DVD Burners....

[Abdullus]

I was actually thinking about buying a DVD burner so I can "Backup" my dvds.

But I know of friends that have bought them but now is just sitting in there gathering dust...

Should I get it if so which kind...Dual Layer sh!t like that...let me know!

 

[mariosoft034]

Only you know if you should get one. I don't backup my dvd nor do i use them a lot, so i have a conventional burner.

Just think if you are really going to use it, and if the answer is yes, wait for a more experienced member to let you know wich one fits your needs

 

[DaveSimmons]

Many people have a netflix or blockbuster subscription and "rent to steal." This seem silly to me since if I want to watch a movie again in 6 months I can always just rent it again. With netflix unlimited rentals it doesn't cost me anything extra.

Why spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars to amass a library of inferior copies of movies on fragile DVD-Rs? Spend the money on a better graphics card, some good games, etc.

Now if you have a pile of family movies on tape, or have masses of data files to back up, then a DVD burner makes sense.

For which brand, search "DVD" here.

For what software, search "DVD" in the Software forum.

 

[Gerbil333]

I've had my DVD burner since last September. I started out with 60 DVD-Rs, and I'm down to about 30. I use it for safe storage of the ~3000 pictures from my digital camera, for giving friends a large game demo (the 800-900 MB HL2 demo is unrealistic for dial-up users, for example), or for carrying around all of my "Essentials" folder, which contains every driver and freeware application that I could use (it's a 3.75 GB folder).

And then it's always good for backing up DVDs and holding lots of MP3s...not that I'd do that.

 

[shinotenshi]

Actually depending on the progarm you use, you can get pretty much an exsct duplicate of the movie. to be honest though, i have gotten far more use out of my dvd-ram drive than my pioneer dv-r drive

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: shinotenshi
Actually depending on the progarm you use, you can get pretty much an exsct duplicate of the movie. to be honest though, i have gotten far more use out of my dvd-ram drive than my pioneer dv-r drive

You can only get an exact duplicate if you either A. have DVDXCOPY and it makes 2 DVD5's, or you have a dual layer burner, and dual layer media to fit the entire DVD onto a -/+R disc.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: shinotenshi
Actually depending on the progarm you use, you can get pretty much an exsct duplicate of the movie. to be honest though, i have gotten far more use out of my dvd-ram drive than my pioneer dv-r drive

You can only get an exact duplicate if you either A. have DVDXCOPY and it makes 2 DVD5's, or you have a dual layer burner, and dual layer media to fit the entire DVD onto a -/+R disc.

Or if the actual movie itself will fit onto a single DVDR and you cut out things like special features, extra audio tracks, menus, etc.

 

[callmesteve]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: shinotenshi
Actually depending on the progarm you use, you can get pretty much an exsct duplicate of the movie. to be honest though, i have gotten far more use out of my dvd-ram drive than my pioneer dv-r drive

You can only get an exact duplicate if you either A. have DVDXCOPY and it makes 2 DVD5's, or you have a dual layer burner, and dual layer media to fit the entire DVD onto a -/+R disc.

He speaks the truth....

 

[shinotenshi]

I personally use dvdxcopy to split into 2 discs, i prefer having exact copies. dvdfab aslo allows for perfect copies on to 2 discs. so as i said it all depends on the program you use. some will also spliting others will compress like dvdshrink. dvd-ram is just proof that the better technology doesn't always win

 

[Baked]

I've purchased, used, gave away probably half a dozen DVD burners in the past year. Current DVD burners on rotation is NEC 3520A and Lite-On 1633S. Only using FujiFilm/TY02 DVD+R media. I use the NEC for burn, and Lite-On for quality scan. DVD Decrypter > DVD Shrink > Nero 6.

 

[Lord Athlon]

I have a Pioneer DVD burner and so far i only used it once since i bought my computer in November.

For 105 $ CAN , i saw no reasons to not buy one.

I will definitively use it in the futur , especially for backups

4.7 gig of data on a DVD instead of 700 mb on a cd , that's quite a difference

And btw , DVDXCOPY rule.

It was actually retired from the market because it was too powerful (i am not joking)

I was lucky enough to grab a copy but you can always download it , it's not very hard to find if you know where to look

 

[SearchMaster]

I use DVDShrink to backup and re-author all my kids' DVDs....one, so they don't destroy the original, two, to strip out all that freaking preview crap that drives me freaking insane when all I want is to start the freaking movie (Disney, you suck)!!!!!!!!

