Re: Pros and cons of dual layer burners?


<mad hatter®> wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:31:59 -0500, "Frank K." <fkozerski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I have been considering buying a Sony DRU 820A burner and
would like to get thoughts from you. The price of disks is
my main hang-up.

The drive comes with Nero. I've not had good luck with Nero
in the past. Would it be required for the dual layer drive,
or would any writing software work?

I have a Dell 8300, 3.4 gig processor, 1 Gig of ram, One
CD/DVD ROM drive and one CD/DVD+R/RW drive. I'm thinking of
replacing the ROM drive with a second burner.

Thanks -- Frank



Well for me, I briefly thought of it but I'm afraid of compatibility
problems with the older dvd burner/roms I already have in other
systems. I'm assuming the older dvd players/burners can't read the
dual layered dvds at all tho I haven't bothered to research
this...just a guess on my part. If that's the case, I don't think it
would be worth my while to purchase a dual layered dvd burner.

Bottom line is compatibility if you plan to use the dual dvd's
elsewhere (other than your system). If its only for your system, I
guess its okay.


Nothing wrong with buying a dual-layer drive. While it may have limited
uses right now, there's a good possibility that in 2-3 years more uses for
created discs will be noticeable, and that drive compatibility problems will
be further minimized.

I've burned only 4.7gb capacity DVD stuff with mine, and only data at that.
But the cost of dual-layer features are almost insignificant now when
compared to non-dual burners (if they're even sold anymore).

Rather than Sony, I'd recommend Pioneer DVDRWs as they've gotten some good
"street cred" for performance over the last year or two. Mine is a model
DVR-109. It was around $60 from www.zipzoomfly.com

Stew
Stew


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