Which DVD writer is the best in the market and how much would it cost? Also please help me select between +/-R, DVD RAM, bludisc, etc...
136820
I have a Pioneer DVD109 that has been a real work horse. You can get them for about $30 and it will write either -R or +R.\n\nI have had a lot of trouble with Sony drives and they do not stand behind their products like they should.\n\nBlue Ray isn't available yet. They are about to release but I would stay away for awhile. Also the media will be pricey for awhile. You can get standard DVDs +R or -R for less then 30 cents each everywhere.
172307
I use Nero Express.  You can get it at Directron.com for $2.99 plus shipping.
114708
google DVD Shrink\nand DVD Decryptor\nneither are no longer supported\nbut you can find where they are at\n\nsome of the newest will not rip with the above 2\nfor that BUY AnyDVD, the current DVD Ripping champ on all protection schemes ( including audio cd's )
409924
DVD-RW: Good and pretty much standard \nCPU: 2 generations old and not the top of the line model of it's own generation either.\nLCD: Low resolution. So-So \nRAM: Minimum standard. 1 Gig is much better.\nHDD: Another standard. OK but not great.\nGraphic: BAD BAD BAD. You can't play serious games and it also slowes down the system by eating up memory (of which u have the minimum to begin with). However if u only browse, watch films, listen to music etc. it will be enough\nWireless: standard. \nOverall, a rather old system that will be good for basic tasks as I mentioned and general office productivity stuff. It will not be well suited for the upcoming Windows Vista. Price depends on brand and condition. If it is NEW and an average brand (hp, compaq, Dell, etc.) I'd say $500 sounds reasonable but I would not pay more than $300-400 for it personally.
190371
The media can be hard to find at times.  But it is out there.  I have heard that Verbatim is the better brand to buy.  But it has to say that it is LightScribe Media or it will not work.\n\n\nHave a great day.
609530
No it is not difficult to install a DVD Writer on your own.Its simple plugging the IDE cable (the broad gray coloured cable) and a power cable.. thats it! :)\nAbout your slot question, if i understood correctly, you mean to replace either CD writer or CD rom? If i had to do it, i would put it in my CD rom slot so that I have one for writing CDs, one for DVDs and ofcourse both can read CDs (thus makin plain CDROM redundant).
280835
Amazing CD & DVD Burner 1.6.2\nEasily burn music, video and data CDs and DVDs. Amazing CD & DVD Burner handles all drive types including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM (SCSI, IDE, EIDE, and USB).\n\nFrequent tasks such as burning files, building and burning ... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 2,673\nPrice: FREE\nDate: April 27th, 2005 05:03\nSC Free DVD Ripper and Burner 5.0.0.2\nSC Free DVD Ripper and Burner; Burn for CD, DVD burning, ripping. Data Burner - create, burn traditional data CDs, DVDs, and ISO-images as well as multi-session, bootable.\n\nAudio Burner - create, burn audio CDs easily from WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, RAW, V... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 3,006\nPrice: FREE\nDate: October 18th, 2005 06:04\nHT Fireman CD/DVD Burner 1.3\nHT Fireman shows you an easy way to burn data disk and audio CD.\n\nTo burn disk, you only need to drag-and-drop files/folders into HT Fireman from Explorer, and click 'Burn!' button.\n\nYou can get burned disk with only a few clicks and drags. HT Fi... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 4,770\nPrice: FREE\nDate: July 6th, 2005 02:33\nExpress Burn CD/DVD Burner 1.09\nExpress Burn is a program for Windows that lets you create and record audio or data CDs with any PC with a CD recorder installed.\n\nWith Express Burn you can record a data or audio CD quickly and easily by dragging the files you want onto the Express... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 6,470\nPrice: FREE\nDate: May 18th, 2006 21:33\nDVD TO DVD COPY XPRESS 2.6.0.0\nMake perfect-quality backup copies of all your DVD movies using your own dvd burner. Keep the same sound & video quality when you backup your DVD with all the special features, menus, subtitles, and languages included.\n\nSupports copy-protected DVDs,... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 30,461\nPrice: FREE\nDate: July 6th, 2005 07:34\nMP3 burner 0.6 beta\nMP3 Burner will take your music in any of those formats, convert it to WAV, normalize them and burn them directly to a CD!! No more having to use 3 programs to make your MP3's in to audio CD. Very fast MP3 to WAV conversion. You can just convert to WA... