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DVD Writer RoundUp

Posted by Zonk on from the git-on-little-drives dept.

CodeHog writes "Got socks instead of the new DVD writer you were looking for this holiday season? Tom's Hardware has a writeup on the latest DVD writers and their 'true speeds'. The conclusions may be surprising: higher speeds won't necessarily do any good as media availability continues to be a problem." From the article: "Despite the stagnation of write speeds for DVD-R and DVD+R at 16x, new DVD writers are regularly being marketed, since performance for other types of writing (RW and dual-layer) is still improving. But as is customary, manufacturers of writers have a lead on media manufacturers. For this article, we visited all the stores to see what types of media are actually available for sale, and once again the result was most enlightening. You can find 16x-compatible -R and +R discs, but in the other formats they simply aren't out there."

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  1. Dual Layer by mysqlrocks · · Score: 4, Informative

    And we weren't even able to find anybody to sell us dual-layer DVD-Rs!

    Wow, really? Where did they look?
    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=dual-layer+DVD -R

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    Bradley Holt
  2. ALL about DvD by earthstar · · Score: 4, Informative
    On a related note, http://www.dvddemystified.com/ has all the info about DvD's on its DvD FAQ http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html.

    Also see my journal about Nero 7 DvD burning probs.In short ,stick with Nero Version 6.X

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    Why does yahoo do this
  3. Re:Some Advice by undeadly · · Score: 5, Informative
    This review would be much more interesting if they showed some quality data with each burner.

    Optical storage reviews at www.cdrinfo.com does this.

  4. Re:What's the physical difference? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Track width tolerance. The faster the disc spins, the more it matters.