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cold_ice · 01-25-2004, 04:21 PM

I need to buy me one, can any of you recommend one to me? Thanks in advance

baddog · 01-25-2004, 04:27 PM

I bought myself one for XMas, but have yet to open the box it came in, so can't really say how good it is

doober · 01-25-2004, 04:44 PM

using a nec 1300a, works well and burns up to 4x...
been burning many dvd movies lately which is pretty sweet

pornkitten · 01-25-2004, 04:49 PM

there is an online site where you can get a dvd recorder if you want it

beemk · 01-25-2004, 04:55 PM

vcdhelp.com

KRL · 01-25-2004, 04:57 PM

Check out the DVD Burners on http://www.NewEgg.com.

They have the best prices and you can click and read customer reviews for every one.

doober · 01-25-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by pornkitten
there is an online site where you can get a dvd recorder if you want it

there are many sites that sell dvd recorders, if I want it!

Butrflied · 01-25-2004, 05:00 PM

I just bought a plexor external one today .. hooked up in no time .. when I play around with it a little I'll let you know what I think of it ..

pornkitten · 01-25-2004, 05:16 PM

no its a free download talk to me on icg if interested

cold_ice · 01-25-2004, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by pornkitten
no its a free download talk to me on icg if interested

Explain please

doober · 01-25-2004, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by cold_ice
Explain please

ive been confused since the first post

fsfaz · 01-25-2004, 05:50 PM

I picked up a 8x Optorite DD0401 recently. Works great.

Paid about $125.00 w/ a black face.

8X DVD+R
4X DVD-R
4X DVD+RW
2X DVD-RW
40X CD-R
24X CD-RW

Tip: Some 4x media burns at 8x. Check out the manufactures website.

doober · 01-25-2004, 05:52 PM

how long to burn 5gb at 8x?
im guessing 6-7minutes?

Stewie · 01-25-2004, 05:53 PM

Pioneer DVR-A06U DVD±RW Writer

Price Grabber

01-25-2004, 05:56 PM

Is DVDXCopy worth the money for backing up movie DVD's, or is there something that does the same thing for free? (other than a cracked version of DVDXCopy)

doober · 01-25-2004, 05:58 PM

DVDxcopy works well, but i noticed on some older dvds they dont come out looking Amazing ( slightly choppy....most people wouldnt notice it)
it does work well tho, backed quite a few with this app lately

cold_ice · 01-25-2004, 10:59 PM

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Originally posted by overlord
Pioneer DVR-A06U DVD±RW Writer

Price Grabber

Damn nice price but how much use does yours get?

iroc409 · 01-25-2004, 11:01 PM

i'd say the best all-around burner is the sony +/-. it seems to have the most versaitility and playability in all set-top players. they just released an internal 8x model, or you can get the 4x in internal/external.

xxxoutsourcing · 01-25-2004, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fsfaz
I picked up a 8x Optorite DD0401 recently. Works great.

Paid about $125.00 w/ a black face.

8X DVD+R
4X DVD-R
4X DVD+RW
2X DVD-RW
40X CD-R
24X CD-RW

Tip: Some 4x media burns at 8x. Check out the manufactures website.

8X DVD+R
4X DVD-R
4X DVD+RW
2X DVD-RW
40X CD-R
24X CD-RW

It's important that it will do all + and -

cold_ice · 01-25-2004, 11:24 PM

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Originally posted by iroc409
i'd say the best all-around burner is the sony +/-. it seems to have the most versaitility and playability in all set-top players. they just released an internal 8x model, or you can get the 4x in internal/external.

Yeah thats the one I'm leaning towards-- Sony DRU-530A

lennox · 01-25-2004, 11:25 PM

whatever you do, DO NOT buy a Pioneer.

thats the only advice I have for DVD burners...

iroc409 · 01-25-2004, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cold_ice
Yeah thats the one I'm leaning towards-- Sony DRU-530A

they make a cheaper model that looks like their standard cd/cdr drives, it's quite a bit cheaper and basically the same drive, but i hear it's intended for oems and sony has like _no_ support for it.

haven't heard much about the new 8x, but it looks the same, and is probably the same drive, if the speed jump is that big of an incentive.

