[Tfug] OT DVD burners

[Brian Masur]

I know this is a tad old but I wanted to put my $0.02 in.

www.3btech.net has a nice LG DVD+/-RW DL for $32, and it's beige too.

I've had plenty of Plextors go through my hands and I've never seen any 
evidence of them being better in any way...

Just about all drives have DL capability and are not any more expensive than 
without DL.  I still have yet to burn a DL disc but it will be nice for the 
xbox360 games ;)

Have a wonderful day.

>From: "Matt Jacob" <matt.jacob at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] OT DVD burners
>Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:33:23 -0700
>
>Most of the drives coming out these days are at least +/-RW, and some
>are DL (dual-layer). You can easily find a drive like that for < $40,
>but if quality is important to you (or your friend), I would go with a
>Plextor drive, which will set you back $70-100.
>
>In my opinion, it's not worth it to go out of your way to get a DL
>drive because the cost of DL media is still pretty high. If the drive
>you're looking at happens to have DL capabilities, then go for it, but
>the last time I checked, DL discs were ~ $2/ea., and SL discs came out
>to ~ $0.30/ea. Your choice, though. ;-)
>
>Matt
>
>On 8/25/06, Steven Bowers <steveb7 at bblabs.net> wrote:
> > A friend of mine came to me looking for advice on a DVD burner. He wants
> > to make home movies and put them on DVD. I've not looked into this in a
> > while and a quick perusal was information overload - +R, -R, single
> > layer or dual, etc.
> >
> > Has anyone bought one recently that can give me a basic rundown of what
> > to look for, and maybe any advice on what to avoid?
> >
> > Steve
> >
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