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Kenni

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14th Mar 04 at 00:37

Planning to get a DVD writer. Just a few ques.

what is the difference to -r and +r ???

whats dual r/rw ??

I just want to copy dvd films....would i need a specific dvd drive to copy all the audio stufff aswell eg dolby digital...??

Thanx

FLETCH...

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14th Mar 04 at 23:52

u cant its naughty as u r going to sell them lol

Cavey

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14th Mar 04 at 23:57

+ and -

They're different formats, you're best off getting a dual writer, coz it'll write both, obviously.

So i imagine that dual r/rw will write both...

Icy

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15th Mar 04 at 00:13

get one that can do -r +r -rw +rw

Tim

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15th Mar 04 at 00:22

Get a dual writer... then you're not stuck if one format really takes a hold as the dominant...

8x drives are about now (although media supporting them is lacking). Don't confuse 8x with CD-R's... Will write a DVD in around 7 minutes!

Drives of choice at the moment IMO are the Pioneer DVR-107D and the NEC ND-2500A... both of which do 8x -R, 8x +R, 4x -RW and 4x +RW...

I've got the pioneer... very good

[Edited on 15-03-2004 by Tim]

Corsa Sport Gav

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15th Mar 04 at 00:24

ive got the pioneer to

Tim

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15th Mar 04 at 00:26

Outta interest Gav, what media do you use as I picked up some Datawrite Yellow's but I'm not to impressed with them compared to Ritek... You burning at 8x yet?

Icy

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15th Mar 04 at 00:37

i decided to get a 4x insted of 8x
so got the asus version of the pioneer 106

Tim

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15th Mar 04 at 00:39

quote:
Originally posted by Icy
i decided to get a 4x insted of 8x
so got the asus version of the pioneer 106

Well I can only write at 4x at the mo so that was probably a good move

Icy

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15th Mar 04 at 00:43

yup

read some dvd writer reviews on that review site tom somethin

Tim

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15th Mar 04 at 00:45

Tom's Hardware Guide? I like the article on overclocking a P4 to 5.25GHz using liquid nitrogen instead of a CPU fan

Jafster

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15th Mar 04 at 00:48

http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk

these guys do 8x speed disks-there pretty cheap-good delivery turnaround aswell

[Edited on 15-03-2004 by mr jafster]

Kenni

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15th Mar 04 at 00:50

Thanx i just brought one online

Was gonna buy this writer, at a bargin price, but its only a -r
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=57305

now rather pay the extra 25 pounds and get a future proof drive dual r/rw at 8x

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=56658

oooh thankyou for the advice chappies

Tim

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15th Mar 04 at 00:50

Good choice, and don't do anything naughty

kerzo

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15th Mar 04 at 00:51

i have an optowrite 4x +/- dvd writer and pretty pleased with it! writes cd's at 24x which is fast enough!

out of interest i have been using 4x orange bulkpack dvd-r with no complainst as yet

Icy

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15th Mar 04 at 00:52