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Which DVD-Recordable Drives?

Posted by Hemos on from the which-one-to-get dept.

We've had a couple stories recently about DVD-RW and such. I'm wondering what ones out there people have used, how well they work, what's the support etc etc. I'm also still on my quest to build the ultimate quiet machine, so any comment on the amount of noise the drive generates would be great - I love my Yamaha Drive for burning - but it's a *loud* one.

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  1. Re:This may seem obvious but.. by (void*) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which goes to show that the DVD Consortium thinks about YOUR copyrights. They are allowed to use CSS to scramble their disks for their "copyright protection", but someone who wants to protect their own creation must pay up and join in their cartel. Why?

  2. Non-conforming players (was Re:This may seem...) by pastie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...which must surely be illegal, as it would be unable to play a disc conforming to the DVD standard

    Sorry, but there is no way that players not conforming to the standard are `illegal' in the sense of the law. If they were, then there would be many manufacturers of early DVD players who would be being sued by consumers for non-100%-conforming players, which wouldn't play their discs properly.

    Hmmm, consortium-based standards.