2 opticals -- Whats best to get along with a DVD Burner?

[lokodezine]

I am going to get a pc through monarchcomputer.com and I am for sure getting the NEC 3540 DVD/CD Burner...

My question is it better to get a CD Burner as your second drive or a DVD player as the second drive?

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

depends a lot on the read speeds of the drives. do u know the speeds?

 

[lokodezine]

well Im just wondering not on a specific drive just if its better to go with a dvd rom drive or a cd burner to go along with a dvd rw drive

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

well if i were u i would just go with the dvd rom, because almost guaranteed that both can at least read cds, and the dvd rw can write cds, so id go both dvd drives.

 

[Hairy_Lee]

i would just have a single dvd rw as they can handle all of the mainstream types of media

 

[CmoAMD]

I like to get a DVD RW and a CD RW, that way I can burn DVDs, and since I burn alot of CD's, with 2 drives its faster.

 

[robina_80]

get a dvd burner aswell as the nec because if you get a dvd aswell you ahve to drives so you can copy disk to disk

 

[Praetor]

My question is it better to get a CD Burner as your second drive or a DVD player as the second drive?

If you want to do anything serious with CDs, then a CD drive ... DVDburners wont ever touch the cd-capabilities of good cd burners ... have a look at Plextor, LiteOn and ASUS CDRW drives.

Alternatively, if you want to do DVD dumping, get a DVDROM ... it'll outperform the ROM capabilities of the DVDRW drive and save wear and tear Nice thing about ROMs is that you can avoid ATIP checks since they dont have the ability to read ATIP

if you get a dvd aswell you ahve to drives so you can copy disk to disk

Which would be a terrible idea for anyone who does anything remotely serious or quality with an optical drive.

 

[jetster]

I have just bought a dvd rw (LG brand). install it together with my old dvd rom but i can't play a dvd through dvd rw one when they are both connected together but it will play when i disconnected the dvd rom.

anybody knows why ??

 

[spamdos]

i rekon that the cd rom would be the better choice

 

[spamdos]

sorry dvd rom my bad