I am ready to start to backup my DVD collection, I have an HP pc, and I planning on purchasing a HP 300 I, I believe it is a DVD-R/RW, my question is, that the only DVD player I have is my Playstation 2, can anyone tell me what Playstation can play -r's or +r's.. and is DVD COPY worth the money?
Well I can tell you that HP Only makes the Plus format DVD Burners and for the price of a HP you can get a Tripple Format DVD Burner that will Burn Both Plus,Minus and DVD-Ram..You can get an LG 4040B DVD-/+RW/Ram drive for about $150 US..As for Playstation I think it Plays DVD-R"s but they have Problems with Cheap DVD Media and DVDX Copy is NOT worth getting cuz you can do basicly the same thing with Free software Like DVD Shrink and/Or DVD Decryptor...Cheers
I have an HP 300i. It uses +R media. My PS2 will play +R movies burnt on it, but it will not play +RW's. My burner's +R movies play perfectly in every stand-alone I've tried em in....like 6 different brands of stand-alones, using primarily Maxell and Memorex media. The 300i has worked flawlessly and I'm very pleased with it. I do NOT wish I had bought a multi format burner. Don't BUY any software to copy DVD's, unless it is DVD2One. Everything u need to backup DVD's can be downloaded for free. DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink are about the best out there in the free arena._X_X_X_X_X_[small]There is no problem so big, that a brick placed against the proper skull cannot fix =)[/small]
I do NOT wish I had bought a multi format burner. I guess if you have never tried one you will never know, But I personally can"t see the Logic in paying close to double for something that has a third the Functionallity...But to each his own...Cheers
Walmart sells the HP 300i 4x DVD+R/W for $149. Show me ANY 4x burner that sells for $75 US and I'll show u stolen property. I haven't tried any other format, becuz I have no need to. The +R does what I want...and that is make quality DVD-Video backups and data disks. To each his own....yup. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]There is no problem so big, that a brick placed against the proper skull cannot fix =)[/small]
Im playing my -R and R/W backups on my ps2, some of my -R media freezes towards the end though and eventually quits working. The -R/W discs play fine. Im in the process of trying different -R media and getting a "real" DVD player.
Actually were I live the HP Burners are still about $300 But the LG 4040b Tripple Format Runs about $150-$200(after rebate) My Very First Burner was a HP 200i which I bought on E-Bay for $110 Canadian which at the time was about $80 US But I found it very Picky With Media so I re-sold it here in the Paper and got $225 Canadian because at the time this modell was about $300 Canadian....The New Plextor 8x Burners were Just released here But they are Like $600 and they don"t even have 8x Media here yet, But I"m sure even they will come down in price...Cheers
