DVD Burner Round-up

Julio writes "Gone are the days of storage floppies and zip drives... CD-RW drives do an excellent job in making cheap backups and just about every new computer is equipped with one. As computers and software evolve, so will media. DVD burner drives are already optional equipment on many computers, and will probably become a standard within the next year. Are you ready for a DVD burner? TechSpot has posted a round-up of flagship DVD recorders from Plextor, Panasonic and Pioneer."

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My Experiences

[Gailin]

I bought the Pioneer DVR-A05 dvd-r/rw burner. I must say that I love it! I, like a lot of people, have a home file server that I share all my files and music from. I had been making periodic backups onto other hard drives, but have found it be cumbersome and expensive. In an afternoon I was able to back up my server and all other important information onto dvd-r's and save a lot of money to boot.

If you shop around for media, you can find blanks pretty cheap. I think the ones I'm using now cost 1.26 a piece, which is much cheaper than hard drives.

As for movies, I bought my dvd player and burner around the same to time to ensure compatibility. I also have found that ALL of my friends home DVD players can play movies that I have recorded. And I think it would be fair to say, that most of the players have been purchased within the last two years. Of course, your experiences may vary, I have just had great luck with dvd-r/rw.

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