DVD writer now or later?

[Brian R.]

I just bought an 8X NEC ND2500. Works great. $105 from newegg

[Tempest]

Originally posted by Tempest
Dunno about you, but I actually intend to go out and buy myself a Pioneer A06 later today

And that I did... I've got my black DVR-106BK (bulk) right here. Too bad that the store was all out of DVD+R/DVD+RW discs, so I'll have to find those somewhere before I can test the DVD burning capabilities out.

If you're all wondering why I didn't buy a 8X model... They're more expensive, and I am usually in no hurry when burning discs - I've never even used the full 8X speed of my 9100i. That might have something to do with the fact that the 9100i lacks buffer underrun protection, though

[VJ]

Originally posted by chaoliang
@Gurm: I also read this. I hope it will be true. I'm thinking about the 8x Plextor.

Well, I have the Plextor PX708. Nice, solid drive, quiet operation, burns fast. Haven't burnt that many DVDs, but they all turned out ok.


Jörg

[Gurm]

See nobody listens to me. The NEC 2500 is a "decent" drive, but its performance metrics for writing precise output are... lousy.

I got a Liteon 451. It was only $120, and flashed with no fuss to an 851.

Also, it's worth noting that if you can get a Liteon 401, you can flash it to a 411, and then to an 811!

Anyway, the issue at hand is that I like being able to backup my protected discs, and Liteons are the only drives right now that will do that (only DVD drives, anyway).

- Gurm

[TransformX]

Optorite currently have HD-BURN which supposedly allow you to burn twice the amount of date on a CD/DVD.

[rugger]

I just got a Optorite DD201 4x DVD-+RW burner today.

I don't think it really likes ANY of the disks I have.

The DVD-R's I am trying to use don't work properly when put into other drives. (hopefully, the 1x burn I just did then will perswade it to work properly). I am using these ENZO 4x disks, but the drive does not recognise them.

The CD-R's (Crap CMC ones) I tried to use for HD-BURN cause the drive's firmware to crash and I have to power down my system and restart it. I can burn normal data to the CDs though.

I guess I need some better disks for this burner

[rugger]

Nope, doesn't look like burning at 1x speed improves the quality of the burn for these disks .

They read fine on the burner, but refuse to read on the Pioneer 115 and 116 dvd-rom drives I have around

[Technoid]

My Sony DRU-500A is sitting verry LOOSE in my computer since it despite using latest FW refuses to aknowledge that it can burn any faster than 2 or 2,4

[GuchiGuh]

Another question: What software do you guys use when burning DVDs?
I have NTI Discmaker Gold on my laptop now, but it seems to be a blam piece of crap

Hows Nero 6? Experiences?

[Gurm]

Lessee...

Primarily I use Nero 6. For like 99% of stuff. I even use Nero Recode to do my DVD transcoding.

I will, once in a great while, fire up CloneCD, but only to copy protected discs.

I also sometimes use other ripping and/or transcoding tools, depending on the price of tea in China, but Recode is pretty much the industry standard now.

Disc Juggler has fallen by the wayside, but if you have a jukebox burner it's still useful. Same thing with Gear. For general-purpose DVD video burning I still keep RecordNow on my machine, since Nero sometimes has issues with authored discs playing back on other machines.

So that's pretty much it - Nero and RecordNow.

- Gurm

[VJ]

Philips plan on releasing dual layer DVD+R in Q2:

http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2004/02/19&pages=A5&seq=22

Also, note the remark that existing 8x burners might be firmware-upgradeable...

Jörg

[Gurm]

But we already knew that. Pioneer demonstrated it. Must I always repeat myself?

- Gurm

[VJ]

Yes, I know we know it was technically possible, this is a first reference in which a company actually announces the firmwares will be made available...


Jörg

[Gurm]

Pioneer announced that it would do so, months ago now (before Christmas).

- Gurm

[Marshmallowman]

ahh...but is it a licensed technology?

If so, then pioneer would have to pay for everyones free upgrade.