KobyBoy · 01-25-2004, 11:33 PM

I just got one myself last week. This is the first DVD recorder I ever owned/purchased. After doing some research about what to get DVD+R or DVD-R I narrowed it down to either the latest Sony drive or the latest Plextor drive. I ended up getting the latest Plextor drive from New Egg. I got this one, The reason why I got this one is because this drive is guaranteed to burn at 8x on 4x media. 8x media is either a) really hard to come by and b) its still very expensive. 4x media you can pick up anywhere for a very reasonable price. The drive is also capable of burning in DVD+R and also DVD-R format and you can use re-rewriteable disc so this drive is essentially a DVD+RW and DVD-RW combo drive. This together with the fact that it's guaranteed to burn at 8x on 4x media made it the #1 choice for me. All the discs that I've made with it so far can play on both my PS2 and also on my Toshiba DVD player no problem. This drive also comes in white/beige. If/when you get this drive head over to the Plextor site and download the latest firmware. It's very painless to do. The only thing that sucks is that if you get the non-OEM package from NewEgg they will charge you an extra $7 bucks for software with the drive which I don't recommend you use. It's comes with Easy CD creator and I've read on the net that it has some issues with XP. I got the OEM version of the drive that doesn't come with software and got Nero 6 also from NewEgg to handle all my burning needs.

cold_ice · 01-26-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by KobyBoy
It's comes with Easy CD creator and I've read on the net that it has some issues with XP.

I will be running XP.

flashfire · 01-26-2004, 05:21 PM

I have an old pioneer burner but it works great still (2 years old it was the cats ass when I first got it) as for software use dvd shrink its the best and its free!!!

KobyBoy · 01-26-2004, 05:28 PM

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I will be running XP.

Don't worry. The DVD burner is in my XP box also. There are other software out there that can burn DVDs also. I would recommend that you go and get the latest version of Nero. It's $70 but its well worth every penny. It comes with a suite of CD/DVD burning software. You will not be disappointed. Everything to create professional looking DVD is included in the Nero 6 suite. Hightly recommended. And it works great too with my XP box.

On-top · 01-26-2004, 06:01 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
Check out the DVD Burners on http://www.NewEgg.com.

They have the best prices and you can click and read customer reviews for every one.

I've bought quite a few things from newegg.com, good experience everytime. The reviews are pretty helpful.

cold_ice · 01-26-2004, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KobyBoy

Don't worry. The DVD burner is in my XP box also. There are other software out there that can burn DVDs also. I would recommend that you go and get the latest version of Nero. It's $70 but its well worth every penny. It comes with a suite of CD/DVD burning software. You will not be disappointed. Everything to create professional looking DVD is included in the Nero 6 suite. Hightly recommended. And it works great too with my XP box.

Thanks bro, I'm getting it today. I was just waiting for some decent prices they have really came down a lot since they came out

justsexxx · 01-26-2004, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by evildick
Is DVDXCopy worth the money for backing up movie DVD's, or is there something that does the same thing for free? (other than a cracked version of DVDXCopy)

I use DVD shrink in stead. Best of all it's fast, and it's free

Andre

KobyBoy · 01-27-2004, 12:21 AM

I second that. DVD Shrink is awesome and it's completely free. There is other software out there for those who are interested in this. Check out http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ and http://www.afterdark.com/ for guildes and what software to use.

KobyBoy · 01-27-2004, 12:23 AM

Actually its http://www.afterdawn.com/. I keep on screwing this up. Sorry...

phogirl69 · 01-27-2004, 12:57 AM

I have a dvd burner and it SUCKS . Seems like it takes like 8 hours to "transcode" a 1 hr movie.... It takes FOREVER to transcode a mpeg to a movie on dvd, you have to do it overnight.

And you need a lot of space on your pc to burn movies. I think the dvd burner makes an extra copy of the mpeg on your pc and it hogs up all the space.

Is this normal?

4Pics · 01-27-2004, 01:38 AM

The pioneer a06 is an excellent drive, the Sony drives I have had bad luck with people I know getting them.

- AFN - · 01-27-2004, 01:58 AM

I use http://www.pricewatch.com for all my hardware buying you can get some sweet deals there. check it out

flashfire · 01-27-2004, 02:20 AM

DVD Shrink can re-encode a 2 hour movie in 25 Mins on a good system...best program and its 100% free

KobyBoy · 01-27-2004, 08:41 AM

Quote:

I have a dvd burner and it SUCKS . Seems like it takes like 8 hours to "transcode" a 1 hr movie.... It takes FOREVER to transcode a mpeg to a movie on dvd, you have to do it overnight.

And you need a lot of space on your pc to burn movies. I think the dvd burner makes an extra copy of the mpeg on your pc and it hogs up all the space.
Is this normal?

Unfortunately yes it's normal. What do you use to encode your files ? TMPEnc is really fast at converting to an MPEG-2 (DVD format). It also depends a lot of your hardware. My DVD burner is in a 2GHz Athlon XP box. If I use Nero to create a DVD from scratch with my own custom menu, menu music, animated thumbnails and 4GBs of data it will take about 4hrs on that box. If you don't care about making your menus pretty and having all the eye candy you could just encode with TMPEnc and perhaps you will get faster results. Also you might want to try DVD Shrink. That program is super fast also (by super fast I mean 2+ hours).
If it takes you 8 hours to encode a 1 hour file something is either a) not set up correctly with the software you are using or 2) you don't have enough power in your computer. Post some specs of both the hardware and software you use and we'll see if we could help you.

