URGENT, What to buy?

[access]

Hi all,
I want to buy a DVD writer and dont know what drive to get, I mainly want to back-up DVD movies and have seen the following drives advertised.

Sony DWU10A DVD+RW/+R -RW/-R oem (Bare drive/ no software)
£120.00+VAT - £141.00 Inc

Pioneer DVR-106 DVD+RW/+R -RW/-R 4 speed IDE OEM (Drive only)
£125.00+VAT - £146.88 Inc

NEC ND-1300A DVD+/-Rewriter oem (inc software)
£130.00+VAT - £152.75 Inc

They all seem good value but the offer ends today and I dont know what drive is the best, so any advice would be welcome.

I have just found the Pioneer DVR-106 for £129.99 inc vat and it is starting to look like a good choice?

Also what is the best media to back-up DVD movies to?

 

[VIPER_1069]

i would say that at least 80% of users here with DVD burners are using PIONEERS ..But i will let them tell you more about them

 

[The-poacher]

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I got a pioneer 105 & going by that I would get a 106 very cheap in th UK (@ SVP)

 

[access]

I think I will go for the Pioneer DVR-106. It should do my job and if 80% on this forum use Pioneer then it can't be bad.
Only thing I would like to know now is what media is best for DVD movie back-up, DVD+r or DVD-r , any ideas?

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[The-poacher]

Im afraid That is the Million dollar question <> My only advice would be dont by cheapo's unless U know they work Its really a matter of trial & error <> Members have had discs that played in one standalone & not in another

 

[Hag]

Hi
I have just bought a Pioneer 106 from SVP nice burner

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html

I have burnt 3 films so far using DVD Decrypter > DVD2One > cloneDVD
on SVP's ICE Branded 4X DVD-R (Shrink wrapped pack of 25 @ £19.99 )

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/FOR_DVD_R_RW_CLICK_HERE.html

All 3 are good quality and play fine in 4 different DVD players

Good Luck

Hag

 

[access]

I think I will give the 4X RITEK DVD-R a try, I have used RITEK CD-R and they have always been up to the job, any comments?

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[access]

Hi Hag,
I got the burner yesterday and think it's the mutts nu**s. I ordered the Ritek because I have used them for CD burning and always found them to be very good, so as I am new to DVD burning I wanted a disk that I knew was good so I could be sure that any failures was down to me but thankfully every burn so far is fine so next time I buy disks I think I will try the Ice.

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[The-poacher]

I have used the Ice seemed OK

 

[hajj]

ive got a pioneer 106 also for £129.99, you should use 4x red topped datawrite dvd-r only 79p each for a 25 pack @ bigpockets.co.uk!

they are fantastic media, they are so good the website will replace any faulty disks, how good is that !