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Super-Fast Dual-Layer DVD Writing
An anonymous reader writes "If you've been putting off buying a dual layer DVD burner because they're so slow, check this out. The latest NEC drive burns dual-layer disks at 4x, writing over 8gb in 25 minutes. It also burns-single layer disks at 16x on both formats."
I wonder when the dual layer media is going to reach a sensible price.
With the recent constant reductions in price the writers will be cheaper than the discs before long.
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Nah, there's no point in waiting any more.
:)
As far as standards and compatibility is concerned, who knows??? I know that my powerbook only accepts DVD-R media, my Pioneer standalone player in my home theatre rack plays both + and -.
So, regardless of the standards, I can use my sub-100 dvd[+-]R burner in my pc to do what works for me, regardless of what "standards" are going to be victorious.
Dual layer media is too expensive at this time to consider it for everyday use, imo.
So, there, I answered pretty much none of your questions
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Has anyone done any tests on the quality of the drive's writes? I have a Lite-On 8x DVD+/-R drive that everyone raves about, combined with 8x Taiyo Yuden media. I burn them at 4x, and I *still* have to let Nero verify the write every time, with 1 out of 8 or so being bad burns. I'm more concerned about my burned DVDs being readable in a few years than I am about speed. Maybe I just got a bad drive?
I don't really mind the taxes so much, because it legitimizes piracy in my eyes.
Afterall, I'm giving the MPAA money whenever I buy a blank.. So I should get something in return, right?
Netflix + DVD Decryptor here I come!
Unfortunately the people who NEVER pirate movies end up getting screwed with no recourse other than to start pirating...
Doesn't the MPAA realize this? }:)
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Possibly, but aren't one layer written outer->inner and the other layer inner->outer?
Anyhow, it'd probably require quite complex software to compute what data goes where, basically you'd have to create a complete disc image before write could start.
(the above is just speculation)
One of the big problems now are the high cost of decent tape backup systems. The drives are expensive, and the media is expensive, but it is about the only choice out there.
Backup needs to be as large as, or close to, the size of disks. Backup media have to be cheap enough so multiple copies of the data can be made, and some of it stored offsite.
With disks growing far more than any other media, tape is barely catching up, and optical media (Rewritable CDs, and rewritable DVDs) is way behind.
What we need is to have a reasonably prices read/write medium as large as existing disks, so one can keep a daily backup (5 work days or 7 week days), and an offsite monthly backup.
So, we need a standard format Rewritable DVD media that is 40 or 80 GB, and the technology to grow quickly to keep up with 120 and 250 GB disks.
(Before you say USB 2.0 external hard drives, these are good and all, but you need many of those to have a daily backup and some of them offsite too).
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The problem with dual-layer burners at the moment isn't really the speed but the price of the blank media. I got an NEC 2510a for the ridiculously cheap price of 80, which burns dual-layer at 2.4x - more than acceptable in my book. However, while I can get good-quality single layer blanks for around 60c each, dual-layer blanks are around 6. So I'll be holding off on those for a while, I think....
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