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An Exhaustive 16X DVD Burner Roundup

Posted by timothy on from the you-must-be-exhausted dept.

CrzyP writes "AnandTech has put together an extensive roundup on eight, count 'em, eight 16X DVD burners capable of writing to dual-layer media. Some of the big names on the list include Pioneer, NEC, LG, Sony, MSI, and more. They explain in detail the current technologies implemented into the newer drives, like bitsetting and error control as well as run their reading/writing benchmarks on 16X and dual-layer media."

2 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The future.. by wo1verin3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You need to remember that 1x DVD burning is equal to approximately 8x CD burning.... We aren't going to get much faster then the current 16x...

  2. Re:Pays for itself by klui · · Score: 5, Interesting

    DVD-Rs (DVDs) are actually more durable than CD-Rs (CDs). The reason being the upper layer of a CD-R (CD) comprises of a thin layer of lacquer that is easily scratched and damaged. DVD-Rs (DVDs) in contrast, has an upper layer of polycarbonate on top of the bottom polycarbonate with the data sandwiched in between.