i am gonna buy a DVD writer in the next few days and need advice as to what i should really stay away from and what i really need to be looking for

any help is appreciated

i have a plextor cd-rw and its just the best thing i have ever bought for my pc, hell i would make sweet love to it if it were possible but my problem is that Plextor doesn't make DVD-RW so i dont know what to get

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I have not got a dvd writer at the moment but the two models which have decent reviews are on the Sony DRU500A and the Pioneer DVR-A05. If the DVD+R becomes standard then the Sony has the edge as it does both DVD-R and DVD+R.

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I have the Pioneer 105 and its great.The only thing is you have to decide what format to get -/+ or as Dogar said get the Sony which writes both.

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yeah after some research i went to 5 stores but none had the sony model

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Thats the same all over the place m8 they are very hard to get hold off.

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go to www.sonny.com they have 4 websites that seel the unit.

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Youre right most of these Hotcakes are out of stock in most places.
Checking a few a websites most of them are saying a Febuaray delivery.

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I have a pioneer 104 and it's fine. I can burn a normal xbox game in 30 min., or a full dvd-r movie in about 25 min. You can also fine the 104 about $100 cheaper now than the 105 if your not interested in the top speed or whatever. As for writing both - and + dvds, I think it is unnecessary. Unless dvd+r becomes the standard (which i don't think it will) there is no use for it.

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sony 500dru firmware problem and they were all recalled at christmas, now back in circulation after prob sorted but hard to get till feb. it will take a year to sort out +/- format so is it worth the wait for a sony or get something done with a pioneer as in 12 month it will be obsolete then as the speed of writing will have gone up by then.hope this helps you

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we got a pioneer 104 at work (at home at the mnoment though )

im gonna buy the sony when i get enough cash.
also had problems with the bulkpaq disks.
teach me to be a tightarse and buy the cheapest disks

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