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Good DVD Burners?
Posting on behalf of my nephew, I'm not much of a hardware guy myself..
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Im going to be asking for a DVD burner for Christmas. Im not in the
know with drives anymore and i need your guys help to figure out which
on would be a good buy.
I want to be able to burn DVDs/CDs. I also want to be able to play the
DVDs i burned in a DVD player. THe drive i want should be internal and
under 200 bucks.
Is there a difference in the Formats? Is there a drive that can burn
all formats?
Also what is this dual layer stuff im reading about?
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Im going to be asking for a DVD burner for Christmas. Im not in the
know with drives anymore and i need your guys help to figure out which
on would be a good buy.
I want to be able to burn DVDs/CDs. I also want to be able to play the
DVDs i burned in a DVD player. THe drive i want should be internal and
under 200 bucks.
Is there a difference in the Formats? Is there a drive that can burn
all formats?
Also what is this dual layer stuff im reading about?
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Iggy79
Oh and to answer the question about Dual Layer what that means is When you buy a DVD form the store it is burned on 2 layers and hold almost 9 gig of info. Single layer only hold about 4.5 gigs. So a dual layer is simply letting you burn on 2 layers of the DVD to fit 2 times the info on the disk. You need to buy dual layer disks though and they are still kind of pricey
Plextor drives are generally considered the finest optical drives. However, I have not yet seen a 16X or a dual layer drive from Plextor. A Plextor 12X single layer DVD+ -R/RW drive should run about $100.00.
There are several other good choices such as Lite-On, Sony, and NEC that run less than $80.00 fror a dual layer 16X DVD+ - R/RW drive. Get a retail packaged drive or ensure that an OEM drive comes with software and cables (some do, some don't) Nero and Easy CD/DVD Creator are the 2 most common and both are good.
That Plextor has not yet released 16X or dual layer drives concerns me somewhat. They are usually on the leading edge of optical drives. Just wondering if there is a problem with such drives and Plextor will not compromise their reputation for quality.
Dalton
There are several other good choices such as Lite-On, Sony, and NEC that run less than $80.00 fror a dual layer 16X DVD+ - R/RW drive. Get a retail packaged drive or ensure that an OEM drive comes with software and cables (some do, some don't) Nero and Easy CD/DVD Creator are the 2 most common and both are good.
That Plextor has not yet released 16X or dual layer drives concerns me somewhat. They are usually on the leading edge of optical drives. Just wondering if there is a problem with such drives and Plextor will not compromise their reputation for quality.
Dalton
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Look for a Pionner DVD
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NEC I was told was just a rebranded Pioneer anyway ;-)... I don't think brands really matter
I am a fan of plextor too, but you can read here and choose:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20041102/index.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20041102/index.html
Go Plextor -- they are more expensive but worth it. My 48x External CDR combo is like a rock, and I am sure their DVDRs are the same.
I propose that everyone who helped in this question gets an assist, with "Iggy79" getting the "Accepted Answer" and a few points more purely for answering the fastest :)
I agree
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Sorry about that everyone! I'll split up the points since my nephew never got back to me.
Again, sorry for the delay and thank you for the help!
Again, sorry for the delay and thank you for the help!
No problem thanks for getting back to us :)
Have a great Christmas and thanks for the Accept :)
Have a great Christmas and thanks for the Accept :)
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BTW - I didn't see a button for 'Assist'. Otherwise I'd helped everyone out with that as well.
You got the Accept do to the most verbose answer and thanks for everyone that helped.
Have a great holiday.
You got the Accept do to the most verbose answer and thanks for everyone that helped.
Have a great holiday.