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DVD Writer drive
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 13:13
by Lateralus
I'm planning to buy a DVD Writer drive at some point in the near future, and was currently thinking of
this one.
Firstly, does anyone have any other recommendations for an internal drive? Being a tart it needs to be black I'm afraid. Also it needs to be cheap.
Secondly, can all DVD writer drives burn CDs too, or only some of them?
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 13:54
by mrbobbins
NEC 3540
The only way to go
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=89190
It's the daddy.
Edit:
Read Speed - 16x (DVD), 48x (CD)
Write Speed - 48x (CD), 16x (DVD+R), 16x (DVD-R), 8x (DVD+R DL)
ReWrite Speed - 32x (CD-RW), 8x (DVD+RW), 6x (DVD-RW)
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 14:33
by Dr. kitteny berk
I concur, i have the previous versioon (3520A) and it kicks arse.
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 14:52
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Mr Bobbins speaketh the truth!
Very good price too
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 15:53
by pixie pie
Mmm.. i got myself a DVD-writer about.. 6 or so months ago at a fairly good price of £40. Had no problems burning CDs.. but have found I've burnt less than 5DVD's in total.. maybe if I got more t'interweb bandwidth I could burn some more "stuff"..
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 16:05
by deject
I second the NEC drives. For the price, there's no point in getting anything else.
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 16:06
by mrbobbins
Internet DVD rental subsription + Torrent's running all day + editing films = Burn baby burn!!!
Incidentally Adobe Encore is a very good program for authoring your own DVD's, importing a photoshop file as a menu is brilliant!.
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 16:26
by mrbobbins
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 16:35
by Stoat
Oooh, I have the 35520A too. It's very good indeed. Although I may only have it because Berk recommended it, I can't remember.
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 17:53
by Dr. kitteny berk
Berk is probably right, he is good like that.
also, the dvd rental + ripping thing is good.
www.blockbuster.co.uk have a 2 week free trial
Posted: October 19th, 2005, 18:16
by cashy
might have to get one of those, my old one... fell
Posted: October 20th, 2005, 15:23
by Lateralus
Cheers guys. NEC 3540 has been ordered and I should be merrily burning away by tuesday. Picked up off the floor Black and White 2 which will be the first game I intend to try burning. And since its in fashion today, F.E.A.R. as well.
Posted: October 24th, 2005, 17:20
by FatherJack
That Dual Layer Sony I bought a while back for 30 notes has been great as well, particularly at viewing all the DVDs I've been renting from blockbuster online.
proof of all our knowledges!