD-R because there are two standards for blank disks. The one to use is marked "DVD-R for General Use." The other is marked "DVD-R for Authoring," and it only works for mastering DVD video or data because its composition is different. This sort of DVD-R is not usually available to the general public."

"[DVD] Write speed in +R and +RW mode is 2.4x, i.e. 3.324 MB/s." -Philips DVDRW228
CD-R Write speed at 48x 7200 KB/s

"*In referance to DVD* 4x, i.e., 5.54 MB/s in DVD-R mode and 2x (2.77 MB/s) in DVD-RW mode." - Pioneer DVR-A05
Once again CD-R Write speed at 48x 7200 KB/s

"Never has the quality of blank disks been more important. No-name disks from Asia may cut prices, but above all, they cut quality. DVD recording absolutely must be done on good quality disks, and this means branded ones. "

- from Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20030207/dvd_burner-10.html)

"15 minutes to fully record a high-speed 4.7 GB DVD-R" -Pioneer DVR-A05

- from Pioneer (http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/CDA/Industrial/IndustrialProductDetails/0,1444,92281,00.html)

I just hope I never see another post saying wait untill DVD burners get faster. :rolleyes:

Peace out yo :t

[Izdaari]

Yeah, but get the Sony DW-U10A from New Egg. Newer version of the same drive, and cheaper than Best Buy. $280, I'd be tempted to get one myself if I had more money.

[stix_kua]

In the specs on that Sony drive, The system requirements include 1 gig of hard drive space...why would it require that much space....I'm guessing that that space is a buffer of some sort becasue most burning software does not take up that much space and I've never seen a driver that went above 20 megs...

[Izdaari]

Yeah, it's gotta be for buffer space. No way they could have a full gig of software, but that's a reasonable amount of buffer space for a DVD.

[Cyan]

It seems that the DR-U510A (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=INa0pHxHLGG0h0KoQi6-rzNX_N6I5RYDAZI=?CatalogCategoryID=eVkKC0%2eNNpEAA AD1EqgpDdUY&ProductID=CeoKC0%2eNmBMAAAD1u7MpDdUc&Dept=cpu) is sony's newest drive, it just that the only sell the DW-U10A on newegg.

At least that's what I see here. Where did you see it's the newer version of this drive?

[AllGamer]

i'll wait for something better

right now the market it's still too baby :p

:t

[Izdaari]

My mistake, the DW-U10A is the "Replacement of DRU-500A" according to the product descriptions on New Egg. According to the Sony Style page it doesn't exist.

It appears the DW-U10A and the DR-U510A are the same drive, and that Sony decided for some unknown reason to use different model numbers for the OEM and retail versions.

[Ammok]

I waitin till the dvd burners get faster.:)

[Cyan]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh )-|

[NDD]

DVD writeable will soon start to phase out when Blu-ray enters the market. Just about a year and a half I believe.
Meanwhile CD-R fits all my needs :)

[genesound]

I don't really prescribe to the "wait for x" line of thinking with this stuff. If you wait for 6 months for something, there'll be something else to wait 6 months for once you get there. If you need it and want it, and can afford it, go for it, if it's a good product. There will always be a cheaper, better, faster one in 6 months.

I'm really likin that Sony drive, it's the afford it part I'm having trouble with, well, and I don't really need it either. :D
CD-R's good enough fer me too. :t

[AllGamer]

i certainly wont pay $600 bucks to get a DVD RW now so then 6 mth down the road something better is out and the DVD RW is dirt cheap down to $100

that's exactely what happend to the CDR then same with CDRW drives

both time i got burned :p

CDR 1x the first kind that came out $1000

then CDRW first batch that game out $700

this time, NOOOOO WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY..... :p not gonna fall for that one again

just gonna sit tight and wait for prices to plunge and wait for the next get to come out

oh yeah same **** with the Video cards and the Zip Drives, then Jaz Drives, then etc etc etc

yikes..... :x too tired of chasing new teknos

[Swordfish]

why not wait for sometime...i bought my Yamaha 8x8x24x cdrw way back in 2000 for 120$ and in just one or 2 years the prices went down so much at that price i could have bought a quality Memory stick and a CDRW right now also the speeds climbed like everest.

though the drive is dead right now..i did better wait for a year or 2 when better speeds comes by and prices fall to some acceptable limits.

[AllGamer]

Ahh!! finally now i recognize it

Swordfish, is from GUNDAM W

:p it looked **** familiar but didn't realize it was that familiar :D

:t

[Swordfish]

close enough...

lol

[Ankerson]

I have a Pioneer DVR-A05 and love it.:D

If you want a DVDRW drive just do it, you won't regret it. :)