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 1,590\nPrice: FREE\nDate: February 10th, 2006 12:46\nDVD Identifier 4.3.0\nDVD Identifier retrieves and interprets the pre-recorded information that is present on dvd media (dvd+r, dvd+r dl, dvd+rw, dvd+rw dl, dvd-r, dvd-r dl, dvd-rw and dvd-ram) and on blu-ray media (bd-r and bd-re).\n\nThis information contains a variety of... [ read more ] OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 16,770\nPrice: FREE\nDate: February 14th, 2006 19:44\nDVD Holder 1.1.0\nOrganize your DVD's with this easy to use dvd cataloger.\n\nOnline manual OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 2,430\nPrice: FREE\nDate: August 31st, 2003 09:13\nDVD Knife 2.0\nThe clips will be stored in VOB format only. This is the simplest and fastest tool in its category which has ability to extract long VOB clips in seconds. OS: Windows NT/2K/XP/2003\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 753\nPrice: FREE\nDate: February 5th, 2006 00:01\nDVD Album 1.0.2\nYou can change menu thumbnails and captions, select the background picture and different video options. OS: Windows All\nLicense: Freeware\nDownloads: 274\nPrice: FREE\nDate: M
310455
dvdshrink has worked perfectly for me for years.  You jsut need to have the software that came with your dvd burner to actually put it onto a disk - dvd shrink will convert the files and save them on to your hard drive (unless you have nero, then it will burn it automagically)
36990
If you know that you are going to make a dvd recording and won't mess up on it then use the dvd-r because you can only use that disk once. The dvd-rw is a good disk because you can record over it if you decide you don't like what you recorded on that disk. just remember that -r is for recording once, and -rw is for recording over whats on it.
633158
Depends on what you are doing.\nIf you are just burning files (like docs and spreadsheets) you can use Nero, or Deepburner (Free).  Or you can use Windows by Drag and Dropping onto the DVD-Drive letter in My COmputer.\n\nIf you want to Make DVDs, it gets alot more complex because it has to be burned a specific way.  My Suggestion is DVD-Shrink, however it has been discontinued.  Maybe if you look online you can find it.
253997
I use +R media. I have found it more reliable than the -R media. The cost of the RW disks is higher so unless you want to record over disks use the DVD+R.\n\nWith Nero you have many options. To copy the disk you would need to use the 'Copy Entire Disk' option, but be warned, many commercial DVDs have copyright protection and Nero will refuse to copy. \n\nA more reliable prgram is Clone DVD, it is slow, but it ignores copyright!! It can also compress DVDs so that they fit on one disk.\n\nFull length DVDs show as nearly 9Gb, which is twice the size of a standard DVD disk and therefore will not copy using Nero.
103658
Actually, most DVD drives will handle faster discs, and will just burn them at the lower speed.  But, if you're fixed on getting 4X DVD+R blanks, you might try going to Newegg's website and ordering them from there.  Here's a link for you and you can go from there:\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2010100071+1087408097&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=71
494567
I am not fond of Lightscribe as many users have stated, a bit expensive on the drive and also the media is quite expensive.\n\nI have a regular burner (cheap) and I have a printer that allows you to feed inkjet printable DVD's to print any picture on the DVD.  It looks very good.\n\nEpson and HP.  All you have to do is make sure you get the inkjet printable media.  They are very cheap on the web and good quality also.  Stick with Ritek for the single layers.\n\nYou can also download covers so you don't have to scan them yourself.\n\nhttp://www.cdcovers.cc/\n\nThey really look great and I create cover art for a lot of my home movies and people think I got those printed by some expensive production house.
507461
yes you are missing something... you need a DVD-R/W to write DVDs....
323562
You can buy a new CD or DVD drive alone. You should look to buy a CD writer DVD ROM combo drive, if you also want to burn CDs. You could also buy a DVD writer so you can burn DVDs and CDs as well as watch DVDs and use CDs. They are fairly inexpensive, and also come with all the software you would need to do all these, so if you have problems with your existing one, you should just buy a new one.
515428
NewEgg.com has some pretty good deals...\nhttp://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category.asp?Category=10&name=CD-DVD-Burners-Media
70709
player readers have evolved in last 3/4 years.dvd's the same.my burned dvd's only play on machines from late '04 +.\nbe sure to be using a cleaner disc,$10 @ shack.best of luck\n(use r not rw)