Whats the best DVD burner?

[SeaSerpent]

My friend wants to back up his movie colletion. Whats is the best DVD burner to get?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Analog]

sony.

 

[SeaSerpent]

which sony? They have a couple at newegg

 

[Codewiz]

He will probably suggest that he get the Sony that burns both -r/rw format and +r/rw format.

Of course I think for the price you can't go wrong with a dvd-r/rw drive considering the media costs. I would suggest looking in the hot deals forum and trying to get in on a cendyne drive

 

[SeaSerpent]

And this will work to back up all his movies?

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: love1u0
And this will work to back up all his movies?

Well he will need some special software to do it without him having to know anything. Most movies are DVD-9 which means over 9 gigs of data while dvd-r media only holds 4.7 gigs so you have to split most movies and features onto two dvdr's

 

[arod]

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: love1u0
And this will work to back up all his movies?

Well he will need some special software to do it without him having to know anything. Most movies are DVD-9 which means over 9 gigs of data while dvd-r media only holds 4.7 gigs so you have to split most movies and features onto two dvdr's

Or downconvert some stuff and make it fit on one.... much better option.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Or downconvert some stuff and make it fit on one.... much better option.

New software called dvd2one out that does this procedure in 30 min or so. It doesn't do it the same way CCE does it and I heard that quality takes a bit of a hit

 

[EndGame]

The Sony DRU500a is an awesome drive! I have two of them now and these things are very nice speed wise and even cost wise IMHO. You can now find them for about $310 and you can burn any DVD format as well as CD's!

Edited spelling, Monday morning!

 

[MainFramed]

maybe you should try Genral Hardware

 

[Night201]

Originally posted by: EndGame
The Sony DRU500a is an awesome drive! I have two of them now and these things are very nice speed wise and even cost wise IMHO. You can now find them for about $310 and you can burn any DVD format as well as CD's! Edited spelling, Monday morning!

2nd Vote. Or get the Pioneer A05. In any case, he is going to want to get a drive that burns in the DVD-R format.

 

[RossMAN]

Sony DRU500A + DVDXCopy =

 

[SeaSerpent]

maybe you should try Genral Hardware

maybe i should try ot, so i will get a responce. dont have anything to contribute, then go away

 

[SeaSerpent]

thanks guys


(besides MainFramed)

 

[Dedpuhl]

My Sony DRU-120A has been very reliable. If I would have waited two months, I would've gotten the 500...

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: love1u0

maybe you should try Genral Hardware

maybe i should try ot, so i will get a responce. dont have anything to contribute, then go away

"Response."

You'll get plenty of it here, albeit not as reliable as general hardware.