[pchelpers] Re: Regarding adding a DVD burner

  • From: PcCowboy <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:23:34 -0600

Louis M Hall wrote:

>My DVD player, located elsewhere in the home, doesn't appear to be =
>capable of reading DVD+RW or DVW+R discs. It seems +RW and+R are either =
>newer, or a less propogated than -RW and -R play capabilities on DVD =
>players. So, this is telling me that I will not get
>the benefit of 8X speed of DVD+R discs produced with the Optorite =
>DD0401. This means that I will be producing DVD-RW at 2X speed and DVD-R =
>at 4X speed. I'll study later as to the feasibility of Direct X software =
>for my fooling around plans with the new hardware.
>
>My question to you kind people. Does what I have stated above make =
>technical sense?
>If not, I'd best get back to my research towards playing around and =
>converting some family VCR tapes to CD's as well as create backup for a =
>few movie DVD's.
>
>  
>
Check out the DVDs players at Circuit City. I just bought one for $37 
that has played everything
I have thrown at it. It plays -,+, jpg, mpg, vcd.
It may be cheap, but if it last a year it would be worth the $37

Pc
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