Question about DVD+R/RW drive and video card.

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I want to get a DVD+R/RW, well unless someone can talk me into a DVD-R/RW. I just heard +R/RW was better. I see two major brands, the HP 200i and the Verbatim. I seen a Memorex one, too, but just once. What one should I go with, the HP or Verbatim. I heard of HP, but I know people with a lot of HP proprietary problems. Will this be the case if I buy a seperate drive and not a system? Never heard of Verbatim before, but does HP suck enough to make this one better? Should I say screw +R/RW and go with -R/RW? Cheapest HP I found was $212.29 shipped with insurance....should I get it?

I need a dual output video card. I heard good things from people here about the GeForce4 440mx. Is this a good one? http://avlogic.com/product.cgi?code=11279523 It's like the only one I can find that's a dual monitor.
 
I think maybe your best bet would be to go with something that supports both formats, since there is not a standard yet......Maybe there never will be the way its going.

I would spend a little more money and opt for the Sony DRU-500A personally. It can burn CD-R's at 24X too.

Either way, have fun with it. I can't wait to get one.

And by the way, the Geforce 440 is, by todays standards, a somewhat weak card. But it just depends on what you are doing. I wouldn't buy it expecting much of a gaming card, though it isn't awful. But if it is simply dual (2D) graphic displays you are after, it should be fine.
 
I did see a Sony that could burn both formats, but it was around $350. A little too high for me. I'll probably go with the HP seeing how it's the cheapest I can find that's not complete crap. I have a seperate CD burner, so that speed doesn't really matter to me.

If the GeForce4 440 sucks, what should I get? It's $85, what's better and is it cheaper than $100?
 
Until the standard is decided for the homemade DVD, the question of whether to go +R/+RW or -R/-RAM is really dependent upon what you want to use your burned DVD's for.

This is what I have learned after going throught the same dilemma a while back:

If you want to burn data DVD's and have the ability to rewrite them if you want and/or burn DVD video for playback on your computer, go +R/+RW.

If you want to burn data DVD's and have the option of getting mega storage (little hard drives, basically) and/or burn DVD video for playback in most component consumer DVD players, go with the DVD-R/-RAM. You can store 9.? gigs of crap on the RAM cartridges.

I went with the DVD-R/-RAM because my goal is to cut my own DVD's for use in any number of consumer DVD decks. I could care less if the product I am turning out will play in a DVD-ROM drive. The -RAM cartridge capability is an added bonus for me because it is nice to be able to store good chunks of digital video on a removable disk. I would have to double check, but I think the -RAM disks are rewritable as well.


As far as the GeForce 440 dual head, I have one and it works like a freakin' charm. I am not a gamer, though.


Brad
 
Brad said:
I would have to double check, but I think the -RAM disks are rewritable as well.
Brad
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DUH! RAM= Random Access Memory= by definition rewritable!!

Sorry :D
For the rest: Are you sure a DVD-RAM fits in an consumer player? I thought DVD-Ram has a cardridge and is therefore not compatible with home DVD equipment. I could be wrong.

BTW. I have the sony DRU DVD +/- R/RW so compatibility is not an issue. I have to say that I think DVD+R(W) is gonna win the battle. But I'm not sure. It works both for me so I don't mind. I've read somewhere that DVD-RAM isn't gonna make it.

Hope that helps
Henry
 
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For the rest: Are you sure a DVD-RAM fits in an consumer player? I thought DVD-Ram has a cardridge and is therefore not compatible with home DVD equipment.
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I didn't mean the DVD-RAM cartridge would work in a consumer player, I was speaking of the DVD-R. To date, every DVD-R I've burned has played back in every consumer deck I've tried. Not a single computer DVD player that I have tried could read those same DVD-R's - except the drive that burned it. I was told this was a codec issue. But what the fuck do I know? I didn't know the definition of Random Access Memory :rolleyes:

Anyway, like I said in the post above, I was told and I have read that DVD+R/+RW's won't always play back in consumer decks. I wouldn't know - I have only tried the DVD-R.
 
If $100 is your limit sjag, go for it. You won't find anything better in that area.
 
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