I have taken the advice that has been given here and I have purchsed some 8X Verbatim DataLifePlus DVD-R's from Newegg. However I am wondering if I have any other problem areas with my setup. I am running the following Hardware: Pentium4 3.0 with HT Asus P4P800S-X Radeon 9800 Pro 256Meg 1024mg of PC-3200 DDR (Kingston Value Ram) Maxtor 40 gig HD 7200 RPM Lite-on DVD-RW Cache: 2M CD-R: 48X CD-ROM Access Time: 160ms CD-RW: 24X Data Transfer Rate: DVD Family: 16x (21600 KB/sec)max by CAV Family: 48x ( 7200 KB/sec ) max by CAV DVD+R: 16X DVD+RW: 8X DVD-R: 16X DVD-ROM Access Time: 160ms DVD-RW: 6X Model #: SOHW-1673S BK SoundBlaster Audgy Gamer Thermaltake Case and 400w Power supply I am running the following Software: Windows XP 1 Click DVD DVD43 PowerDVD 4 If this were a perfict world I would have a much better system....Will this setup work for burning good quality DVD's? And if I need to spend a few dollars to make improvements where would I start? Thanks for the help.
And what the heck does Branded as in Branded Verbatim DataLifePlus DVD-R's mean?? These are the DVD-R's that I purchsed through Newegg, I could not find anywhere anything that stated that they were "Branded". http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817130950
yes, ur setup if just fine for burning dvds~ you MIGHT want to considering getting a bigger hard drive, but that is only a suggestion as when u rip dvds to save on your hard drive, it takes up quite a few gigs...and with your other stored data..you might be running out of room fairly quickly~
"branded" just means they have the word "Verbatim" on the discs..the OEMs or unbranded have NO distinguishing marks on the top
Ya....I hear you....I am looking at an 80 gig Maxtor 7200 rpm....it's about all I can afford right now. Do you think that I sould stick with 1 Click DVD though....I kinda like it because it is so simple, and I am not all that computer savvy. But on the other hand I don't want to have crappy DVD's either.
Did you look at the link I left for those Verbatim DVD-R's I guess they look like they have Verbatim branded on them....
One more question....1 click has no speed controls on it that I can find. I know that it will only write at 8X if I only have 8X media, but what about reading....will I run into more problems if it is reading at 16X?
kiv beat me but I too recommend a larger or another hdd. Everthing else is more than adequate. I'm not familiar with 1 click dvd but I would suggest trying dvd decrypter and dvd shrink. They are both free. You will probably need dvd decrypter anyway to break the css encryption with any backup proggy. Here are some guides. http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/index.html http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/petesguide2.html Dvd decrypter although it will still break most css encryptions is no longer updated in which case you may need to buy anydvd and you can get it with clonedvd2 at a discounted price. you can also save $10 on anydvd and clonedvd2 because you are a member of AD. Mort
Kiv, I recived the Verbatium DataLifePlus DVD-R's from Newegg today, They are not branded at all, they have a shiny silver surface and that is all. If you go look at the like that I posted above you can see in the picture that they show that they are branded. Is this going to be a problem or will these DVD's be fine? Please let me know....if they are not the quality of the branded ones then I will have to fight it out with Newegg. Thanks again.
