Brun

Never had much to do with DVD's but due to the amount of info on my pc i want to backup i thought i might get a writer.
This one is just a cheap one and will do the job i guess. Is there anything i need to be looking for when buying one of these?
Cheers

jpor

iTrader: (1)

Ummm... maybe worth reading This first.

KojaK

DVD Writers from CCL - Online Retailer of the Year 2006 Try this site for dvd writers and depending were u live in west yorkshire the place is easy to get to.As for wat to look out for,i myself look for the speed it can burn and quality it does it in,check for reviews on net.As for site jpor is on about ive got the sony which is reviewed.

ronjeramy

iTrader: (1)

Pioneer all the way don't think they are that expensive either.

lightning101

I personally would only use three brands - Pioneer, NEC and Plextor

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

Lg are good as well, plextor tend to be expensive and in my experience with cd burners at leats, arent always capable of writing in certain formats correctly.

lightning101

The LG superdrive does a lot for the money, but the ACTUAL writing speed can't compete with the pioneer. Try timing them to burn identical DVD's side by side

Brun

Ok - all taken on board.
Which of these is they way forward as they are all pretty close on price?
What's the score with the DVDs used to write on . I see some have 8.5g of space to use and some have much less.
On the Aria website - here they have duel layer dvd, dvd+ and dvd-

lightning101

Buy the 112 but not the "D" edition as it doesn't support ram disks

DVD+ and - were like VHS and Betamax, but all modern drives support both formats. DVD-R seem to be more compatible with console backups "apparently". Also they all support dual layer, which is pretty much as described and has double the capacity for the same physical size of disc but with two layers instead of one. Also dual layer are far more expensive and take 10 minutes to burn at full speed.

The pioneer has firmware updates regularly to allow the drives to support more discs and dyes and are available along with the instructions on pioneers main site.

Hope that is some help without me getting to technical.

Brun

Cheers