Which DVD writer format would I need to 'back-up' DVDs?

cheers,
simon:D

Depends on what you intend to play your backups on. You need to get a writer that writes in either DVD-R or DVD+R depending on what format is supported by your player.

Personally I have a 4 x DVD-R at home and a Sony firewire DVD+/-R at work.

Take a look at VCDHelp and see what formats are supported bu your player.

you can "back-up" DVD's on to most of the formats, what matters is what your player will read, take a look at the compatabilty list here
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/resources/compatibilitylist_dvdvideo.html

you will also find that you can't usually "back-up" a DVD movie onto a single disc and either have to split it of recompress it. this is due to commercial DVD disc's being multi-layer and hence larger capacity then the dvd +/- R/RW discs

Thanks.

Its just a bog standard LG DVD player. Not sure what it plays. About 12 months old.

I have a Toshiba 2X dvd-r writer.
DVDshrink to cut/compress(freeware)
Nero to copy.

If you only want the film you can fit it on one disc with no/very minimal loss of quality.

My theory is get the cheapest writer cos in a year or so even the best one will be superceded.

I'd been considering an NEC ND1000 - Internal 2x1x4x8 IDE DVD+RW at £136 plus VAT.

What do you think?

Once again, thanks for the help.

simon:D

Was just going to recommend my Pioneer DVD recorder IDE DVR-105 but its gone up in price £50 since I bought it :eek: :eek:

I got that NEC writer and am extremely pleased with it. :D Think I only paid 110 quid for it though as I went with the bare drive package...

Chris

[Edited by Chris_S199 - 5/28/2003 12:34:06 PM]

Have a Toshiba SD-R5002 and it seems fine.Cost £150.

[Edited by south-star - 5/28/2003 12:36:25 PM]

btw...is there any reason why a write once dvd should be any better quality than a rewritable one of the same standard?

Si,
Long time no speak.....
SVP Communications who I have used many times are doing the Pioneer 105 for £145.99 inclusive of vat. BARGAIN!! :D

Good luck

Nick

thanks nick;)

if your unsure on the dvd format try BIG POCKETS they are doing a dual format NEC writer for £200 cant complain for that price;)

I've got the Pioneer 105 - superb bit of kit, not had any probs with it at all :D