what's the best DVD burner that's inexpensive, but still high in quality and that has a high success rate of burning DVD-Rs? information on this is highly appreciated.
Or go even cheaper and try getting a pioneer dvr-104 or dvr-103 refurbished. You dont really need the 4x speed the dvr-105 gives ya. Not to mention you would have to buy 4x dvd-r media to utilize it. 1x dvd-r media is way cheaper. 1 hr to burn a full dvd as oppose to 15 minutes is not that much fast.
lol - thats the most stupid thing i have heard in a while. 15mins comapared to an hour is not that fast????? Uh....I think not...I think it is very fast. I also think that at £99 what are you complaining about?? 4x media is not so much more expensive. You can get 4x media for as little as 79p per disc and 4x clone disc riteks for 99p per disc. Where is your logic?? Chris
I have Pioneer 105 and i dont see the sense in buying a 104 at all, think of even in the future when 8x dvd-r will be here, 4x wont be so expensive Shindou(which it isnt even expensive in the first place). However, still a forum to put in any input you want so i dont see what was so stupid about what you said! Oriphus mate if you find something that doesnt sound right dont call it stupid man lol, thats just ignorant!
Just to add. The best burner is the one that does EXACTLY what you want to use it for..... I use the grandpa of burners, the pioneer A03 - upgraded to 2x.... Now this burner is excellent - hasn't failed me yet!!!!! However, what do you want to do: Burn dvd-r or burn dvd+r or burn both? Burn super fast speed, or not really bothered in speed? Do you want an external usb/firewire burner or internal burner? Generally the term dvd burner means it will burn dvd's. There will be no quality difference between different manufacturers as they burn to specific specifications. Personally, if I was you and format type is not an issue - ie you just want to burn -r, then the 105 maybe good - very cheap now as already said - and upto 4x..... But you need to way up what you want to do with - its not what you do its the way that you do it and thats what gets results......LOL If my burner bit the dust I would get the 105. Me personally, would stick with pioneer......
Dela lol, Im just going to be pernickety here: I said Now that implies that the comment is stupid and not the person. I never once called Shindou stupid, but the suggestion that 15mins compared to an hour is not a big differences was a stupid one. Thats what i was referring to by my comment. Anyway, just thought id point it out, lol ;-) Chris
ok thanks for the information everyone, all i'm going to use the burner for is to make 'backups' for ps2 games and such, so speed doesnt really intrest me, i want something that wont eat up my DVD-Rs because those can get expensive fast. all the iformation is appreciated
oh and one more thing, i've heard that datawrite's ritek DVD-Rs are the best all around DVD-Rs, the only problem is i cant find a site that'll ship these DVDs to the states, does anyone know what site i should go to?
hey dela i have a 105, just breifly about backing up ps2's how would i do that, not that i have a ps2, but i might get one . i know its a bit O.T soz.
Alcohol 120% is my pick for ps2 games, never let me down, first use, image making wizard to extract an image and then burn, dont forget each time that you can change datatype to Play station 2
ta mate, will try it out as my old man has a ps2 by the way will this do for xbox back ups ? oh and i assume these console's need to be mod chipped to play these back ups ?
yes yes i'll mod my ps2 also thanks dela for the burning prog tip also, pricewatch.com didn't have any datawrite ritek dvd-rs, does anyone else know a site i can buy high quality DVD-Rs (not necesarily datawrite's ritek brand)
has anyone got any comments on the new pioneer 106 cuz ive got a v4 ps2 but a ricoh +r/+rw drive which is not alot of good for ps2 backups as its +r but the pioneer 106 is -r and +r
I recommend the Pioneer A06 it is fast extreemly reliable and burns good no matter what branded media. (however if u have extreeeeeeeeeeeeeemly cheap media i would recomend to write at 1x or 2x)
