Okay- I have read through all the posts and noticed that, according to you, can't use a DVD-RAM drive for backing up DVDs. Is there any way to use it? I was told that you could. Why would people want it if it's useless? thanks-
DVD-RAM was designed to replace floppy disk and CDRW as a backup mechanism of data. DVD-RAM discs can only be read with DVD-RAM drives -- normal PC's DVD-ROM drive or any of the stand-alone DVD players simply can't read the discs. At all (unlike DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) which both can be read with most DVD-ROM drives and most stand-alone DVD players). Sorry mate, you've stucked with expensive floppy drive.
I don't think these units are being shipped overseas, but Toshiba have a few standalone units in Japan equipped with DVD-RAM/R and HDD for video recording such as this one: http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/dvd/j/recorder/rdx2/graph/rdx2_b.jpg Panasonic may have something similar. Probably not a bad unit if you want to use these units like VCRs since they allow you to edit the video on HDD to the DVD-RAM/R. I wouldn't personally recommend the DVD-RAM units for PC usage though. They are big floppies unless your friends all have these Toshiba's.
