DVD Writers ?

westy · Post by **westy** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:38 am

I'm in the market for a decent DVD writer to burn my MiniDV camcoder movies to DVD to watch on the tube. Anyone have recommendations or pros & cons of differeent models/makes and/or formats ?

I'm new to this end of the computer/visual area and any help or opinions and feedback would be appreciated !!!!!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:41 am

sony has a nice one that does about all the formats.

JamieLee2k · Post by **JamieLee2k** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 8:46 am

I just got a Pioneer A05 here are the specs:

Pioneer A05

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:50 am

There are several good ones out there. Check to see if your particular DVD player is supported by the format the burner uses (DVD+RW vs. DVD-RW). On most modern DVD players either should be fine.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 11:26 am

that sony yard is talkin about is soo popular and is practically sold OUT everywhere..good luck.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 1:31 pm

just look for one that supports all the formats....
-/+ R
-/+ RW

and you should be fine.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 2:23 pm

Originally posted by Docsta
that sony yard is talkin about is soo popular and is practically sold OUT everywhere..good luck.

http://www.componentsdirect.com/details ... uctID=1680

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loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 2:35 pm

My bro in law got that burner open box at best buy for $269 after instant rebate. It's pretty nice and Sony will be offering a firmware upgrade to 4x burning when it becomes available.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:22 pm

[adds to theoretical future homebuilt system]

Are there any downsides to those as your system's only burner? I noticed the CD-R burn speeds are much slower then those on normal non-DVD burners.

Docsta · Post by **Docsta** » Thu Dec 05, 2002 10:24 pm

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
http://www.componentsdirect.com/details ... uctID=1680

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at least at best buy they are.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 12:36 am

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread ... adid=98642

I have had the A03 for over a year now. I can say that the -r or +r formats are rather immaterial as long as blanks are plentiful.

I like the Sony over the Pioneer, since it does not require "official" (Read: pre-encoded to prevent unlicenced blank from being used) 4x blanks.

The Sony and Pioneer will write 4x data as of now, however video will only be scribed at 2x.

shant,
david

Thor Walez · Post by **Thor Walez** » Fri Dec 06, 2002 5:27 am

I want to get a DVD burner too in Jan/2003!

My knowledge is not that good, but all my DVD-Video are >5GB
And the DVD-/+R are 4.7GB !??!?!??!?
I have read some articles that I have to "rip" some unused stuff sothat it fits in 4.7GB...

Will I have "dts" or "5.1" sound with the "ripped" Video DVD ?!?!
Because my MARANTZ and B&W want them

-Thor