DVD Burner Comparison

mikemuch writes "While you're waiting for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, you may want to check out ExtremeTech's roundup of dual-layer DVD burners. Starting at about $43US, some of them are quite powerful, come with nice bundled software, and are pretty good deals, to boot."

Comments

skip the crap

[spacemky]

Do not pass go; go directly to the summary page:
Final Thoughts: What to buy

Buy the Lite-On - use K-Probe

[jbridges]

Besides being the least expensive choice in the review, it's also the only model of the four which is supported by K-Probe.

http://www.cdrlabs.com/kprobe/
or
http://www.k-probe.com/

And if you actually care about burners, read the reviews from a quality site that actually reviews virtually all the models, does far more exhaustive tests, and has a very active technical forum. CDR Info.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx? CategoryId=1

Re:And Quality of media

[Jherek Carnelian]

Over the years, since the early days of CD-Rs to modern DVD-+R, there has been on constant - Taiyo Yuden. Their quality has always been top-notch. The worst that has happend with them has been counterfeiting - so if you can trust the merchant selling you TY discs is selling legitimate product, you can trust that you are getting media of the highest quality.

What you can also count on with TY is that you will pay a premium. But compared to some of the 'name' brands like Sony, or Memorex, etc (some of whom often - but not always - produce batches that are just rebranded TY's) it may still be cheaper to buy the spindles of TY's.

For me, the premium of 10-20 cents per disc is well worth it - I never worry about the stability or longevity of the burns I make with TY media.