Thanks for your insight Mark.

So taking things a bit further...I don't want to start a debate, but are
companies like Plextor, Yamaha, and Sony considered the "better" burners
in the DVD market just like they seem to be in the CD burner market?  Or
can you get by "on the cheap" with drives by Cendyne, Pine, Verbatim,
etc?

I really should get back to doing my computer parts research.  My
interest and lots of my money have turned primarily to home theater :)

Thanks,

Neal Collins
A+

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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] DVD burners: most accepted format??

I have been waiting until they fight it out and settle on a standard.
DVD-R
is still the most compatible. But until they end up with a standard,
they
won't really advance either technology.

However, if I were to get one now, I would get one that did both. Of
course, there is no assurance that when they finally arrive at a
standard
it, won't be some third format that blends the two. Once they do accept
a
standard, you will see DVD burner prices under a hundred dollars across
the
board.

Rode
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At 04:30 PM 6/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, with prices coming down on burners, I am now in the market.  But
>what I need to know is, what is the most popular disk format or which
>one is most accepted in dvd players, etc.
>
>Should I get a DVD-RW/R or a DVD+RW/R? Or should I spend more money and
>get one that does both?
>
>Thank you for your time,
>Neal Collins

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