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01-25-2004, 05:00 PM	#8
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01-25-2004, 04:21 PM	#1
cold_ice Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: cali Posts: 3,027	DVD burner I need to buy me one, can any of you recommend one to me? Thanks in advance

01-25-2004, 04:27 PM	#2
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I bought myself one for XMas, but have yet to open the box it came in, so can't really say how good it is

01-25-2004, 04:44 PM	#3
doober Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in yoOoo kitchen Posts: 6,984	using a nec 1300a, works well and burns up to 4x... been burning many dvd movies lately which is pretty sweet

01-25-2004, 05:50 PM	#12
fsfaz Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Hollyweird, CA Posts: 747	I picked up a 8x Optorite DD0401 recently. Works great. Paid about $125.00 w/ a black face. 8X DVD+R 4X DVD-R 4X DVD+RW 2X DVD-RW 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW Tip: Some 4x media burns at 8x. Check out the manufactures website.

01-25-2004, 05:52 PM	#13
doober Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in yoOoo kitchen Posts: 6,984	how long to burn 5gb at 8x? im guessing 6-7minutes?

01-25-2004, 05:53 PM	#14
Stewie Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In bed with Vanilla Posts: 3,670	Pioneer DVR-A06U DVD±RW Writer Price Grabber

01-25-2004, 05:56 PM	#15
evildick Guest Posts: n/a	Is DVDXCopy worth the money for backing up movie DVD's, or is there something that does the same thing for free? (other than a cracked version of DVDXCopy)

01-25-2004, 05:58 PM	#16
doober Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in yoOoo kitchen Posts: 6,984	DVDxcopy works well, but i noticed on some older dvds they dont come out looking Amazing ( slightly choppy....most people wouldnt notice it) it does work well tho, backed quite a few with this app lately

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01-25-2004, 11:25 PM	#21
lennox Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 144	whatever you do, DO NOT buy a Pioneer. thats the only advice I have for DVD burners...

01-25-2004, 11:33 PM	#23
KobyBoy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Purgatory Posts: 201	I just got one myself last week. This is the first DVD recorder I ever owned/purchased. After doing some research about what to get DVD+R or DVD-R I narrowed it down to either the latest Sony drive or the latest Plextor drive. I ended up getting the latest Plextor drive from New Egg. I got this one, The reason why I got this one is because this drive is guaranteed to burn at 8x on 4x media. 8x media is either a) really hard to come by and b) its still very expensive. 4x media you can pick up anywhere for a very reasonable price. The drive is also capable of burning in DVD+R and also DVD-R format and you can use re-rewriteable disc so this drive is essentially a DVD+RW and DVD-RW combo drive. This together with the fact that it's guaranteed to burn at 8x on 4x media made it the #1 choice for me. All the discs that I've made with it so far can play on both my PS2 and also on my Toshiba DVD player no problem. This drive also comes in white/beige. If/when you get this drive head over to the Plextor site and download the latest firmware. It's very painless to do. The only thing that sucks is that if you get the non-OEM package from NewEgg they will charge you an extra $7 bucks for software with the drive which I don't recommend you use. It's comes with Easy CD creator and I've read on the net that it has some issues with XP. I got the OEM version of the drive that doesn't come with software and got Nero 6 also from NewEgg to handle all my burning needs.

01-26-2004, 05:21 PM	#25
flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	I have an old pioneer burner but it works great still (2 years old it was the cats ass when I first got it) as for software use dvd shrink its the best and its free!!!

01-27-2004, 12:21 AM	#30
KobyBoy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Purgatory Posts: 201	I second that. DVD Shrink is awesome and it's completely free. There is other software out there for those who are interested in this. Check out http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ and http://www.afterdark.com/ for guildes and what software to use.

01-27-2004, 12:23 AM	#31
KobyBoy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Purgatory Posts: 201	Actually its http://www.afterdawn.com/. I keep on screwing this up. Sorry...

01-27-2004, 12:57 AM	#32
phogirl69 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,330	I have a dvd burner and it SUCKS . Seems like it takes like 8 hours to "transcode" a 1 hr movie.... It takes FOREVER to transcode a mpeg to a movie on dvd, you have to do it overnight. And you need a lot of space on your pc to burn movies. I think the dvd burner makes an extra copy of the mpeg on your pc and it hogs up all the space. Is this normal?

01-27-2004, 01:38 AM	#33
4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	The pioneer a06 is an excellent drive, the Sony drives I have had bad luck with people I know getting them.

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01-27-2004, 02:20 AM	#35
flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	DVD Shrink can re-encode a 2 hour movie in 25 Mins on a good system...best program and its 100% free