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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. It's the media, not the drive. by explorer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, the drives have been cheap for awhile. It's the expensive media that makes it pointless right now. Last I checked, Ritek DVD+R dual-layer blanks were going for $9.50/each. Thanks but no thanks.

    1. Re:It's the media, not the drive. by AsnFkr · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Word on the street is after the holidays the prices of media will become reasonable. God I hope so. Cheap media is all I want for xmas.

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    2. Re:It's the media, not the drive. by xtink · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I agree I have a big problem pay more for a 10 pacl of media then i paid for the drive

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    3. Re:It's the media, not the drive. by devilspgd · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Not just in your eyes, in law. If you are paying to copy movies, then you are allowed to copy movies. This is just simple logic.

      I'm curious if they'll try it though, the Canadian recording industry is trying to get the levy removed so that they can go after people copying CDs in Canada. The supreme court told them they wanted the levy, they got their levy, and now they're stuck with their levy and as a result we can legally download music.

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  2. When will the format wars end? by chrispyman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do the "do every format" DVD writers like this just mean that there will be no single DVD format, or will one format eventually win out? Then again, with DVD writers becoming almost, if not as cheap as CD burners, is there really any point in waiting to get a DVD burner?

  3. Pioneer DVR-108 does the same by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The pioneer DVR-108 has a 4x DL and a 16x for both single layer formats. I bought one for $10 less than the 107 which doesn't do DL.

  4. Re:Super FASTER Dual-Layer DVD Writing by mtnharo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Nope that's the real URL. Looks like Toshiba's web developer decided the best way to access everything on their web database using encoded parameters. Ugly, but an interesting tactic to force people to enter through the main portal of the site.

  5. Sony to announce experimental 8 layer 200 GB ... by pentium69 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is an extract from this story http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10540/

    Whilst we wait for dual layer media to tumble in price, we can satisfy our craving by contemplating this news release from PC World. According to this article, Sony has cast caution to the wind and developed an 8 layer 200 gigabyte Blu-ray disc. Although they have not decided whether to commercialize such a product, they are saying a 4 layer 100 gigabyte version is expected to hit the consumer market within the next 2 years.

    Do you think movies will be distributed on this media? DVDShrink compression ratio will be like 1% !!!

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  6. Re:I remember when CDRs were $10 each.. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back when I had a 1x writer. It was a deal and a half back then. Give the market some time, they'll come down to $1 a disc eventually..

    I got my first CD Burner in 1997. I paid $299 for an external SCSI from JVC when internals were going for the same price. The discs were outrageously expensive. I would need to do a good 15-20 minutes of prep work before I burned a disc just to make sure I wouldn't have a buffer underrun. They were WAY too expensive to waste.

    LK

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  7. Old news by __aailob1448 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've had my 3500A for about a month now. It offers a great performance/value ratio in theory. In practice, Dual Layer media is prohibitively expensive, as are high speed Single layer DVD+-R so I'm still burning single layer at 4X...

    It's nice to know that My Nec is able to do much better though.

  8. Prices for blank dual layers by StateOfTheUnion · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I heard a rumor that part of the reason blank Dual Layer DVD's are so expensive (besides the fact that the technology is new and that margins are probably high at the top of the performance curve) is that production yields of dual layer blank platters are currently very low . . . Has anyone heard anything similar? Or was this a groundless rumor?

  9. Great but what about BD-DVD??? by NXprime · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Great but what about Blu-Ray RECORDABLE discs?

    Can anyone tell me of a press release stating that Sony or one of it's partners plans on selling discs you can burn any data too? Or is Blu-Ray a read-only solution? I have not seen any edvidence that Sony plans to put BD-DVD burning tech for the PS3 or any other future product of thiers.

    I only ask this because I got this dumb for brains friend who's 'waiting' for 30GB rewritable discs to come on in the next 2 years. Trying to explain to him that this $79 NEC is 'da bomb' is pointless. :)

  10. Write both layers at once? by Thai-Pan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can't help but wonder if it's possible to write to both layers at once.

  11. Re:Super FASTER Dual-Layer DVD Writing by Txiasaeia · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Seriously, I've seen this one before - is this a *real* Time cover? I've seen a ton of goatse spoofs before, but whoever did this to *TIME* must really, REALLY not like their job (cuz they're just asking to get fired and sued up the wazoo ;) )

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  12. Re:Super FASTER Dual-Layer DVD Writing by perlchild · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just like with external SCSI, I wonder how much the external drive pricing is due to manufacturers fearing it encourages people to buy less, since you can have a device only on the computer you need it at a time?

  13. Re:All very nice but... by CrackedButter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Printers go down in price but the ink doesn't, who is to say that this trend is emerging in this market as well.

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  14. Great Product by Arjuna01 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought this DVD writer for my Dad for his birthday for $85.00 shipped from Newegg.com. Writes highly reliably at DVD-R 8X (Taiyo Yuden media). I bought mine a week later in a different color also from Newegg.com for $81.00 shipped. Newegg.com has great deals on OEM versions of this drive, and they ship Federal Express Saver which is cheap and fast. I highyl recommend this drive along with Taiyo Yuden media from rima.com. I have not seen 16X DVD-R media yet, nor have I found anyplace that sells dual-layer media for under like $14.00/disc. I'll not be doing dual-layer writes until the price comes to about $1.00/disc. We'll see it probably soon though.

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  15. ND-2510A by atomic-penguin · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the ND-3500 is anything like the 2510A, I highly recommend NEC dvd burners. I bought the 2510A about a month ago, and have used it quite a bit to burn Data-CDs and homemade DVD-Video. Haven't tried out the dual-layer capabilities, because I am unable to find dual-layer media off the shelf. It burns fast, reliably, and they are reasonably priced.

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