buying new DVD dual-layer burner (there is no Sims2 in this post)

[felix 0]

Firstly I must apologise for making a post that has no relevance or link to Sims2 given that this is now a Sims2 help line.

 

I am going to buy a new DVD dual-layer burner and was wondering if people had recommendations. I am undecided between the pioneer drives and the sony drives.

 

I'll most likely be buying from these people:

http://www.gamedude.com.au/

 

and here are their available products:

http://www.gamedude.com.au/prod_list.php?maingroup=CD%20/%20DVD%20BURNER&secondgroup=DVD-BURNER

 

Thanks for any input,

F.

[ViolentGreen 0]

Originally posted by felix:

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Firstly I must apologise for making a post that has no relevance or link to Sims2 given that this is now a Sims2 help line.

LOL! No joke!

[jmmijo 1]

 

Yeah I was thinking the same thing...

 

My opinion on Dual-Layer burners is either Sony or Aopen. We sell a lot of both brands at the company I work for

 

If I had to go with a name brand for personal reason's then I would choose a Plextor

[hardwarecrazy 0]

Has anyone come across, in a major retail stores, 9.4GB DVR+/R media? I have not. Is there any reason why they are not available at all, while DL Writers are so abundant and cheap?

[Phalanx-Imawano 0]

I have a Sony DRU-710A (actually an OEM - it's really a Lite-On drive that Sony re-badged). So far it works like a dream, though I haven't burned any Dual-Layer DVD's yet.

 

 

[ross_aveling 0]

I've got an NEC 2510A DVD-RW drive and have had no problems writing dual layer discs; although they're so expensive I've only written one or two.

 

It's an 8x writer, but NEC have replaced it with the 3500A, which can write at 16x.

 

 

[sapiens74 0]

Felix

 

I would go with the Pioneer drive

 

They have good media compatiblity and they do 4x DL burning which is a big deal.

 

Plus they work in PC or MAC and they have frequent firmware updates for compatibility.

[felix 0]

So i went ahead and bought a Pioneer DVR-108 (Dual Layer) and got it for $AU112 ($US84).

 

Hopefull all goes well and I can concentrate on the fact my ADSL stopped working for no good reason. Can't even connect.

[Tomay 0]

Go for the NEC 3500 or Pioneer.

 

BTW sony doesn't make drives, the just relabel them, so you pay more.

[DosFreak 2]

From what I've seen the 9GB DVD media are about $10 per disc. Had intented on backing up my DVD collection but looks like I'll only be backing up the 4.7GB one's.

 

I could Divx 'em but I prefer the original media format for a backup.