DVD Burner question

[J]

I am adding a 4X DVD-RW +- recorder to my P-4 system. I know have a DVD Rom
and a 52X CDRW. Which one should I pull?? I think I say bye bye to my DVD
drive and replace it with the DVDRW.
Also, will my Nero 6 work ok to burn and copy DVDs?
Thanks in advance,
J. Thinkpad

 

[Ruel Smith (Big Daddy)]

I am adding a 4X DVD-RW +- recorder to my P-4 system. I know have a DVD
Rom and a 52X CDRW. Which one should I pull?? I think I say bye bye to my
DVD drive and replace it with the DVDRW.
Also, will my Nero 6 work ok to burn and copy DVDs?
Thanks in advance,

I think you should say goodbye to your CD burner instead. You can always
copy CD to CD and DVD to DVD on the fly that way. If you deleted your DVD
ROM, you'd have to create an image file first. If you deleted your CD
burner instead, you don't lose any functionality.

Nero 6 works great on _NON COPY PROTECTED_ DVD's.



--
Big Daddy Ruel Smith

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12:38am up 11 days 15:13, 2 users, load average: 0.35, 0.27, 0.20

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[Dave Navarro]

I am adding a 4X DVD-RW +- recorder to my P-4 system. I know have a DVD Rom
and a 52X CDRW. Which one should I pull?? I think I say bye bye to my DVD
drive and replace it with the DVDRW.

I struggled with that same question. I bought a Pioneer A06 which only
burns CD's at 16x. Not fast enough for my needs (I burn several hundred
CD's a month). So, I ended up keeping my CD burner.

At home, I went with a DVD burner that burns at 24x which is tolerable
for the little CD burning I do at home. So I kept my DVD drive.

Also, will my Nero 6 work ok to burn and copy DVDs?

As long as they aren't copy protected, yes. You'll need to use
something like DVDShrink or DVDDecryptor to remove the copy protection.

--Dave

 

[Russell]

All depends on how you'll be using your computer. If you burn lots of CDs,
the 52x burner would do a better job of things. If not, the DVD-RW will
burn CDs slower, but if you'll be burning DVDs more often, the DVD-ROM drive
will allow on-the-fly burning to the DVD-RW, although only non-copyright
protected DVDs.

Russell
http://tastycomputers.com

 

[PawsForThought]

Subject: Re: DVD Burner question

From: "Russell" rsullivan@tastycomputersdotcom_replacedotwith"."

All depends on how you'll be using your computer. If you burn lots of CDs,
the 52x burner would do a better job of things. If not, the DVD-RW will
burn CDs slower, but if you'll be burning DVDs more often, the DVD-ROM drive
will allow on-the-fly burning to the DVD-RW, although only non-copyright
protected DVDs.

So you're saying you can copy DVD to DVD? If the DVD is a movie you want to
make a copy of, isn't the size too large to fit on a DVD-R disc, so you'd have
to copy it to the harddrive first anyway?

 

[J]

After reading all of your "great" answers...Thanks by the way. I decided to
remove the DVD drive and keep the CDRW and DVDRW. Mostly because I burn a
LOT of music cds for enjoyment in my car. I drive a lot in my outside sales
position.
Thanks for all the help
J.

 

[Kill Bill]

If you do start backing up dvd's you'll want a seperate reader. A combo
drive is a nice way to go. http://tinyurl.com/2x9ub

 

[slower]

I ditched my dvd player and kept my cd/rw so I can write cd's with
either one and suprisingly I use my dvd burner very little


Slower