Looking to buy a cheap DVD-R burner?

[dcpsoguy]

What's the cheapest DVD-R burner I can buy, without sacrificing a lot of quality.

Prices would be appreciated too.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Respectfully suggest you:
1.) Go to the "Navigation" pull down menu
2.) select "Hot Deals"
3.) Once in "Hot Deals", go to the "Search" box & type in "DVD"
4.) Click the "Search" button

I do this frequently & it seems to work well😀

 

[RossMAN]

You can get a Cendyne/Pioneer DVD Burner for around $150 (sort of like this).

AFAIK there are no current specials but they seem to appear every 2-3 weeks, so there will probably be one next weekend.

Just go to the Hot Deals forum and search for DVD Pioneer or Cendyne next weekend.

 

[toant103]

wait for 16X burner to come out next year. hahha. If you can wait that long

 

[Rufio]

rossman knows!

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: toant103
wait for 16X burner to come out next year. hahha. If you can wait that long

Why? 4x has been out for a good long while now and there still isn't media that is inexpensive. I am still burning at 1x and 2x because the media for 1x/2x is SO much cheaper.

 

[joohang]

Excuse my ignorance, but what do you burn on those?

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: joohang
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you burn on those?

That would be very interesting to know indeed.

 

[Wag]

I can wait that long. The HD-DVD burners will be out before the standalone players, because there's a greater demand for it as a storage medium than a playback format. I'll probably jump on one of those or the 16x burners once they hit $200. Shouldn't take too long.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: joohang
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you burn on those?

That would be very interesting to know indeed.

What do you burn with your cd-burner?????

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: joohang
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you burn on those?

That would be very interesting to know indeed.

What do you burn with your cd-burner?????

SVCDs, but is it really worth getting a DVD-R?

If it's for storage, do all of you seriously need that much backup storage? I was just curious.

 

[Wag]

Well I do. I have a HDTV card, and the saved programs are huge- around 8GB/hr. That's why HD-DVD would be an even better option.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: joohang

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: Booster

Originally posted by: joohang
Excuse my ignorance, but what do you burn on those?

That would be very interesting to know indeed.

What do you burn with your cd-burner?????

SVCDs, but is it really worth getting a DVD-R?

If it's for storage, do all of you seriously need that much backup storage? I was just curious.

I do backup some of my more watched DVDs and dvd-r is PERFECT for making a useable image.

I have a ghost image of my system with all my applications and preferences setup. It is much nicer than spanning across 4-5 cds for a backup solution.

 

[brtspears2]

If you have some luck and some technical skills, you can risk on an newegg.com refurb like me. $120 shipped for a Toshiba 2x drive.

 

[Wag]

I can spring for $120. I'm 0 for 1 on Newegg refurbs tho. A motherboard I purchased from them didn't last more than 3 mos.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
If you have some luck and some technical skills, you can risk on an newegg.com refurb like me. $120 shipped for a Toshiba 2x drive.

I figure you might as well pay $30 more after rebate and get a new Pioneer A05 that staples usually has on sale.

 

[Morph]

You should wait for Lite-On's dual standard DVD+-RW which should be available within a month. Price should be under $200.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Morph
You should wait for Lite-On's dual standard DVD+-RW which should be available within a month. Price should be under $200.

:Q

Good stuff!

BTW, are there any lower-quality DVD standards that will work on most DVD players? I've been burning soccer matches on SVCD but maybe I'll consider squeezing in 3 matches per DVD instead.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: joohang

Originally posted by: Morph
You should wait for Lite-On's dual standard DVD+-RW which should be available within a month. Price should be under $200.

:Q

Good stuff!

BTW, are there any lower-quality DVD standards that will work on most DVD players? I've been burning soccer matches on SVCD but maybe I'll consider squeezing in 3 matches per DVD instead.

What do you mean? If your player plays SVCD it will play Video-DVDrs. You can also increase or reduce bitrate without a problem just like SVCD. SVCD is mpeg2 just like DVD-Video. They are both MPEG2 streams they are just stored in different ways on different media.