POLL: What's the best DVD burner?

a match. Burning dvds is fun

especially throwing them while they be on fire

Seriously i'd go with the plextor

i have no need (as many people) for a DVD burner. Although I have access to one I chosse not to use it.

That said I do not know.

a match. Burning dvds is fun

Hence the nick, eh?

Although I own a Sony I'd go for the Plex nowadays.

I currently own an LG Electronics -RW and love it. I paid $150 at newegg.com for a full retail boxed version. I've also used the Pioneer drives with great success. Newegg has both multiformat drives -RW/+RW for $134 w/ free shipping.

FWIW, do NOT buy a +RW drive...unless it's a multiformat (+/-). +RW does not even come close to the compatibility with non-computer drives/players as -RW. I don't know about the published stats, but this has been my experience helping people with +RW drives.

Hope this helps.

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I have the Plextor PX-708A, it costs 2.000 DKK, which is about $280. Quite expensive but really good, supports all formats with a max speed at 8X. I'd go with the Plextor, they're known for q uality.

FWIW, do NOT buy a +RW drive...unless it's a multiformat (+/-). +RW does not even come close to the compatibility with non-computer drives/players as -RW. I don't know about the published stats, but this has been my experience helping people with +RW drives.

As someone with a +RW drive, I agree.

I see the Plextor 504a is only +r/rw and the best price I can find on the 708a is 191.00 (US), I will have to eliminate Plextor.

In my opinion...the Sony DRU-510a is the best overall DVD burner. Plextor is quality...but also expensive. The sony drive supports all formats of DVD media...we bought the external model at our job and it came with lots of software and so far haven't seen a single problem. The 510a is the internal model. You can find it for about $150-$200 depending on where you shop.

The Sony looks interesting. Right now it looks like a tossup between the Sony DRU 510A and the Memorex Dual-X, with the TDK 440N a close contender.

I'd get the sony then.

Or learn how to use a very fine pointed needle and scratch the data into the dvd.

I don't know. The Memorex has some pretty good reviews. And my wife has the needles put away.

I would just get a 52x CD RW and save some money.

I didn't know a fast CD burner could burn DVD's Learn something new every day

I have a plex...nothing but good experiece with it

I was trying to point out that A dvd burner is a waste of $$$ IMHO. They have DVD burners that work like VCRs now for your home entertainment system.

And with the copyright protection on DVD movies they are hard to copy.

So really what benefit decides the ability to save 4+ Gigabytes of info on a CD does a DVD burner have?

Didn't mean to offend (shouldda put a in my post). I use mine to transfer all my old VHS home movies to DVD. I would require a whole lot more CD's to accomplish this. It is worth it...for me, anyways..

That's kind of what I'm up to. I have a TDK VeloCD 52x24x48 cd-rw. It works really well. But I'm in the process of capturing some home VHS movies and you can only put about 30 minutes on a cd.

#15 Kona0197 wrote: I was trying to point out that A dvd burner is a waste of $$$ IMHO. They have DVD burners that work like VCRs now for your home entertainment system. And with the copyright protection on DVD movies they are hard to copy. So really what benefit decides the ability to save 4+ Gigabytes of info on a CD does a DVD burner have?

At least TRY to educate youself before you post. I have made backups of my DVDs in about 30 minutes and about 10 mouse clicks. If that's "hard", then I guess you're correct. Maybe he wants to author DVD's you can't really do that well (if at all) with a set-top box. If you've got a digital cam, why "play" it and "record" on a set-top box when you can just fire-wire the data to your computer and mix/match/effects/menus/burn? Try and find a set-top box for anywhere near the price of DVD-RW drive. Let's see...a drive is faster, cheaper, and much more powerful, but it's also a waste of money...I get it now.

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Wow. A personal attack. Gotta love em.

I think I'll change my nick again. this time to Incoherent Travis because I having understanding posts lately. Like that one up there. To many big words.

See I make no sense I mean I having trouble understanding posts

I can't write either

well I see how a DVD burner can come in handy now.

till Orion, a little tact would be in order for you.

till

still (spelling)

OK, you made three unhelpful posts...one of which was misleading and uninformed. You were corrected (albeit with some sarcasm) and you call it a personal attack. Whatever floats your boat.