Good Blank Media for Pioneer a107
I just got the Pioneer drive for my Birthday. My mom ordered it for me so I am going to have to go back home for it next weekend. So when I come back to my apartment I want to have some DVD-Rs to Burn stuff to.
Do the same brands apply to DVD-Rs like CD-Rs, I.E. Memorex, Imation, etc.
I see a rebate for some Memorex DVD-R disks at CompUSA and I know someone who works there so I can get them at cost.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=306316&pfp=cat3
I was wondering which disks play well with the drive and which ones the drive is picky about.
Marc
Do the same brands apply to DVD-Rs like CD-Rs, I.E. Memorex, Imation, etc.
I see a rebate for some Memorex DVD-R disks at CompUSA and I know someone who works there so I can get them at cost.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=306316&pfp=cat3
I was wondering which disks play well with the drive and which ones the drive is picky about.
Marc
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One of the things I want to do besides backup with the DVD Burner is to burn a CD with all my installation programs on it with drivers and such. If I use DVD-Rs I wont be able to get rid of the old drivers and older versions of the programs.
When you go to burn on a DVD/CD-R, just tell your burner not to close the disc and you have yourself your very own RW.
i would just get a 3-pack of memorex dvd+rw/dvd-rw discs to do what u want...erasing and all...i never erase anything...i got my backup cd-r's from '99 still
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So, I use RW only when I have a need for maybe fairly small bunches of data that are VERY time sensitive and normally would not be wanted 3-6 months later-- result is normally I can use CD-RW for that (Memorex 12X, which will burn at 10X also). I use R media for anything I might want 2 years later. IF you REALLY want something bigger than a CD-RW, which you can record at 12X, my guess is most folks will want it for a reason that is great enough that 18-14 mnonths later they will still value it some. So, for DVDs right now, I would have to say use R media and do not bother with RW, it will be faster record time and cheaper than RW.
If you really want DVD RW media, Memorex from Sam's Club or Best Buyor Maybe Circuit City if you find they have a media rebate going for Memorex, say a 3 or 5 pack at most. BUT, I can get a 10 pack of Memorex CD-RW 12X media for about $9.00 at Circuit City if it is on sale and I almost NEVER have anything I want on RW media that I cannot archive to compress and then burn as data CD to an CD-RW. I've had some things I wanted that ended up being broken into two when archived or backed up and had to be reassembled on restore, but never had anything that I wanted real bad and for a long time and had at the same time had time to wait for a slower burn plus an erase before then to need DVD-RW specifically.
If you are gonna do 3D video dev, yeah, then RW makes sense for things you might want to alter in the field or which has short life span. But for driver archives or imaging I use R media, and for archived restore points or imaging backups also(actually they are SECONDARY and TERTIARY backups that go to R media, for core stuff, primary backup is imaged to another HD).
I'll let you each decide, I am not telling anyone what to do, simply saying why I end up doing it this way. But Thrax is smart not to bother with RW for DVDs.
I would have to say NOT to erase on the fly for RW also-- its harder to get it reliably done for real known-good backups of mostly critical things when you are telling aburner to erase, burn to fill in erased area, erase, etc.... Might as well just batch erase what you know you need before you burn, with RW. And they are too costly not to plan on reusing them each 4-6 times.
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