DVD Burner Questions

[Ginza]

I want to get a DVD burner asap really and Id like it to be external as Ill be going off to Uni and Ill probably be getting a laptop so external would be best. There seems to be hundreds of different burners I can get so I really have absolutely no idea which one to get.

Firewire / USB2.0 would be cool and id like it to be quite fast. Who wouldnt?

Dont mind spending about ?80-?100

Im not a very technical person so just something that does the job and no faff. Any ideas which one to go for as I dont? Amazon online are probably the quickest to get from?

EDIT - I was told that I should get a Dual Layered one. Are they all like that?

[VR46]

I've seen 8x ones in both Dixons and Comet for ?95ish
or this one for ?99 from The Computer Shop (used to be Tiny or someone)

http://www.btc.com.tw/english/2-2-dvd_rw.htm

[the shape]

i will sell u teh blu-ray burner 1st 100% quality better thn dvd . pls p'm me for teh paypal.. ships frm indonesia.

[Ginza]

thx teh shape bt blu rayz sux a$$ n i wnt teh dvd burna innit. wot u fink 2 dis de shape? http://www.dvd-x-copy.net

[the shape]

I'm sure it's lovely if:

a) You own a PC.

3) You want to rip off a load of DVD movies.

x) You don't think it would be fitting punishment for a company charging $150 to let you steal other people's intellectual property that you leech their software off P2P instead of buy it.


I don't meet any of the above criteria, so cannot advise.

[MartyG]

More appropriate in here.

And the reply above is so cynical it's a complete waste of space on the database. If you can't advise, wtf bother posting in a thread about DVD burner advice? What if Ginza was off to do a media course and needed a writer to burn the presentations? Troll away.

Go to eBuyer - look at the reivews of people who've bought them, take the reviews with the credit they deserve and take your pick.

[Ginza]

Cheers for that MartyG. He was only being funny though, no harm done.

Iv been recommended to get a dual layered internal one and its half the price of a normal external one but the only problem is Ill possibly be getting a laptop which will then mean ill want to get an external dvd burner for that. Thats dependant on my results though :/

[MartyG]

I know he was being ironic, still it was fairly pointless. Internal NEC drives are decent, regarded and cheap - so go for one of them.