DVD Drive Questions
Monday, July 28, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Okay, it's getting near the time to get a new machine. The thing is, I want a machine that can burn DVD movies that I can watch on most DVD players.
My iMac has a DVD-RW drive and works quite well a tth etask of creating DVDs that I can play on a regular DVD player. I have a ton of movies of my kids and I want to make DVDs of them.
I generally just buy Dell machines these days. Mainly because they are quieter and cost okay. I used to build my own machines but I really don't have the time for that these days. But the Dell machines only come with DVD+RW which I've read aren't as compatbile with regular DVD players at playing movies. Is that true?
Anyway, any suggestions?
Reply #2 Monday, July 28, 2003 10:53 PM
The way I heard it the DVD+ drives are more compatible with DVD players. They're also less likely to produce coasters. There's a couple drives that do both plus and minus. You could get your Dell without a burner and add one of those.
I went for the Plextor 504 which is a DVD+ burner. I wanted to archive my laser disc collection to DVD's because the laser discs aren't very permanent. I haven't had time to try any movie burning though. To do DVD's it's fairly complicated, you have to decode the movie first, then shrink it to fit on a 4.7Gb disc.
Here's a good place to get info on doing DVD stuff: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/right.html
DVD FAQ site: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#2.10
another great site for info: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
Reply #3 Monday, July 28, 2003 10:55 PM
Reply #5 Monday, July 28, 2003 10:59 PM
Here's a good place to get info on doing DVD stuff: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/right.html
DVD FAQ site: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#2.10
another great site for info: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
There ya go, Dave...
Reply #6 Monday, July 28, 2003 11:04 PM
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Reply #8 Monday, July 28, 2003 11:40 PM
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Reply #1 Monday, July 28, 2003 10:44 PM