Can anyone recommend any decent cd burners. I am in the states next week and would like to pick one up so I can copy DVD's and PS2 games.

Cheers
Steven

 

LOL Don't beat around the bush will you ?

Liteon and Plextor are good ones to look out for

 

I'd highly recommend Plextor (I have the 1210 IDE internal drive) - just make sure that if you get an IDE drive, it has burn-proof. I think pretty much all of the new ones do.

 

Maybe even a DVD-R drive ?

 

or maybe a DVD+RW?

 

A03 is now replaced by the A04

Although the 104 doesn't write DVD-R any faster than the previous model (the Pioneer 103), Pioneer says there have been several improvements

1) Drive length has been shortened by 1cm

2) Both horizontal + vertical mounting is possible

3) Increased read speed for DVD-Rom - was 4X, now 6X

4) Digital Audio connector removed - Analog only

5) Front bezel / LED indicator changed

6) Buffer Underrun Free for CD-R/CD-RW

7) Lower Fan Noise - sleeve bearing instead of ball bearing

8) Shorten format time for DVD-RW format (only 2minutes)

9) Support at 4x for High Speed CDRW discs.

 

Liteon 32x burner for £50 !!! on jungle.com.
Christ thats cheap, paid 180 for my 24x 12 months ago

 

A dealer friend of mine can supply the A04 for just under £300 inc VAT.

Josh

 

Thanks for the info guys. Lets face it if we are all honest, we wouldn't want a burner unless it was to copy DVD's or games.

Cheers
Steven

 

YGM

 

It's got to be a HP, they are great I had a couple of them. Got a Plexor and have done in excess of 2,000 disks with it and it's still going strong (although double speed) Or a Lite On LTR **** I got one of these as well (budget one) and you can write at 24 speed amd the surprise is, you can read it again after

I always test the maximum speed, by writing a music CD then testing in the Scooby while driving, if it work then "jobs a good un!!"

Cheers Phill C

 

While on the topic of PS2/PC game back-up copies how do you do this?I've got a fairly new LG burner and use Nero.I've done a copy of a PS2 cd-rom and the PS2 says "insert playstation or playstation2 format disk".I did a copy of a PC game and it installed but wouldn't play.Does it depend on the game or is it the burning software?Any help appreciated.

Peter Stone

PS.These are back-up copies of course!

 

PeterStone,

On a playstation disk there are errors (for want of a better word) written at the beginning that the CD writer can't copy as it see's them as errors. I think it's part of the PS O/S.

Basically the PS will need to be chipped, so the errors (part of the O/S) are loaded on bootup. It's a simple PIC chip and is so easy to fit

Hope this helps, Cheers Phill C

PS I backup all my PS games and let the kids trash the copies

 

What about PC games?It seems to almost work.

Pete

 

Peter,

It should work fine for PC games mate

What do you mean by almost work ?

Cheers Phill C

 

It copied the game (CM2) which i then installed from the copy but when i tried to run it nothing happened.If i was to get a dvd burner would i still have to chip the ps2?

Cheers

Pete

 

Colin McRae 2 on the PC is copy protected. It needs a patch

 

. . . and yes, you still need to chip your PS2 to play DVD-R's etc.

 

How do i know which one's i can copy or is it a case of trial and error?Where do i find these patches?I take it they're not official ones
Also what about ps2 titles?Back-up copies of course

Pete

 

www.gamecopyworld.com
www.megagames.com

Have a look on here for lists of copy protected games.

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 6/14/2002 12:16:21 PM]

 

This may be of use to you too

http://www.dvd2dvdr.com/

 

Pioneer A03 DVD Writer is what you want.(Is a DVD-R format writer)Ideal for making "backups" of PS2 games.Also is an 8x cd writer into the bargain!

Nick

P.S: Get hold of Primo DVD software as this is best for the PS2 backups.Not that I'd know or anything!!!

[Edited by NickAdams - 6/11/2002 4:52:30 PM]