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Super-Fast Dual-Layer DVD Writing

Posted by timothy on from the plain-white-wrapper dept.

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."

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  1. Quality of write? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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?

  2. Re:It's the media, not the drive. by ZorinLynx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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? }:)

    -Z