Best DVD Burners [Archive]

joel_029

July 4th, 2003, 19:00

OK, there are a couple of different types I've noticed. one is DVD-RAM/RW and DVD+/-RW. I'm not sure what the differences are but I've heard that RAM is crap. Or something to that effect. I don't really care about price and such right now, because it will be a while before I upgrade. But I'd just like to know the technical differences and what each is good for.

Doomulation

July 4th, 2003, 23:52

There was a description of all the dvd formats here on the for if you'd search. From what I remember, ram is the best format, but currently the most unsupported, after that comes the + series, and lastly the - series.

Hexidecimal

July 5th, 2003, 00:16

Theres a sony burner that does either + and - or all three, i cant quite remember, but its a top of the line burner, the one I was looking at before I realized i want a video card a bit more.

joel_029

July 5th, 2003, 01:54

ok thanks guys. i never thought about searching the forums before I asked. But I found a great link that explained it all.

http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3350232,00.html