DVD Writers -- What do you think?

[mandee]

What do you guys think about standalone DVD Recorders like this one?

Is it too early to get one? Do they work well? Would it be better to get a computer DVD writer?


Thanks! (I posted this in Video, but apparently it is off topic there)

 

[Joony]

too early...just get a TVIO or something

 

[fatbaby]

remember when cd-rs (not rws) were $1000 and they were slower than "1x"?

But that was 1994.

 

[gopunk]

i would definitely not buy any dvd writers, standalone or computer, especially not the one you linked to.

the one you linked to is dvd-ram, incompatible with the majority of dvd players and dvd drives.

the reason i wouldn't get any other one either, is because

a.) media is still too expensive
b.) format competition has not died down yet... the two major competitors are dvd-r/rw and dvd+r/rw

once those two issues are resolved, i will probably get one.

 

[Sugadaddy]

The price isn't too bad considering it has an mpg2 encoder and does VBR. The problem is it uses DVD-RAM, which is not likely to become the next standard. If you absolutely need one, I'd go with a computer burner (like the Pioneer one) and a TV-card.

 

[mandee]

Thanks for all your responses.

So what dvd format do you think will become the standard?

 

[gopunk]

<< Thanks for all your responses.

So what dvd format do you think will become the standard? >>



read this

 

[Jerboy]

I sure as heck won't be getting DVD Writer as long as media continues to cost $9 each nor would I buy cheapo shoddy $4 media. We're looking at 4.7GB and thats alot of data to lose by using crappy disc.

 

[erub]

from that article, DVD+RW seems the best bet...