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Which DVD-Recordable Drives?
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.
Is DVD+RW going to be the next DVD-burning standard? (That's what I've heard) Isn't it the only standard wich will burn DVD's that can be played in a DVD-movie-player for the TV? Where is DVD-R and DVD-RAM in this?
Look a monkey!
"there are DVD players out there that won't play unencrypted video"
Are you serious? What about all of the *legal* films (and other multimedia whatevers) which are on unencrypted DVDs? I personally own an unencrypted DVD - it came with Diablo 2 and contains all the cinematic sequences, plus a lot of other stuff. Are there companies that make DVD players which *intentionally* won't play my DVD, simply because they can't distinguish it from one that *might* be pirated? What happens when people start burning home video to DVD, without encrypting it? Tough luck? If this is true, and especially if the players are not advertised as having this `feature' (which must surely be illegal, as it would be unable to play a disc conforming to the DVD standard), I fail to see how the manufacturers would justify it. The purpose may be reasonable, but taking away a person's right to use something they legally own is most definitely not.
Wait a minute, that argument seems vaguely familiar...
Do any of the DVD-R drives work under Linux just for archiving data? It would be nice to make video DVD's but I would just like to use them to make backups.
Who the hell decided to use the abbreviations "DVD-RW" and "DVD+RW" for two significantly different formats? These couldn't be more confusing, especially since there is no clear way to even verbally articulate the difference. Why not "DVD-RW1" and "DVD-RW2"? Hasn't the hardware industry learned the lesson that causing confusion for consumers is detrimental to them?
The only certainty is entropy.
Other good sites with compatibility information are from Lifeclips.com and YesVideo.com, services which will transfer your videos from other formats (Hi-8, VHS, etc.) to DVD, along with automatic scene detection, chapters, menus, etc.
Their compatibility lists are here:
Lifeclips Compatible DVD Players
YesVideo Compatible DVD Players
As far as I know, these companies use standard PC-based DVD burners, but I could be mistaken.