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    DVD Burners?

    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

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    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 -)

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    oops, I meant 5gigabytes, not 50.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Re: DVD Burners?

    Originally posted by killer_teddy


    What's with all the +/- rubbish?


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

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    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 -.

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    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..
    I think the advantage ppl use DVD-r czu it work better backup on PS2.
    Leo

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    More DVD players play -r than +r discs.

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

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    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 +

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

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