 

[RussianSensation]

The best thing that can ever happen to DVDs is mainstream adoption of DVDAudio (especially for cars). Once that happens, CDs will become instantly obsolete. This is the major point that keeps me from using my DVD burner often. However, latest games often use more than 1 CD and it is more convenient to burn them onto a DVD. I don't think data backup is a major issue since it's much better to simply spend $60 on an 80GB hard drive than a DVD burner.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I go through about 20 dvdrs a month. Mostly data backup, and the occasional DVDXCOPY burn.

 

[Jeff7]

I use my DVD burner to archive TV shows to DVD, and to make partial hard drive backups, like of really important stuff, such as software I've paid for. I use DVD-R for video, as it's more compatible with set-top players (or at least, with the thing I've got), and DVD+RW for data.
I've never used the dual layer discs; $10 a disc would be too expensive even if they were rewritable. When a DVD with a movie already on it can be bought cheaper than a blank disc....well, that doesn't do it for me.

The best thing that can ever happen to DVDs is mainstream adoption of DVDAudio (especially for cars).

That would be excellent. Especially if they had dual layer DVDAudio. 8.5GB of music...and to my knowledge, AC3 audio's compression vs quality is pretty good; the TV shows I recompress are done so with AC3, 256kbps, and it sounds just fine. Drop that down to 160kbps (car stereo system, plus background noise - won't need optimal quality music anyway), and that's a helluva lot of music on one disc.

 

[Abdullus]

Yea I guess I am gonna go ahead and get my self one...thanks alot guys

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Abdullus
Yea I guess I am gonna go ahead and get my self one...thanks alot guys

Benq 1620 or an NEC/Pioneer

 

[slash196]

I highly doubt that DVD audio will EVER be accepted mainstream. CDs are fine for regular music.

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Many people have a netflix or blockbuster subscription and "rent to steal." This seem silly to me since if I want to watch a movie again in 6 months I can always just rent it again. With netflix unlimited rentals it doesn't cost me anything extra.

Why spend hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars to amass a library of inferior copies of movies on fragile DVD-Rs? Spend the money on a better graphics card, some good games, etc.

Now if you have a pile of family movies on tape, or have masses of data files to back up, then a DVD burner makes sense.

For which brand, search "DVD" here.

For what software, search "DVD" in the Software forum.

The problem with that is you cannot view the movie when you want to. With Netflix that can take up to a week, and blockbuster, the movie has to be available. The copy does not have to be inferior, and copying the disc is under 10 minutes with an unlocked dvd-rom.

I personally rip the discs from Netflix when I get them so I can send them back right away. Now, I can watch the movie when I want. I rarely go back to movies I've seen, so they become coasters and I don't consider it stealing, just taking advantage of the service without the latency of Netflix's processing and shipping delays. Perhaps kinda shady, but grey enough so that I don't have to think about it. Now, if Netflix would let me just drive 10 minutes to their distro in SJ and pickup/drop off the movies, I wouldn't bother, and the need for a DVD burner only something for backing up important data, and I'd only use it a few times every 6 months or so.

 

[KBtn]

In my opinion, NEC is producing some the the best DVD burners around right now. Just as the business goes, I'm sure bigger and better is just around the corner.

 

[laurenlex]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I use DVDShrink to backup and re-author all my kids' DVDs....one, so they don't destroy the original, two, to strip out all that freaking preview crap that drives me freaking insane when all I want is to start the freaking movie (Disney, you suck)!!!!!!!!

I agree 100%. Kids destroy a DVD in no time. Put Nemo on the shelf and give them a copy. Plus, it's great getting rid of menus, previews, and FBI warnings. Just reauthor it, and when you put it in the player, the movie starts in 2 seconds, not 5 minutes and 23 remote button pushes.

 

[aafuss]

I use a Sony DRU-710A Dual Layer (BYX2 firmware)-quite good writing speeds and I don't burn any copy-protected DVD's (eg. movies)-only original content that I create and burn with Nero 6 0EM Sony Edition and other programs

 

[redly]

Originally posted by: mariosoft034
Only you know if you should get one. I don't backup my dvd nor do i use them a lot, so i have a conventional burner.

Just think if you are really going to use it, and if the answer is yes, wait for a more experienced member to let you know wich one fits your needs

you mean, like, a stove??

 

[0roo0roo]

just try backing up ur hd with cdr.....

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

I have a lot of digital pics on my PC, from vacations and stuff, so I burn to DVD to both send to family members and for backup purposes. I have 2-3Gig worth of pics, and it was a pain to copy to multiple CD's.