[X4U] DVD burner recommendations?

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Although LaCie is an excellent choice usually, stay away from the
"lightscribe" capable drive.  My experience with the dual-layer drive was a
very bad one, and I ended up having to return 2 firewire versions of them
because of instability.  [You don't want to know how many expensive dual
layer coasters they made -- on 2 different G5's.]

Toast 7 has the ability to compress long movies or files into 4.7 gigs.  I
have not really noticed an appreciable difference between a compressed DVD
and a full-length 8.x gb DVD.

There was an initial severe incompatibility with Toast 7 and the dual layer
firewire.  It may have been worked out, but you should question LaCie
specifically if you decide to go with the dual layer.

My $.02.

Bob


On 11/16/05 3:00 PM, "Samantha Cornell" <samantha at netresults.biz> wrote:

> After great consideration, we have decided to purchase a DVD burner,
> and are sorting through our options.  Right now we seem to be favoring
> the LaCie 16x Dual Layer Firewire drive, but this is not my area of
> expertise by a long stretch and any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Basically, we will be using the drive on a G4 Ibook running Tiger, and
> just want to use it to back up, burn home movies, etc.  iLife
> compatibility would be nice, but not necessary since we can always use
> a disc image and burn from there.  -RW capabilities are not necessary,
> but wouldn't hurt.  Speed is of course an issue, but not a major one by
> any means.
> 
> It would be great if we could hook it up to our Comcast DVR and burn
> recorded programs (my husband is a mass media teacher and we're sick of
> VHS), but I'm not sure if that's even possible.
> 
> Price is important, given the holiday season and the cost of heating a
> 100 year old house in Michigan.  Still, we want to buy something that
> will last a while.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Samantha
> 
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