DVD Writers
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Scooba da Bass
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Pioneer 106D.
Yaka
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stay away from the pio 107/a07. i ve had six coasters just but trying to burn some files (mainly me own art werk and the odd word file) on it. and i only got it on monday 
oh yeah anyone know wots the best proggies to use for burning mpeg 1, mpeg 2, avi, divx, xvid etc to dvd for playback on standalone players?
oh yeah anyone know wots the best proggies to use for burning mpeg 1, mpeg 2, avi, divx, xvid etc to dvd for playback on standalone players?
Scooba da Bass
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Use TGMPenc to convert to dvd compliant mpegs then your dvd authoring software of choice.
TMPGenc is fnatastic....I love it...& its mostly free (not the mpeg2 converter tho)
As for burners I have this on (back) order
MSI DR8-A 8x DVD±R/±RW (Black) - Retail (CD-009-MS)
£99 inc
It was supposed to be in stock - I've been waiting 2 weeks for it....dont get me started
As for burners I have this on (back) order
MSI DR8-A 8x DVD±R/±RW (Black) - Retail (CD-009-MS)
£99 inc
It was supposed to be in stock - I've been waiting 2 weeks for it....dont get me started
Dunno
Pioneer 106 rocked haven't seen 107 yet. Sony is ok bit fussy on media, doesn't like Princo die much although I've heard with BIOS flash it's ok.
Have a NEC 8x ND2500 it's ok, seems pick up time is long though, burns 6x (?) to 4x +R DVD's, thats what Nero says, takes 9mins full 4gb.
Have heard Lite-On's are good but I keep selling em before I have a chance to have a play
Convert AVI's with cucu soft, well it's least painful method and I like it, www.cucusoft.com
MEDIA is important on DVD's, Ritek die all the way.
Pioneer 106 rocked haven't seen 107 yet. Sony is ok bit fussy on media, doesn't like Princo die much although I've heard with BIOS flash it's ok.
Have a NEC 8x ND2500 it's ok, seems pick up time is long though, burns 6x (?) to 4x +R DVD's, thats what Nero says, takes 9mins full 4gb.
Have heard Lite-On's are good but I keep selling em before I have a chance to have a play
Convert AVI's with cucu soft, well it's least painful method and I like it, www.cucusoft.com
MEDIA is important on DVD's, Ritek die all the way.
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Yaka said:stay away from the pio 107/a07. i ve had six coasters just but trying to burn some files (mainly me own art werk and the odd word file) on it. and i only got it on monday
oh yeah anyone know wots the best proggies to use for burning mpeg 1, mpeg 2, avi, divx, xvid etc to dvd for playback on standalone players?
Maybe the discs you are using, I take it you aren't doing it at 8x because that would be crazy!
I got a Pioneer 106 and I still only burn at 2x.
xane said:
I just bought 25 of them on the advice of a bloke at MD...thing is they are "-". Now, "+" is faster I believe & more popular...is that right...did I buy the wrong media? (my burner dose both...but I want compatibilty with my living room DVD player)...
Ta
Scooba da Bass
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Dvd-r is marginally more compatible but both will play in most things.
SoWat
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Lite-On have a good reputation, and I have a CD Recorder from them.
I decided to purchase a DVD Writer (for much the same reasons as yourself) and ended up buying an Optorite DD 0401.
Specs:
DVD +R 8x
DVD -R 4x
DVD+RW 4x
DVD-RW 2x
CDR 40x
CD-RW 24x
HD-BURN 24x
I really like the HD-Burn (High Density Burn) which can cram 1.5Gb of data onto a normal 700mb CDR.
I use both +R and -R blanks. +R are more expensive, but can be written to faster. However, I've found I use the HD-Burn a lot more than I thought I would... it's perfect for when you have too much data to fit onto a single CD, but too little to justify sticking it onto a DVD.
Price was around £80 with VAT from Scan.
I decided to purchase a DVD Writer (for much the same reasons as yourself) and ended up buying an Optorite DD 0401.
Specs:
DVD +R 8x
DVD -R 4x
DVD+RW 4x
DVD-RW 2x
CDR 40x
CD-RW 24x
HD-BURN 24x
I really like the HD-Burn (High Density Burn) which can cram 1.5Gb of data onto a normal 700mb CDR.
I use both +R and -R blanks. +R are more expensive, but can be written to faster. However, I've found I use the HD-Burn a lot more than I thought I would... it's perfect for when you have too much data to fit onto a single CD, but too little to justify sticking it onto a DVD.
Price was around £80 with VAT from Scan.
SoWat
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As far as I know they'll only play on HD-Burn compatible devices. I tried them on my CDR drive and they weren't recognised. They were recognised on my Laptop's DVD/CDR drive though.
Not a big problem for me as they contain data that is only for the system it came off.
I believe that only decent quality CDRs will pass the pre-burn test also.
edit: ZDNet had this to say about it.
Not a big problem for me as they contain data that is only for the system it came off.
I believe that only decent quality CDRs will pass the pre-burn test also.
edit: ZDNet had this to say about it.
smurkin said:As for burners I have this on (back) order
MSI DR8-A 8x DVD±R/±RW (Black) - Retail (CD-009-MS)
£99 inc
It was supposed to be in stock - I've been waiting 2 weeks for it....dont get me started
Well, I got the above...seems to be a good burner...came with Nero...last night I burned quake 1, 2 & 3 @ 4x (including all my mods) onto a single disk...and the quake3.exe even works loading from the DVD....marvelous
I tried some movies...and haven't had a coaster yet...& they work in my living room player too *chuffed* weird thing is...it seems to run from a generic windows driver ?!? works fine tho