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Dual Layer/16X DVD+R Roundup @ Anandtech
Posted by: duke on: 11/01/2004 03:02 PM [ Print | 4 comment(s) ]
Anandtech has thrown together a dual layer DVD+R Roundup for those of you curious about which drive to buy.
Beginning at 1X, then raising the bar to 2X/2.4X just like the old days of CD burners, DVD drives have made it to 16X speeds in only a matter of a few years, thanks to the research that the big name companies performed during the compact disc hype. Two competing standards probably don't hurt acceleration development either.Read their roundup over here.
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Calum Running on empty Posts: 1916 Joined: 2002-10-11 |
#32553 Posted on: 11/02/2004 05:24 PM
Is it me or is optical storage just not that thrilling anymore? I remember when I first got a 4x SCSI TEAC CD-R only (No CD-RW!) burner and it was so cool to be able to make your own CDs! Now I've got a DVD writer, I can put 4+Gb on a disk, which is very useful and yet fails to set my trousers on fire. It takes 15 minutes to burn a full DVD but I can do other stuff in that time thanks to BurnRite or whatever, so getting it down much below that is a moot point. Anyone actually have a burning (haha) desire to see DVDs get much faster and, erm, more zingy? My Computers|2CPU.com SETI@Home Stats|My eBay feedback|My Heatware|Have you seen the future? |
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LRSeriesIII Aspiring Rocket Scientist Posts: 1128 Joined: 2002-08-29 |
#32554 Posted on: 11/02/2004 06:48 PM
Personally, the only DVD-ROM I have (never mind writing) is in the laptop I got a little over 2 years ago, and I did not even spec that machine out and purchase it myself, so I have never bought a DVD drive. Not entirely sure what I'm waiting for...I suppose I will eventually get a dual layer DVD burner...it is just that I use my laptop's DVD-ROM so rarely (on the rare occasion I do need to read a DVD, I just access the laptop's drive over the network), I do not see the point to drop the cash on a DVD drive at this point. Who knows? Maybe I will put it off so long that my first DVD drive will support Blu-Ray... ->Computers ->Folding for team 3074 |
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timekills Satellite rider Posts: 527 Joined: 2000-08-17 |
#32555 Posted on: 11/03/2004 09:47 AM
I actually was excited when I bought my third DVD burner, a new Pioneer Dual layer and external drive hardware. Yes, it's 16x, although the prospect of dual layer is what interests me more. Why? Because I have four children and many $1000s in Disney DVDs that are continually scratched and/or broken. I have become a master (if I do say so myself) at DVD backup, and the prospect of being able to make ana ctual 1:1 backup for my kids to use and save me time is a big deal to me. Of course, I am in the minority in this regard, but still... Also, I love making a 4GB image of my hard drive with freshly installed OS and all my crucial programs installed. A Boot DVD as it were. I may not agree with your opinion, but I will defend to the death your right to express it. |
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i_wolf labhair dom as gaelige Posts: 2097 Joined: 2002-11-19 |
#32556 Posted on: 11/05/2004 05:47 AM
I completely empathise with you. I don't have kids but its amazing how well you take care of a DVD personally, somebody ends up scratching it or what not. In my case I have a few brothers and sisters who borrow my films to watch, but never bother to take care of them. Thats not to say they won't offer to replace a dvd if they scratch it, just I tend to say 'it was just an accident' and leave it at that. A dual layer would be the only thing that would make me upgrade from my single layer that I use presently. Im told however, that some of the existing dual layer media written with dual layer +dl recorders have problems playing back on standard dvd players because of the booktype that gets set by the recorder. Personally I cannot wait until dual layer media drops to the price of existing single layer media in spindles. Wouldn't it be fantastic to buy a spindle of 25 ritek dual layer discs for 15 euro 
Hopefully in a year or two...... Hung like a donkey. Go like a horse! |