DVD burners, is it time to buy?

[ElFenix]

i've got one. easy way to get crap off my harddrive.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007
Dual-Layer DVDs coming out in spring. Wait for 'em.

That's what I'm holding out for.

That would probably be the best idea. I bought mine a year ago before I heard anything about when/if dual layer was going to be released so I just went ahead and bought a single layer DVD+R. It works great. My Sony dvd players play all the dvd+rs I burn and so far all of my friends players(with the exception of 1 movie in a PS2) play them fine too.

 

[NutBucket]

I've got a DVD+RW, first gen Sony drive. Used it once. I have one on a computer at work that blows my home computer away so using that one to do DVD's makes a lot more sense to me. But yes, MiniDV + DVD Recordable =

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I think it's still to early.

Once 24x DVD Burners are $60 or less then I might go for it.

16x is probably the fastest they will go with currently technology. Kinda like how CD-R ended at 52x.

 

[aircooled]

If you have a digital camera, having a DVD burner to back up your pics, rather than using many, many CD's is a much better option.
Also if you have a large MP3 collection the same applies.

 

[Spamela]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I think it's still to early.

Once 24x DVD Burners are $60 or less then I might go for it.

i'll get one for my home PC sometime between now & that point.

i have one at work that's good for archiving.

 

[Nocturnal]

The Plextor DVD burner rocks.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Sid59
even though i have a 4x dual format .. im gonna upgrade to a dual layer when they become reasonable.

Same here. Spring time is when they come out... Christmas time is when they'll probably become reasonable. 4-8x dual format is the best way to go right now.

 

[Electric Amish]

It's the right time if you have the need to burn 4gb backups.

Personally, I don't have that much stuff that's important.

 

[DaWhim]

not yet. price for the media is still too high

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
It's the right time if you have the need to burn 4gb backups.

Personally, I don't have that much stuff that's important.

I've got some games that I don't play very often that are just sitting in flat directories that can be copied and pasted from cd to pc that are taking up about 45 gigs worth of space...it'd be nice to dump them off to disk and archive for later use.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
It's the right time if you have the need to burn 4gb backups.

Personally, I don't have that much stuff that's important.

I've got some games that I don't play very often that are just sitting in flat directories that can be copied and pasted from cd to pc that are taking up about 45 gigs worth of space...it'd be nice to dump them off to disk and archive for later use.

And you'll probably never use 90% of that after it gets burned.

 

[Paulson]

I bought a lite-on (well it's a sony rebadged).. I like it... I've went through a cakebox of 50 and about 20 more of them... nice burner.

 

[hpkeeper]

I just recieved a Hewlett Packard DVD300i for christmas, but I haven't tried out burning a DVD yet... I want to get a better burning program, the software they give you is crap.

I was thinking about picking up

DVD XCopy Platinum
or
Nero 6

Anyone have a recommendations?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: hpkeeper
I just recieved a Hewlett Packard DVD300i for christmas, but I haven't tried out burning a DVD yet... I want to get a better burning program, the software they give you is crap.

I was thinking about picking up

DVD XCopy Platinum
or
Nero 6

Anyone have a recommendations?

dvddecryptor
dvdshrink

 

[aircooled]

DVD Shrink and Nero is all you need.

 

[DrPizza]

I've seen a lot of people complain about the price of blank dvd's... I don't get it.

Maybe they just can't do the math...

Unless you're bent on only buying FAR cd's, $16 for 100 CDR's would be a great price.
A CD holds 700MB of data...

A DVD holds 4.7 GB of data (more than 6 CD's worth of data). At the price of CD's above, that's 6 times 16 cents = 96 cents to store one dvd's worth of stuff on 6 CD's.

DVD's can easily be found for under 96 cents apiece, making them CHEAPER than CDR's (assuming not bothering with free after rebate deals)


"But 8x dvd burners are too slow!" What's it take to burn a full dvd at that speed? 15 minutes? That's the equivalent of 6 CD's in 15 minutes, or 2 1/2 minutes per CD. Not that slow in my opinion. I'm guessing that you're only comparing the 8x to 52x.

(note, my #'s are approximate as I'm not an expert! Feel free to correct me.)

oh, and btw, some of you guys cream your pants when you see a deal for a 200GB hard drive for $100. What are you putting on those 200GB that you need such a large hard drive? Video? At that price, you're paying $1 for 2GB of memory. The blank DVD's are less than $1 for 4.7GB - far cheaper than the best hard drive deals these days. **

edit: **with the exception of the $22 deal at Dell

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: anxi80
bought one last week. paid $130 for a tdk 8x ±R/RW (plextor 708a), and i am satisfied with my purchase. burns a dvd in 8 minutes. rips it to the hard drive in like 20-25 minutes. dual-layers are coming, but its going to be pricey, and the technology wont be quick off the bat (sony is already showing off their dual-layer for a projected april release. but it burns at 2.4x. 2.4x for 8.5 gb's? eep.) so, for $130, i figure it'll last me well until the dual-layers are at a higher speed and media is reasonbly priced.

I have one of these drives too. It's great. I plan on keeping it for a long long time.

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I think it's still to early.

Once 24x DVD Burners are $60 or less then I might go for it.

Why would you really need 24x? 8x can burn a DVD in like 6 minutes...do you really need those extra 4 minutes?

 

[Lars]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

In Germany the tradition is for the person celebrating their birthday to be the one to give gifts.

I have never heard of that tradition and I am German.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
In Germany the tradition is for the person celebrating their birthday to be the one to give gifts.

In Soviet Russia, gift gives you!

- M4H

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler
16x is probably the fastest they will go with currently technology. Kinda like how CD-R ended at 52x.

you would be correct.

cd-r info: Philips first to demonstrate highest possible DVD+R recording speed (16x)