All confused now.

Help.

I've decided that I probably need a DVD writer in my life, to use for
backups.

I never watch DVDs, so I'm not fussed about copying videos.

I see "+" and "-" signs everywhere I turn.

Tell me what to buy. Spare me the gory details, just tell me what to
buy.

Thanks awfully.
--
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Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NEC-ND2510

--
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http://www.arrivedeprived.org.uk/

K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

 

What he said
--
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Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

www.diskdepot.co.uk

Buy a Pioneer DVR-108 drive, £55 inc
Buy a tub of 25 Piodata 8x printable DVD-R discs

About £60 delivered to your door.

 

NP

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

"This reg can only go on a car registered in 04 or newer".

Shame.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

When you've bought one you might consider DVDShrink - from
www.dvdshrink.org, funnily enough.

It works with Nero 6 and is a good bit of software; free too. It analyses
pretty much any DVD and then compresses it automatically so that it'll fit
onto a 4.7 DVD. You can choose to keep all the extras, titles and guff, or
to just copy the film in which case the quality will be better as it won't
have to compress it at all in most cases.

Si

 

Nigel Eaton says...

Not really. I mean it's fine if you're mildy dyslexic, but otherwise
it's pretty crap.

 

Pioneer 108
http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html
Does all formats and works well
--
Alex

YZF 600

"I laugh in the face of danger"

"Then I hide until it goes away"

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www.drzoidberg.co.uk

 

Can you not get a PC DVD +/- re-writer?

If not, then, as you state you won't use it for videos etc, then get the
cheapest, + or -, based on unit cost and discs. But get a re-writer so you
can use the discs again if/when you **** up.

The extra cost of the rewritable discs has been more than saved by my being
able to wipe a disc and use it again after cock-ups etc.

But then I'm a gimp with technology anyway...

Dave

 

<not surprised at confession>

 

NEC DVD-RW ND-2510A

 

<fx: laugh>

 

I'm quite happy with my LG GSA-4120B
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=117897

Had it a few months, it's fast enough and does (almost[1]) everything,
so no worries.

[1] Don't think it does dual layer -R, but I don't know if there's such
a standard. I haven't seen any DL+R discs about for much less than a
tenner each, so I'm not bothering with that for now.