DVD Burner

[texas]

Last time I looked into buying a DVD burner people said to hold off because there where two standards in play.
Has the industry settled on one format yet?

[MidgetsBro]

Not that I am aware of. Some are still making DVD-RAM devices, which use DVD discs inside cartridge-like devices. Then there is also DVD-R/RW which is just like CD-R/RW with a lot more space. I think the industry should go with the R/RW format because it would be cheaper to make the media than to make the cartridge-type things.

Another good reason to hold off is the price. Not even 6 months ago these things were over $500 US. Now I've seen both types at about $250 US, and some even a little less. Within the next 6 months I imagine they will drop down even farther, just like CD-RWs did. I payed $180 for my 4x CD-RW when it first came out, then I paid just $129 for my 24x CD-RW because I waited until the 32x CD-RWs came out.

[texas]

How long would it take to burn a DVD ( full )???

[lordsty]

im not exactly sure what the speeds are now on DVD-R/RWs but lets say 8X and DVDs will hold what somewhere around 5 Gigs. At 8X a 700 MB CD-R takes approx. 10 minutes. So a full DVD at 8X would take around an hour or so. Some one with more exact numbers could give a better answer.

Lordstyrafoam

[texas]

You would think at 10X it would take 50 mins.


That's not bad considering the amount of data you are moving!

[kalicki]

DVD burners are at 2x, but 2x DVD is faster than even the fastest CDR burners...

I don't remember the exact numbers though...