Off list What do you use them for, i.e. what do you burn on them watch on a stand alone DVD player?
Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:26 AM Subject: Re: DVD burner - external > At 01:52 AM 5/25/2005, Francis Harvey typed: > >with Sony and Plextor being in the lead because they seem to promise > >something the others don't, DVD-R DL. > > That's just plain WRONG. There is no DVD-R DL media & so what if there were > there are almost no stand alone players that will play this stuff. One of > my venders that does sell the DVD+R DL media strongly urges that one NOT > buy it if one is expecting to use it for video play back in a stand alone > player. > > >I had also considered the Toshiba External USB 2.0 Slimline DVD SuperMulti > >Drive because a friend has a pioneer dvr and this drive seems to promise > >that I would be able to share DVD-RAM disks with him. However, I don't > >necessarily want to give up the DVD-R DL option for him if it is > >definitely something worth having. > > Unless you know that you have a stand alone DVD player that plays DVD-R DL > disks that don't even exist yet then I certainly wouldn't worry about that > option. I have an external Pioneer DVR-107 & an internal DVR-108. IIRC the > 108 is the only one that will burn DL disks & I haven't even tried one yet > because I know my stand alone players can't handle it. For all the > technical info that you could want & then some go to > <http://www.videohelp.com/>. > > >Can anybody suggest a better model from these vendors or possibly another > >vendor that I should also consider? Also, does anyone have an opinion on > >the relative merits of DVD-R DL? It seems that other than lacking this > >feature and a slight bump in price; the Toshiba would also be a viable > >competitor. I appreciate any thoughts anyone cares to share. TIA. > > Pioneer has been making them the longest & as far as I'm concerned they're > the best. Heck even Sony included them in their laptops until Sony started > making their own. You can get a 109 at Mwave.com for as little as $59 plus > S&H. OBTW afaik Pioneer is compatible with more brands of blanks than any > other & Ritek 8x disks routinely burn at 12x with no problem & if you want > to upgrade the firmware you can push the 8x Riteks to burn at 16x saving > you tons of loot. The difference you can send this way if you're so > inclined. ;-) > > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft > international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions > about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
