Finally got a DVD burner

[Mayfriday0529]

Its so awesome one disk and i'm all back up cool.

plus i got a new DVD player Philips 642 to play everything.

 

[FleshLight]

Well this morning, I recieved the Sunday Paper from the Los Angeles Times. Like every other sunday paper, it had a bunch of advertisements. I didn't read the ads though since I look for deals on the internet.

 

[T2T III]

Congratulations. I'm still using a 2+ y.o. single-layer, 4x drive. It still does what I want/need it to do.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Congratulations. I'm still using a 2+ y.o. single-layer, 4x drive. It still does what I want/need it to do.

I had a 40x cd burner, i never wanted to get a DVD burner because i had a 4 year old DVD player that plays only DVD's and CD's nothing else but today i went all out and got both in one shot.

 

[FFactory0x]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Congratulations. I'm still using a 2+ y.o. single-layer, 4x drive. It still does what I want/need it to do.

Same. Using 4x. Does what i want. ill wait to upgrade when they actually can stabalize dvd-r's. Alot of them have problems with high speeds

 

[Pacfanweb]

So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

 

[nageov3t]

I picked up my New York Times at the newsstand today. the magazine article on frat culture was pretty interesting.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

Even if such a program exists, we still need some cheaper dual-layer media.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

Even if such a program exists, we still need some cheaper dual-layer media.

This is true, for most of my daughter's cartoons and such, I can damn near buy a new one for what a dual-layer blank disc costs.

 

[pallansar]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Congratulations. I'm still using a 2+ y.o. single-layer, 4x drive. It still does what I want/need it to do.

I had a 40x cd burner, i never wanted to get a DVD burner because i had a 4 year old DVD player that plays only DVD's and CD's nothing else but today i went all out and got both in one shot.

I've had my Sony DRU-500A since it came out, and have been happy with it all along. But since I didn't have another DVD drive on my system, I went out and got this from NewEgg. Ordered on Friday night and I should have it early this week. Can't wait!!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

Naw it came only with Nero software, which i already have and its more updated than what came on the CD.

To be honest i will have to learn about how to make DVD copies and all that stuff also which DVD disk i should use etc etc i'll read on that tomorrow at work.

 

[FoBoT]

i was going to get one last year, but never did

i guess i'll wait for july

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i was going to get one last year, but never did

i guess i'll wait for july

Okay, I give up. What happens in July?

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

Ding ding ding! We have a winnAr!

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

Ding ding ding! We have a winnAr!

What do you mean by "a decent copy"? I won't do it if there's any degradation of sound or visual quality.
That's why I have't bothered getting a dvd burner yet. All my friends have backed up their whole DVD collection, and they either had to use 2 discs, omit some of the extras, or sacrifice quality.
I just want to back up the whole disc just like the original. Just like I can with all my CD's now.
That's when I'll buy a burner.

 

[SWScorch]

I just bought a DVD burner as well; some LiteOn drive that does 48X CD, and some DVD stuff. I really just bought it for the CD part, as I'm too cheap to use DVDs and don't know anything about DVD+/-Rs

 

[phreakah]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

Ding ding ding! We have a winnAr!

What do you mean by "a decent copy"? I won't do it if there's any degradation of sound or visual quality.
That's why I have't bothered getting a dvd burner yet. All my friends have backed up their whole DVD collection, and they either had to use 2 discs, omit some of the extras, or sacrifice quality.
I just want to back up the whole disc just like the original. Just like I can with all my CD's now.
That's when I'll buy a burner.

It depends on the movie...

He said you should be fine with kid's movies, because they are usually shorter than other movies and take up less space on the dvd. there are also non-children's movies that don't take up the entire dvd, so it all depends on which movie you've got...

but yeah, most dvd's do go over 4.7gb's, so i usually remove the extras rather than lower the video quality of the movie. sound is the same, either dolby or dts.

