DVD-R, DVD +RW reviews...

[Ladogaboy]

Do you guys know of any good reviews for DVD recording drives? Links would be nice! ;)

Thanks!

[DREDD]

Hrm...haven't seen many...if it helps I have the Pioneer AVR90 I think that's it...it works good for me...can't say it's the best as I have no other comparable products.

[Rpower]

try below Links
http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/

You do something like this again and you will be gone.

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by Rpower
try below Links
{snip}
:nono:



Originally posted by Rpower
http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/ :thumb:

Thanks... I guess. :hmm:

[Rpower]

Sorry Ladogaboy I do not know how the "You do .." line made it on post. I must have messed up on a the cut/paste and did not see it. It was to a link. http://www.cdrinfo.com/hardware/

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by Rpower
Sorry Ladogaboy I do not know how the "You do .." line made it on post. I must have messed up on a the cut/paste and did not see it. It was to a link. http://www.cdrinfo.com/hardware/

It's okay, if it was a mistake. Besides, it is GAM who you need to apologize to.

Thanks.

Everything is cool. ;)

[johnnymk]

From PC Magazine:

Nine top companies have signed on to create a new DVD recording standard, hoping to ease the current confusion in the market. Today, consumers must sign on—by dint of the brand of recorder they pick—to one of three standards: DVD-RAM (backed by Matsu****a and Toshiba), DVD-RW (endorsed by Pioneer), or DVD+RW (pushed by Philips, Sony, and others). Competing standards and the still-steep prices of DVD recording hardware are serving to hold back what otherwise looks like a breakout market.

The as-yet unnamed new standard will be cross-platform, encompassing consumer set-top hardware and PC hardware. "The goal is to have one standard and not have anybody jump ship on it," says Andy Marken, communications coordinator for the Recordable DVD Council.

The nine companies are Hitachi, LG Electronics (maker of Zenith products), Matsu****a, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson. Toshiba is not currently involved but is expected to join soon.

According to one estimate, the standard could be published as soon as mid-2003. Whether the standard will be backward-compatible with existing DVD formats is not yet clear.

The standard supports recording, playback, and rewriting of up to 27GB of data. That may sound like a lot, but it boils down to 13 hours of standard TV, 2 hours of digital high-definition TV, or a backup of one of today's gigantic hard drives.

In order to pack so much on a disc, the laser used to record the information will undergo a color change. Gone will be today's ruby laser; this new laser is blue-violet. The format is being called Blu-ray Disc. The blue-violet laser uses a shorter wavelength, which decreases beam spot size and increases recording density.

Corporate cooperation aside, blue laser production still needs to be refined and streamlined for better yields, says Marken. Then the market can take off. By 2005, Jon Peddie Research predicts sales of 50 million Recordable DVD drives worldwide, up from about 10 million units in 2002.