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  • dvd+rw or dvd-rw?

    Looking to buy a burner, so i was wondering which and why?

    thanks!
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    Dvd + r/rw
    25.00%
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    Dvd - r/rw
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    obligatory banana option for the oblivious
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    Bananas all the way.
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    • #3
      Unless you are one of those strange people who wants to watch movies on you 19 inch computer moniter instead of the 36 inch TV, I can't imagine why anyone would bother.

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      • #4
        what do you mean?
        "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

        "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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        • #5
          Kaak, there is no standard yet. I strongly recommend you wait a couple more years until there is a clear standard, and even then, from reading PC Mag about this issue, neither standard is as full proof as CDR/CDRW drives.

          Sit tight, I remember having this discussion with one of my friends when CDRWs first came out. He didn't listen to me, and wasted $500 on a drive that can only read the CDRWs that it makes.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by cavebear
            Unless you are one of those strange people who wants to watch movies on you 19 inch computer moniter instead of the 36 inch TV, I can't imagine why anyone would bother.

            My monitor is 21", and significantly bigger than my tv. QED.
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            • #7
              IIRC, there are are a few that do both, although they're more expensive.
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              • #8
                I would STRONGLY advise anyone who hasn't already purchased one or the other NOT to do so because neither format has been fully accepted by the industry commitee setup to standardize the format. I don't know the full background story, but the commitee has several of the major players in the industry represented and I believe a few left to make their own format(s), basically telling the others to sod off. The only people being screwed over by this bickering are the consumers. Until a single format is accepted and adhered too (or drives/players are made that recognize/write both formats are mad), you really shouldn't waste your money.
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                • #9
                  I'd say: wait a few years...

                  Originally posted by cavebear
                  Unless you are one of those strange people who wants to watch movies on you 19 inch computer moniter instead of the 36 inch TV, I can't imagine why anyone would bother.

                  You do know, there exists a cable, that let you watch movies from your computer on your tv?
                  This space is empty... or is it?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Skanky Burns
                    My monitor is 21", and significantly bigger than my tv. QED.
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                    • #11
                      And you sit much closer to your Monitor
                      so it seems bigger than my nonexistent TV :P
                      Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

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                      • #12
                        Sony has a new drive that burns both DVD-R and DVD+R for about $400 if you can find it. http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=154

                        I just heard that they have a faster one on the way.
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                        • #13
                          Wait until the blue-laser burners are out. Everything else is **** compared to them.
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                          • #14
                            Stunning! 27GB of storage on a disc!
                            We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
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                            • #15
                              About a year ago, I heard something about something where you're supposed to have 1 terrabyte on one disc
                              This space is empty... or is it?

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