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January 19th 06, 02:36 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive.
HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? TIA MS 
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January 19th 06, 03:55 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
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ms had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? TIA MS I'm boycotting Sony. For a lower price you can get a very decent CD/DVD RW... Instead of limiting yourself to a local shop, if it's an option, look into AOpen if you'd like. -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." - Sherlock Holmes
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January 19th 06, 04:32 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
"Galen" wrote in message ... In , ms had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? TIA MS I'm boycotting Sony. For a lower price you can get a very decent CD/DVD RW... Instead of limiting yourself to a local shop, if it's an option, look into AOpen if you'd like. -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." - Sherlock Holmes just FYI DUW1616L - 16X DF-DVD / DL DVRW Retail - Chameleon 65$ Aopen GSA-4167B - 16X DVD Multiformat Dual Layer Bulk w/software 65$ LG DVR-110 - Blk 16X DVD Multiformat Dual Layer Bulk w/software 60$ Pioneer DVR-110 - White 16X DVD Multiformat Dual Layer Bulk w/software 60$ Pioneer CAN $ Dartmouth NS
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January 19th 06, 05:26 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
ms wrote:
The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. I don't know whether that's true. (I'm no expert on DVD recording.) If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? Yes. There's only one standard for CD recording (mercifully). Any CD recorder records disks that can be read by any CD player or reader. There are some exceptions: some older players can't read CDRs or CDRWs just because the recordable disks have lower reflectivity than prerecorded disks. CD-RWs are less reflective yet. But the recording format is not a problem. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS)
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January 19th 06, 06:43 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
ms wrote:
Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. Plus or minus has nothing to do with dual sided (or dual layer either) ________________ If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? There is no such format (for CDs). ______________ Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? I have an oldish Sony CR-RW (CRX195E1), been happy with it. Won't buy Sony blanks though. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
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January 19th 06, 08:23 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
Check at Tigerdirect. I just got a NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A for 57.00. Reads and
writes just about all formats. And that includes shipping. "ms" wrote in message ... The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? TIA MS
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January 19th 06, 11:46 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
dadiOH wrote:
ms wrote: Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I understand the plus DVD format means recording on one side of the DVD. Plus or minus has nothing to do with dual sided (or dual layer either) ________________ If a data/music CD is recorded in minus format, can any other CD ROM drive read it OK? There is no such format (for CDs). ______________ On the Sony box, and the salesman verified, it writes in - CD format, leading to my comment. MS Any comments on quality of Sony DVD/CD drives? I have an oldish Sony CR-RW (CRX195E1), been happy with it. Won't buy Sony blanks though. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
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January 20th 06, 12:05 AM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
Stan wrote:
Check at Tigerdirect. I just got a NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A for 57.00. Reads and writes just about all formats. And that includes shipping. "ms" wrote in message ... The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I just looked at TigerDirect, that model is now $39.99 after rebate, so it sounds like that includes shipping! They have a Liteon model CD writer for $23.99, I could use for another machine, anyone used Liteon? Comment? MS
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January 20th 06, 01:28 AM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
I've put LiteOn in quite a few PC's, they're good, in that they everything
they're supposed to do, and they seem to go on forever - which is really good seeing as they're as cheap as chips ! My favourite brand is LG almost as cheap as LiteOn ...though I thought I caught a comment on a web page somewhere that they're relabelled Ricoh drives, somewhere else I read that they're really some other brand...."Silver" was it !? I've noticed several times that the LG's are quieter than the LiteOn's when spinning full speed. regards, Richard "ms" wrote in message ... Stan wrote: Check at Tigerdirect. I just got a NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A for 57.00. Reads and writes just about all formats. And that includes shipping. "ms" wrote in message ... The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I just looked at TigerDirect, that model is now $39.99 after rebate, so it sounds like that includes shipping! They have a Liteon model CD writer for $23.99, I could use for another machine, anyone used Liteon? Comment? MS
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January 20th 06, 12:12 PM
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Sony DVD/CD drive ?
Tigerdirect sent me an email yesterday. Offers on accessories, one of which
is 20 8x TEON DVD+Rs in a cake box for 14.99 with a 14.99 rebate. Free is good. Are we getting to far OT? "ms" wrote in message ... Stan wrote: Check at Tigerdirect. I just got a NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A for 57.00. Reads and writes just about all formats. And that includes shipping. "ms" wrote in message ... The local Best Buy store has several choices for a internal DVD/CD write drive. HP- I'm replacing a HP CD writer, due to poor reliability, will not replace Plextor- expensive Incl- expensive, company unknown to me Sony- Sony has a drive for $63, seems a reasonable price. It records DVD in plus format only, CD in minus format. I just looked at TigerDirect, that model is now $39.99 after rebate, so it sounds like that includes shipping! They have a Liteon model CD writer for $23.99, I could use for another machine, anyone used Liteon? Comment? MS
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