DVD Burners?

[killer_teddy]

Been looking round the shops at them but now I'm just confused.

What's with all the +/- rubbish?

Now if I were to get one could someone advise me as to which one? And if it would be worth having another CD/DVD drive to copy from or just the single drive?

Thanks:t

[Midknyte]

No sense in repeating ourselves:

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=146793&highlight=dvd

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=146087&highlight=dvd

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144648&highlight=dvd

you don't need a second drive, but it would be convenient.

[gothika]

I just bought a liteon dvd burner.
It's important to get a burner that will burn both dvd+ and dvd-.
I bought the liteon LDW-411S, it burns both standards as well as all the CD formats including high density cd-r/rw.
Liteon does have a newer faster model iif you want the latest/fastest. The LDW-811S, it burns at 8X rather than the 4X of the 411S.(I'm happy with the lower speed unit 'cause of the great price, 148.00 bucks.)
As for having a DVD player, My system came with a DVD player so I'll be able to do straight burns.
This is a desirable feature though not a essential one.(If you don't have a player you'll need alot of HD space,50gb, to do a copy of a dvd.
You'll also need a good bit of ram.(the 411S calls for a minumim of 250 megs of ram.
The good thing about the liteon over the other brans is doesn't require as fast a system.(The HP burners I looked at needed 200mghz or more cpu speed than the liteon and none burned dual format.(dvd+ and -)

[gothika]

oops, I meant 5gigabytes, not 50.

[Imperion1]

The only thing about the 811s though is that the 8x burn is only for the +R media. The rest of the burn speeds are the same as the 411s. And, so far I haven't seen any 8x DVD+R discs.
But, the 8x would be really useful for creating Data DVD+R dvds.

[gothika]

Thanks for the info on the 811s inregards to the 8x burning speed only being for +.
Sounds like they're trying to get everone to shift to the + media only.
Only time will tell if the market will embrace the + media. one things for sure the price will have to come down a bit for me.
The thing I like about the liteon's is the software bundle, especially the data backup utility. It verifies all backups on RW's and corrects any errors.
I just backed up 4gigs of files in less than 15 minutes at 4x with not one error.
Not even Roxio platinum could do this with my old cd burner.

[Aznmask]

Originally posted by killer_teddy


What's with all the +/- rubbish?


Thanks:t

i want to ask too.. what is the advantage of +/-

[Imperion1]

In simple terms, its media format.

DVD+r or DVD-r, if you have a DVD burner that can burn both +/- then you don't have to worry about anything.
As for DVD players (the ones you connect to the tv), these vary. Some can play +/-, while others can only play -.

[Aznmask]

Originally posted by Imperion1
In simple terms, its media format.

DVD+r or DVD-r, if you have a DVD burner that can burn both +/- then you don't have to worry about anything.
As for DVD players (the ones you connect to the tv), these vary. Some can play +/-, while others can only play -.

i know this thing.. :D
I think the advantage ppl use DVD-r czu it work better backup on PS2.

[Imperion1]

More DVD players play -r than +r discs.

[Johnny Fist]

That might be true, but I have yet to find a DVD player that won't play movies on +R media.

[dajogejr]

I agree...with fist...

I've read + is the more advisable format now...
but, dual formats are so cheap...doesn't really matter.

I've yet to see a DVD player my + didn't work on...tried at least 6 of 'em...

Plus...the new 8X burners only burn that speed in +

[Imperion1]

+/- it doesn't matter as long as it works.