Dual Lyer DVD-Writers..... Go or No Go

[Debbie]

Now that Dual Lyer DVD-Writers have widely hit the market. What is the general opinion about them ?

At the moment I have 2 Pioneer DVD Writers DVD 105 and DVR 106. Is it worth also having a Dual Lyer DVD-Writer or shall I wait untill a better performance is achieved ? In other words, how good are they ?

Debbie

[DGhost]

Media is hard enough to get here to prohibit testing them. if they work, they would be nice for videos.

[rylan]

Plextor PX716 has 4x dual layer burn. Supposed to be available in November. IT looks like its been delayed a coupel weeks from its original october 15ish date.

[Debbie]

There is a wide choice of the hardware and media here.

Media is still expenceive, but the price of the HW is almost that of a single layer.

I just wondered what the general feeling is about them ?

Debbie

[Marshmallowman]

If I was buying my first dvd burner I would defintely get a dual layer.

But since I already have a single layer drive, I will be waiting until the dual media layer comes down to a reasobale price.

eg...not worth upgrading from a single layer dvd drive.

[Debbie]

Marshmallowman,

I'll take your advice. This is also what I have been thinking but I needed a little "push".

Debbie

[William]

If you need a DVD writer, you'll find the price about the same (or cheaper) to buy dual layer; but it's not worth upgrading to.

[Pace]

I've got a Pioneer too, but don't plan on buying another DVD drive until DVD-R9 is offered - which supposedly is in the works.

P.

[Kooldino]

I just googled DVD-R9, and got a bunch of foreign business. What's the skinny on it?

[William]

Dual layer recordable DVDs, of the - rather than + variant. It was demonstrated about the same time as +DL; but it's launch date (if you can really have a launch date for stuff like this) is still unknown.

[leech]

This Sony burner http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...131-239&DEPA=1 says that it supports DVD+R9.... So is there a DVD+R9 and DVD-R9? Isn't this what pissed off a lot of early DVD burner owners? I'm looking into getting a DVD burner now, since my DVD rom is no longer useful for playing DVDs... Figured that I might as well get a burner. I'm still thinking that I'll wait until that Plextor 716A is out...

Leech

[Elie]

Debbie, do yourself a favour and wait for the Pioneer A09 which will support -R DL as opposed to +R DL, that's what I'm going to do.

It will be released by year end or early next year.

Regards,
Elie

[Debbie]

Elie,

I'm in no rush. As I said earlyer, I have 2 Pioneer burners the A05 and the A06 and also a Pioneer DVD reader and I am very happy with the lot.

I think dual layer hardware and media is trelativly new for home use, so I will leave a few months to pass and see what Pioneer have to offer.

[ayoub_ibrahim]

I'm still thinking that I'll wait until that Plextor 716A is out...

initial test results of that drive over at cdfreaks.com have lead to disappointment!

[William]

No surprises there. It's a shame, because Plextor still have some good people, they just don't seem to be in the right places.