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First DVD+R9 Burners Reviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the double-the-fun dept.

Hack Jandy writes "DVD dual-layer burners finally seem ready for the public - today, a review of the Sony DRU-700A was posted by Anandtech, and teasers of the BenQ 830A posted at CDRInfo.com. Unfortunately, the drives seem too slow to to really warrant a purchase."

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  1. MPAA Intervention? by Sinter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure the MPAA will try their best to stop these drives from going on the market. In the same sense that the RIAA tried to stop CD burners when they first emerged.

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    1. Re:MPAA Intervention? by 91degrees · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I would think there is at least some communication between the different divisions of Sony.

      I wouldn't. Large organisations are typically pretty much separate companies. The only parts they share are the sharehlders, who aren't really too interest in exact the product portfolio.

  2. I don't care if they're slow. by mattkinabrewmindspri · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they hold a full, uncompressed movie, they're good enough.

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    1. Re:I don't care if they're slow. by aonaran · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't know how others feel, but 45mins for a perfect DVD-9 copy vs 15mins to burn 2 DVD-5s plus an hour sorting out what goes on which disc beforehand or 8 mins burning one dvd-5 and several hours of recompression ... I think I'll take the 45min dvd-9 burn thanks.

  3. Is it just me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or is speed overrated?

    I'm not saying I like taking my time with a DVD to do some sweet authoring down by the fire. But it seems to me, at least, data density, features and price are the determining factors. I'm not banging out a couple hundred copies of my greatest DOA:Volleyball matches (Unrated edition) for sale on ebay, so the time it takes to burn one isn't exactly critical.

    1. Re:Is it just me... by Compact+Dick · · Score: 3, Insightful
      But it seems to me, at least, data density, features and price are the determining factors.
      Reliability and data longevity are the most important factors.
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  4. To slow compared to what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No offense but how can a device that does something that has never been 'do-able' before too slow...to slow as comapared to what?! What do you use to burn a 9G dvd?

    P.S. why in the heck won't this thing let me post on the article BLAH..I don't hve an account why are you discriminating against me becuase I don't wish to register?

  5. Yes. by eddy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, it's overrated by most people. Most don't need to burn 50 DVDs/day, and if they do, they've got the funds to invest in more burners.

    The problem specifically, I have found, is that people burn at top speed, which makes their system mostly unusable during the burn due to IO load -- so they complain that it takes "too long" as they must 'wait' for it to complete.

    What I do instead is burn at a slower rate (2x), which doesn't starve my IO, meaning I can actually do other things while "waiting" for the burn to complete.

    PS. SCSI-trolls can stay away.

    PSS. My first CDR burner topped out at 1x and had a 64Kbyte buffer. Only stable in Win 3.11 due to the small buffer.

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  6. the article on one page by elinenbe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    stop clicking the "next page" links every paragraph and try this out! anandtech.com review [anandtech.com]

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  7. Er... by yoz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would think there is at least some communication between the different divisions of Sony.

    This would be the same Sony whose music division created copy-protected CD albums that couldn't be used with the electronics division's Net-MD player's ripping system, yes?