[Tfug] OT DVD burners

[Brad Becker]

Based on personal experience and those of friends I'll just add that the  
brand to *stay away* from is Lite-on.  They use to make a great CD  
reader/burner but their DVDRW units have really tanked.

> 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