X-mass shopping DVD R/RW's

[SR240DET]

doing some x-mass shopping for my family and i wanna get us all a DVD r/rw id rather get one for the computer... but i was woundering what everybodys experience with all the different brands out now.. i was hoping to not spend too much.. $100-200... money is an issue right now..

[HyperTek]

u can get em on ebay for under 100.. as far as specs go, Im not to sure since I never got on myself, tho I will eventually get one someday. I just know that some media works on stand alone dvd players, and some dont from what a friend told me a year back.

[SilviaDriver]

ima probably pickup the sony dru530a which is pretty good. stay away from dual layer

[rainier]

i bought mine for 30 bucks on black friday. it works pretty good. speed is a little slow but itll do.

[kurenai]

got a plextor 708 last year for some outrageous price at bestbuy. works great though.
the trouble with dual layer burners is finding the blank media to use with them. :down:

[SilviaDriver]

i bought mine for 30 bucks on black friday. it works pretty good. speed is a little slow but itll do.

are you talkin about the BTC drive? if so, read up and see y it SUCKS!!! and y its so damn slow!

[autobahNESSA]

My dual layer works perfectly fine. Whats wrong with it? I use both dvd-r/ dvd+r discs no problem.

[sykikchimp]

I bought a DVD-R from newegg.com not long ago for like $80 and it F*in rocks. Combine it with Suprnova.org for an unstoppable combination!!!

[rps13sh]

lite-on = cheap and reliable with the best firmware updates. i had a lite-on, upgraded to a plextor (mercedez of burners) and sold the plextor to go back to lite-on. LITE-ON = BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK.

this is a good site for more info.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/

[mrmephistopheles]

www.newegg.com
You can find nice DVD burners there all day for under $100.
My Pioneer DVR108 was ~$93 when I bought it... last I saw it was ~$80
It does dual layer and can record DVD up to 16X (with proper media).
I use cheapo Ridata 8x media and regularly burn at 12X.