Wtb: Dvd Burner

[dodad]

WTB: DVD BURNER

I know nothing about these but want one for my own personal use. Anyone suggest one? Anyone have one forsale?

Also looking for some anti virus / spyware protection

[EG_Civic]

memory express sellin pretty cheap ones

[kanip]

yeah.. i'm sure if its even worth picking up a used one, i bought a brand new LG one for 89 bux... and that was even probably a high price as it was just the local computer store... they aren't that expensive anymore so just go check it out i'm sure you'll find one for a good price ;)

[Mar]

$50 for a BenQ on ncix.com.

[Blue Devil 2]

There about $50 give/take regardless of brand, retailer...

[Weapon_R]

OEMdepot has them for under $40, and they work perfectly.

[dodad]

Okay and what should i be looking for? like specs

[cidley69]

pretty much burn speed is the only spec that seems toi matter,

16x is

[dodad]

Originally posted by cidley69
pretty much burn speed is the only spec that seems toi matter,

16x is

i see like 50x or whatever whats the best number to have higher or lower???

[bball2]

I don't think there are 50x burning speeds for dvds.... To my knowledge 16x is the highes, and that takes like 5-10 mins to burn 4.5 gigs to the dvd.

I think the 50x could be the cd burning speed? I dunno

16x for dvd+r or dvd-r is pretty fast

4x for dual layer

and 8x for rewritable

Those IMO would be really good writing speeds. For the cd burning capabilities I think some of the better dvd-burners have

48x24x48

48 reading and writing speeds, and 24 rewriting speeds, which is very fast.

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[ricosuave]

the 50x is for cds. not dvds

[dodad]

Oh okay.....so 16x...is what i want...he he he

[moeman]

Try this site for reviews of many burners. Might help make your mind up as to which one you want.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx?ArticleTypeId=2&SubCategoryId=32

And if you buy the burner at Memory Express, may I suggest this for a decent antivirus/firewall program:

http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.php?PageTag=&page=file&memx_menu=EmbedProductDetail.php&DisplayProductID=6722&SID=

[dragonone]

depending on what u burn, 16x might not b such a gd idea
from what i remember, the slower u burn, the deeper the mark is on the media?
which is why if you burn at 4x on a cd, it's almost guaranteed to have no problems in ur car deck

[bball2]

Yeah I bought a 4x dvd burner for my desktop a few months back, it only cost me like 20$ and the dvds burnt work great. Plus it still burns a full dvd in under 30 mins

[dodad]

Well im sure getting mixed reviews here...lol....My buddy has a burner and it takes like as long as the movie....why is that?

Also what software do you need? or does it come with it?