At the moment there is no clear winner as to the format a DVD will
standardize to. All the major players are hedging their bets by making
their burners handle them all. FWIW, I like the Sony DRU-510A
(beige/white), DRU-510AK (black) It handles all the formats and is a pretty
solid performer. It runs about $180 in retail version and about $150 for
the OEM version.

Michael
BTW....I think it was a "Build" question......LOL


  04:57 PM 11/8/2003 +1300, you wrote:
>I hate to ask a daft, dumb question about a matter that's been well
>thrashed but could some kind person tell me what the state of the play is
>regarding DVD writing formats, ie, has a winner emerged?

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