is it worth to buy dvd burner yes or no?

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 5:22 pm

what do you guys think? is it worth buying dvd burner. what are the advantages of having one besides braging about it.

thanks

David

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:50 pm

Depends on what you are going to use it for. Are you going to take those home video's and burn them to a DVD-R so you can get rid of all those dated tapes? Or are you going to burn some games on them to share with your friends? If you are doing the latter, I would say no because even though DVD-ROMs have become much more popular, they still aren't a "standard." It would suck to take the disc to a friends house only to find out he can't read it...

I personally will wait until (1) they burn quicker or (2) DVD-ROM's become standard so you can easily read a DVD-R at anybody's house.

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 9:25 pm

i started to think about it and came with the same conclusion.
thanks for the advice.

rogue · Post by **rogue** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 12:00 pm

Theyre nice to have if you also have a digital camcorder, so you can make your own MPEG2 movies. Otherwise, CDR's are still the more practical solution for almost everything.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 3:47 pm

DVD-R/RW is a standard. DVD+R/WR is another. I think they can both read each others discs.

I have a DVD-R/RW drive and every stand alone DVD player and PC DVD drive has been able to read my discs. Granted I have a limited number of devices at my disposal but they have all worked.

DVD-R/RW is cheaper media wise right now. I don't know which one will become more prevalent but DVD-R is in the lead now as far as I know. I think down the road burners will probably support writing both standards.

I don't have this terrible fear that I won't be able to read discs I burn today down the road because they have worked in all the PC drives I have tried.

I would have to say yes it is worth it. Then again I own a drive so I am biased. I can back up so much more to a single disc that the price of admission was worth it to me.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 5:57 pm

Just wait a lil longer. Sony announced the DVD-burner DRU-500A and that one works with DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) plus it burns regular CD-R(W).
It should be available end of october for around $400.

DVD-R 4x (requires highspeed DVD-R material)
DVD-RW 2x
DVD+R(W) 2.4x
CD-R 24x
CD-RW 10x

There'll also be an external firewire and USB-2.0 model following soon.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 10:06 pm

Is this drive available now?

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?edc=425705

They make it look like it is. Hmm... Looks like an interesting drive. DVD-R upto 4x is appealing to me. I think I will wait and see what the competition comes up with. I have a Pioneer 104 right now. I have been using TDK 2x DVD-R media with great success. At 2x burning a full disc takes something like 30 min but it is tolerable. It just reminds me of the 2x CD-R days.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 5:22 am

My date/price are estimates, just send them an email and ask

This drive shows how uncertain the industry is about the future DVD-rewriter standard. This Sony drive is like a videorecorder that runs VHS and Betamax

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Sun Sep 15, 2002 7:01 am

Have to agree with Schwartz on this one!

I have the Pioneer A04 and love it