People who bought dvd burners...

[chiwawa626]

Do you guys actualy ever burn dvds? Is it as useful as a regular burner?

 

[LordMaul]

Yes, and yes.

 

[bsobel]

All the time, much easier to backup this way (two dvd's hold my critical files vs about a dozen cdrs). Can't wait until blue laser devices drop in price and become available.

Bill

 

[Crimzon]

My brother uses his to burn his anime series. Usually one per dvd, or maybe two. (depending on # of eps). Considering he bought a 4x for 130, it seems to be paying for itself. And once a month backing up important data is a plus too.

 

[fr]

I use it with a DVD+RW to backup my files.

Otherwise, it's just DVD Decrypter + dvd2one :wine:

 

[Sepen]

Originally posted by: fr
I use it with a DVD+RW to backup my files.

Otherwise, it's just DVD Decrypter + dvd2one :wine:

Cha Ching!

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
Do you guys actualy ever burn dvds? Is it as useful as a regular burner?

Yes, and yes. I have four DVD burners. 1 standalone for the home theatre, 1 for work, and 2 others at home. (I don't really need two for home, but one's for a Mac and one's for a Windows box.)

 

[Red Dawn]

They are great for backing up all your DVD Movies that you own.

 

[cherrytwist]

They are great for backing up all your DVD Movies that you own.

Especially if your wife treats them like they are CDs.

edit: grammar error

 

[aircooled]

What brand burner is the most recommended?

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: aircooled
What brand burner is the most recommended?

well, since the format wars aren't over yet (+ vs -), a safe bet would be the Sony burner that goes both ways

i've been perfectly happy with my rebadged Pioneer 4X DVD-RW

 

[Liviathan]

I use it to backup my data, burn good quality tv episode and maybe rip the ocasional movie.

 

[jagr10]

Anyone know anything on the burner that supports the 20 gig blank dvd discs? It's supposedly supports the same media that movies come on. My friend told me something about this, but don't know what it's called or what info to look for. thanks.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Yes, and yes.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: jagr10
Anyone know anything on the burner that supports the 20 gig blank dvd discs? It's supposedly supports the same media that movies come on. My friend told me something about this, but don't know what it's called or what info to look for. thanks.

i think you're talking about the Blu-Ray (sp?) discs. Sony just released on in Japan, I think.

edit: Sony press release

edit2: Sony Blu-ray DVD recorder

 

[mpitts]

I moved my 70+ MP3 CD-R's to 12 DVD-R's. I like my DVD-R.

 

[SaigonK]

I got one at work, the SOny DVR500-U it rules!

burns DVD-r, DVD-rw, DVD+r, DVD+rw


For me it is mostly an archive tool or if we need to send a ntoehr site in say china or england or somewhere else some software.
We just burn the ISO files to the dvd...

 

[geno]

How many gigs can a DVD-R hold?

 

[IamDavid]

I couldn't ever go without one know.. I have the Pioneer A04 and burn 3-4 disk a week.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: geno
How many gigs can a DVD-R hold?

I believe 4.7 gigs

 

[UglyCasanova]

I can't get mine to work! Whenever I try to burn in Nero it doesn't seem to want to burn. And I don't feel like paying for another burning program.

 

[Tret]

how long does it take to burn a dvd?

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Tret
how long does it take to burn a dvd?

With my 4x Pioneer, about 15 minutes.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: geno
How many gigs can a DVD-R hold?

I believe 4.7 gigs

it actually ends up being more like 4.5. stupid gigabyte calculations.

 

[BamBam215]

went through approximately 500dvd-rs. cannot go back to cd-rs. probably burned 2-3 cd-rs in the last few months.