[mythtv-users] Picking a DVD dual layer burner

[Brian Wood]

On Oct 24, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Jon Boehm wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Any suggestions on which DVD dual layer burner to pick or should I  
> just pick
> one up ~free after rebate?

Personally I think it's a case of you get what you pay for, but if  
you don't intend to use it too heavily the cheap ones generally work.

Only some units will handle DVD-RAM, if that's a factor for you. The  
cheaper ones tend to be noisier as well, if that matters.

Some of the cheaper ones will only do DVD+R dual layer, not DVD-R DL,  
but that might not matter to you either.

Lightscribe is of interest to some people, but the blanks cost a lot.  
An Avery label is a lot cheaper and you can print in color on it.

I'm somewhat partial to the Plextor units, and I stay away from Sony  
because of their arrogant attitude towards copy protection (can you  
say "root kit"?), but that's just my personal opinion.