Can someone tell me what the best DVD burner is at Newegg?

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:09 am

Want to buy a DVD burner, and I'm looking here : http://www.newegg.com/app/manufact.asp?catalog=5&DEPA=1

And I just have no idea.

Can anyone help? I mean i have no idea what the -r and +rw crap is.

J-high · Post by **J-high** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:47 am

Well Velvta you got a couple of formats with DVD media you got -R/+R which R stands for recordable then you got -RW/+RW which RW stands for re-writable....All these formats are able to fit 4.7GB on a disk (accually only 4.5)...

Now there is another format out which is DVD+R DL.... where the DL stands for double layer and is capable of storing almost twice the capacity of a regular -/+R disk at a nice 8.5GB

For a DVD-Burner you will want to look into one that is dual formated like the one you are looking at on newegg which means it can burn both +R and -R ,,, But you may want to consider a dual format / double layer burner which are around the same price you are looking to spend on that one you have in your link....

hope that helps a bit... good luck...

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:27 pm

J-high wrote:Well Velvta you got a couple of formats with DVD media you got -R/+R which R stands for recordable then you got -RW/+RW which RW stands for re-writable....All these formats are able to fit 4.7GB on a disk (accually only 4.5)...

Now there is another format out which is DVD+R DL.... where the DL stands for double layer and is capable of storing almost twice the capacity of a regular -/+R disk at a nice 8.5GB

For a DVD-Burner you will want to look into one that is dual formated like the one you are looking at on newegg which means it can burn both +R and -R ,,, But you may want to consider a dual format / double layer burner which are around the same price you are looking to spend on that one you have in your link....

hope that helps a bit... good luck...

I think this one's a good deal then what say you? does the dvd +r dl at 5x

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 033&depa=1

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:43 pm

velvta wrote:I think this one's a good deal then what say you? does the dvd +r dl at 5x

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 033&depa=1

im not dvd burner specialist but if you wanna buy good burner get Sony,Plextor or Pioneer

my friend got Toshiba and he is not very happy with it

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:23 pm

rivas wrote:im not dvd burner specialist but if you wanna buy good burner get Sony,Plextor or Pioneer

my friend got Toshiba and he is not very happy with it

best way is to track down each model number and see who makes it.

most sony's and pioneer burners are actually rebadged. I'm pretty sure plextor had maintained thier own brand though.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:46 am

do a search for the NEC 3500, i just got it and it ROCKS! fast and stable, not a coaster yet! its only like 70 bucks too!

njeddiek · Post by **njeddiek** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:10 pm

JBKM wrote:do a search for the NEC 3500, i just got it and it ROCKS! fast and stable, not a coaster yet! its only like 70 bucks too!

The NEC drives are the best overall DVD burners, especially with marginal media. I have the 2510 and 3500 and I have NO problems with playing the discs on any stand alone DVD player. Also there is Bios files available that let's you change the +R setting to DVD ROM so campatibility is further increased.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:21 am

Look into LG electronics...up and comming...they have one that does all formats including dvd ram...I just got one and love it...abdolutely no problems and no coasters.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:18 am

Liking my Asus 160p, The nec3500 that JBKM got would have been my other choice.

velvta · Post by **velvta** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:01 pm

cool good info OMG MAKE IT A STICKY.

WickedWandy · Post by **WickedWandy** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:08 am

NEC, NEC, 2 years ago i bought a burner, different brand name at Sam's Club. After some research, i found it was made by NEC, lol. Still burns great at 2.4/4 X. I'd love to spend $70 to get a burner 4 times as better now, but why? I have to keep burning with this, to get my money back, lol