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What can you do with at DVD/RW Drive?

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stuman19

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Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
 
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.

 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.
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Cheers minendo :beer:
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.
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Or can you....? 😛
 
Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.
Click to expand...

Or can you....? 😛
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If you want to be banned from Anandtech for discussing no-no topics then yes you can.
 
Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.
Click to expand...

Or can you....? 😛
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no
 
backup my movies
backup my data
create dvd videos of various clips i gathered.

maybe i should make a dvd of all those funny movie clips i gathered.
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: stuman19
Can you actually burn DVD's that you buy or rent, or is it just for backing larger amounts of data? Any information is good, thanks fellas/ladies.

Stu
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You can burn ones that you buy, but not rented ones.
Click to expand...

Or can you....? 😛
Click to expand...

If you want to be banned from Anandtech for discussing no-no topics then yes you can.
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The "tongue" smiley indicates sarcasm, folks
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Originally posted by: stuman19
Well then what is all this business of the two types of DVD's that are out?
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Just companies trying to confuse consumers. IMHO, if you don't buy a dual format, buy a +R.
 
Originally posted by: stuman19
Will DVDRW drives ever be as cheap as regular CDRW drives? Timeframe?
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Uh, I just bought an 8X dual format drive for $65 with NO rebates. That's pretty flipping cheap IMHO.

It does:
8x DVD+R
4x DVD-R
40x CD-R
32x CD-RW
 
Originally posted by: stuman19
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Originally posted by: stuman19
Will DVDRW drives ever be as cheap as regular CDRW drives? Timeframe?
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They are already as cheap as CDRW were 2-3 years ago.
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Would you suggest waiting to buy one then?
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No why. You can wait forever. ~$100 is really not much money for a DVDRW. And get one that does both + and - media.

 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: stuman19
Will DVDRW drives ever be as cheap as regular CDRW drives? Timeframe?
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Uh, I just bought an 8X dual format drive for $65 with NO rebates. That's pretty flipping cheap IMHO.

It does:
8x DVD+R
4x DVD-R
40x CD-R
32x CD-RW
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DAMN! That's cheap! Does it on burn the write-once DVD media?
 
DAMN! That's cheap! Does it on burn the write-once DVD media?
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I haven't even got it out of the box yet so I'm not too familiar with it. Can you explain what "write-once" DVD media is?
 
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