 

[rh71]

i'll only go to dual layer once the disc prices are as cheap as the single layer.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

Ding ding ding! We have a winnAr!

What do you mean by "a decent copy"? I won't do it if there's any degradation of sound or visual quality.
That's why I have't bothered getting a dvd burner yet. All my friends have backed up their whole DVD collection, and they either had to use 2 discs, omit some of the extras, or sacrifice quality.
I just want to back up the whole disc just like the original. Just like I can with all my CD's now.
That's when I'll buy a burner.

DVDShrink is the answer to your problems and it is free....do a search but if you get frustraged then Doom9.org can help you. If the entire DVD won't fit on a single layer 4.7G disc then DVDShrink compresses it to fit while maintaining all the extras and menus and the quality on normal TVs is fine, in fact I can't tell the difference between the copies and the orignal. You might get some quality degradation on HD TVs but I test the copies on my 24" widescreen monitor at 1920x1200 and they still look great...and a TV has nowhere near that resolution.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
So did your burner come with a program that lets you back up entire DVD movies on a dual layer disc? Is there even such a program?

I'll buy a dual layer burner if there is. My 2yr old is killing my (really her) movies, and I'd love to just buy her new ones and burn them immediately, then put up the original and let her have at the copy.
I know you can do it with single layers, and just omit all the extras to fit it on there, but I'd rather just plug it in, and copy the whole thing. We tend to watch all those extras, anyway.

You don't need to delete the extras to get a decent copy onto a single layer disc, especially with children's movies.

Ding ding ding! We have a winnAr!

What do you mean by "a decent copy"? I won't do it if there's any degradation of sound or visual quality.
That's why I have't bothered getting a dvd burner yet. All my friends have backed up their whole DVD collection, and they either had to use 2 discs, omit some of the extras, or sacrifice quality.
I just want to back up the whole disc just like the original. Just like I can with all my CD's now.
That's when I'll buy a burner.

DVDShrink is the answer to your problems and it is free....do a search but if you get frustraged then Doom9.org can help you. If the entire DVD won't fit on a single layer 4.7G disc then DVDShrink compresses it to fit while maintaining all the extras and menus and the quality on normal TVs is fine, in fact I can't tell the difference between the copies and the orignal. You might get some quality degradation on HD TVs but I test the copies on my 24" widescreen monitor at 1920x1200 and they still look great...and a TV has nowhere near that resolution.

yeah i heard lots of good things about DVD Shrink, i didnt get much time to play with my DVD yesterday but hopefully this week i will.

 

[toekramp]

by the time DL prices drop, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will be a feasible option

 

[purbeast0]

people saying there isn't a difference in quality with DVD Shrink over the original DVD really need to get their eyes checked out. this guy says he wants NO loss in video quality, and DVD Shrink is not the way to go for that. DVD Shrink CLEARLY has a downgrade in quality. I do not understand how one can say it doesn't look any worse? It was very clear on my old 27" Wega TV.

however, if you aren't a quality freak like some people are, then it won't make a difference at all. when watching some movies i shrink with DVD Shrink, I can notice significant difference over the original DVD, however, my girlfriend can't tell a difference at all. it really depends on how much you care and how picky you are about that. but if its for kids movies, i guarantee you that your daughter will not be able to see a difference and complain to you about it.

but to say there is absolutely no downgrading in picture quality with DVD shrink is misleading, as there definitely is to anyone who has a trained eye on this stuff.

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: toekramp
by the time DL prices drop, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray will be a feasible option

just about to post that!

 

[Pacfanweb]

Not all my kid's movies are that short....such as Nemo, Shrek, some Disney movies (Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas...boy if I don't know all the words to every song in that one by now.) etc.
So they won't necessarily fit on a single disc without sacrificing something.
I wonder if you left off all the alternate language soundtracks, like French and Espanol, if that would help.

But really, I'd like to just plop a disc in there and copy it, straight up.