-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 05 February 2004 05:49, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm > looking for one that is compatible with Linux, although, I assume they are > just like CD-RW drives in that respect. > > I'm confused about which one of the umpteen different types of DVD > recordable/rewritable media/drives are the most compatible with existing > drives and DVD players. I think its something like DVD-++--+--+R++-W+ ;) > > Can anyone recommend a decent drive that would retail for <=$150 and is > compatible with everything else? IDE interface is a must as I don't have > SCSI. > > Also, has anyone heard anything about when those nifty new dual-layer > burners that can burn both layers of a DVD up to 9GB will be commercially > available and how much they will run for?
DVD-R and DVD+R: Standard "burnable" DVDs, new players should have no problems with either. You ofcourse need the correct media for the type of drive you choose. Rumour has it that DVD-R is slightly more compatible with older DVD-ROM readers, but I haven't seen anything to proove this. DVD-RW and DVD+RW: Handles DVD-R and DVD+R respectively, in addition to the two different brands of rewritables. DVD-RAM: Not compatible with regular DVD-ROMs, expensive media. Intended to be a backup solution not a DVD. I got one of these and it's more or less acting like a slow MO drive, never had problems with it but wouldn't recommend it due to the media prices. Just get a combo DVD-RW/DVD+RW, they're not expensive anymore. - --Erik -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAIe8Kds9m9uhAobARAlYlAJ4hltPrc5INxwaKc6wRnnQ/JuDHMwCgmIuu OR9Fh86RJv6pKvDt6pv7nJ0= =FcAV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
