Seeking recommendation on DVD burner

[satimis]

Hi folks,

I'm prepared to buy an economic~mid price DVD burner (internal) to be installed on Linux box for burning both DVD and CD, most cases using RW. Could you please suggest a model without much compatibility problem. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[onespeedreed]

I've never had a problem with LG burners. They are cheap, common, and well supported.
Plextor and Liteon are top notch.
http://compreviews.about.com/cs/opti...dvdburners.htm

[satimis]

Hi onespeedreed,

Tks for your advice and link.

I heard Plextor's products for long time, well-known for their quality, but on higher price.

Liteon products are getting propular on the market with attractive price. But people still have some consideration on their quality. Any further opinon on this brand.

Tks

B.R.
satimis

[ANZAC_ELITE]

Pioneer 110D 16x dual layer DVD-RW with 8mb DVD ram

[Reeper47]

You can't go wrong with liteon, very popular over here in aus, and a lot of other company's use them with there branding like sony and iomega.

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Tks for your further advice.


Hi ANZAC_ELITE,

What is "...with 8mb DVD ram"

http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ...omy_id=43 -92

Most DVD burners only have 2MB buffer.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[ANZAC_ELITE]

DVD-RAM (DVD–Random Access Memory) is a disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders and personal video recorders since 1998.

The term DVD-RAM is a misnomer based on the false assumption that RAM means "read-and-write memory"; the opposite of ROM (Read-Only Memory). However, RAM stands for Random Access Memory (computer chips) and DVDs cannot inherently use the random access method.

Compared with other writeable DVDs, DVD-RAM is more closely related to hard disk technology, as it has concentric tracks instead of one long spiral track. Unlike the competing formats DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW, special DVD burning software is not required to write or read DVD-RAMs on a computer. DVD-RAMs can be accessed like a usual floppy disk or hard drive.

Microsoft Windows XP supports DVD-RAM operation directly, while earlier versions of Windows require device drivers or the program InCD.

Source

[satimis]

Hi ANZAC_ELITE,

Tks for your detail information.

That is the tool I'm looking for, a mobile hd, similar to udf on cdrw with "drag-and-drop" method on saving and removing/deleting files.

Does it work on Linux? Where can I find this information. Tks

B.R.
satimis

[ANZAC_ELITE]

Sorry, I have no Linux experience, try Google.