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[Doomulation]

So...do you know of any good place to get a dvd burner? I care for one thing; buffer underrun protection...anything else doesn't matter, as long as it's cheap :)

Ju st wondering if any of you knew something...I'll try to hunt some for myself, too, though.

[Tagrineth]

The cheapest DVD burners out are more expensive than most high-end video cards.

[Doomulation]

I've found one for $294 in my country (which is pretty expensvie too! Plus that I looked a a normal retailer [you know that they have normal prices; not low]), so...
there must be some cheap ones out there.

Oh, and a high end card can cost up to around as much as $449.

[Eagle]

Well without trying very hard to find a good one I went to www.pricewatch.com and found an NEC for $138


NEC 4.7GB DVDRW DVD Recorder, DVD ReWriter / Duplicator DVD BURNER-!
DVD+R & DVD+RW, 16x CD-R, 10x CD-RW (Not old DVD-RAM / new DVD Recorder RW

Price: $ 134
MinOrder: 1

Ship 1 : $4.50 PER ITEM UPS GROUND INSURED!!!!
Updated:6/4, 10:12 PM

http://www.3btech.net/


be warned Ive done no research on this item or sales company. NEC is a good brand however. But you are free to browse pricewatch. There are also several other sites to try if you look around.

[Eagle]

I might add, Plextor makes the best laser media drives such as CD-Roms/Writers and DVD-Roms/Writers in my opinion. They are a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for.

[Tagrineth]

Originally posted by Doomulation
I've found one for $294 in my country (which is pretty expensvie too! Plus that I looked a a normal retailer [you know that they have normal prices; not low]), so...
there must be some cheap ones out there.

Oh, and a high end card can cost up to around as much as $449.

I said *MOST* high-end video cards. Today's two best are $499...

$294 is more expensive than a Radeon 9700 Pro.

Eagle's listed burner should work, and that's stunningly cheap.. but it looks like it burns at 1x. So be warned. Burning a full DVD could take 2-4 hours.

[Doomulation]

$294 is a fair price in my currency yoiu know...
That's around 2300 say. That's about what you can get a gf4 ti4800 today...
But well, I think it isn't THAT expensive...

Anyway, thanks for the link, I'll go check it out!

EDIT: I don't seem able to find the burner you mentioned...I found one for $167, though...think you can find it again? That site isn't exacly the best for you to find what you're looking for...

[AlphaWolf]

I got the sony DVD burner that burns +, -, does 4x, costed $250.

[Doomulation]

Originally posted by Eagle
I might add, Plextor makes the best laser media drives such as CD-Roms/Writers and DVD-Roms/Writers in my opinion. They are a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
So erm, you might wanna give a link to these? Dvd burners are hard to find there imo.
And the previously dvd burner you listed only ships in USA, those fucking bastards.

[fivefeet8]

The dvd burner I have is not too expensive. It only burns DVD+r/rw disks, but burns them at 2.5x/4x so it's fast. I've burned a full 4.7gig DVD+r disk in 10 minutes. It also has underrun protection.

I bought it online for about $150(US). CDrw burners are drastically going down in price nowadays.

[nephalim]

Originally posted by Doomulation
So erm, you might wanna give a link to these? Dvd burners are hard to find there imo.

Are you kidding? They are everywhere, and they are now very cheap.

Try finding one for a laptop, tho.

[Doomulation]

Originally posted by fivefeet8
The dvd burner I have is not too expensive. It only burns DVD+r/rw disks, but burns them at 2.5x/4x so it's fast. I've burned a full 4.7gig DVD+r disk in 10 minutes. It also has underrun protection.

I bought it online for about $150(US). CDrw burners are drastically going down in price nowadays.
Sounds great! Can I have a link? :saint:

Are you kidding? They are everywhere,
Erm, not on THAT site.

[AlphaWolf]

Originally posted by nephalim

Try finding one for a laptop, tho.

Talk about eating up your battery in an instant as well.

[vampireuk]

They are not even worth the bother at the moment, wait until they develop more and the prices drop.

[Doomulation]

Too many cds are to be wasted if i burn lots of videos on them, unfortunaly. Thus, I need a dvd burner. There's cheap ones out there...

[fivefeet8]

Originally posted by Doomulation
Sounds great! Can I have a link? :saint:




http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=nec+1100a

You can get the refurbished model which comes with the burner and a dvd burning software for $116(US). I usually use Nero though. Or get the new OEM model for $165(US). You can also find this burner at pricewatch.com .

I also needed a DVD burner since my movies on CDr's were piling up too much. ;)

[vampireuk]

Just get a coulple of large cd cases to store them in and wait :P

[fivefeet8]

Originally posted by vampireuk
Just get a coulple of large cd cases to store them in and wait :P

I also use it for DVDrw file backup disks and recording/converting movies that are playable on dvd players. :p

[Doomulation]

Damn...they don't ship internationally either! :cry:
Oh well, have to look for another site then...

[Stezo2k]

www.ebuyer.com had a really cheap panasonic burner for £146 about a week ago, might still be there, it burns everythin, even dvd ram, btw theres an american section too :blush:

[Doomulation]

Hrm, that's not too cheap. That's about the price i can get one from here, but...i'll take it if i don't find any better.