Dvd + Rw

[cell4me]

How many times can you burn movies on a dvd rw before its no longer any good or do they pretty much last forever?

 

[ghost]

depends on the make. Ive got some CD-RW`s that claim to be good to 1000 write/erase`s.

 

[cell4me]

What are some good ones as far as bang for the buck? I am using memorex right now are they ok?

Ive got some CD-RW`s that claim to be good to 1000 write/erase`s.

And I heard you can write/erase more with a cd-rw than you can with a dvd-rw thats why I was kinda wondering?

 

[bigdogz4u2]

What are some good ones as far as bang for the buck? I am using memorex right now are they ok?

Memorex is one of the best companies out there for Blank DVD Media...So you'r OK on that..

You really don't want to use DVD-RW for movies, because DVD-RW are not compatible with lots of DVD players. Use DVD +R instead for movies.

Use DVD-RW for backing/saving Data..DVD-RW are very good at that..

Hope that Clears out some things...

 

[cell4me]

What I am using the dvd rw for is burning movies on them and make sure everything is good, then I copy them to a dvd r. That way if something is not right with picture or sound I didnt just make a coaster. I have made quite a few coasters before I bought some rw's! I was just wondering how many times I could do this though?

 

[Djunknown]

on average

I was pretty sure about this, but also did some internet research

Obvs, this means keeping the dvd-rw in good quality, then it should last for AT LEAST 1000 writes and removals on the disc. The figure is the same as that of a cd-rw due to the similar technology, but there is little difference between the two.
Hope that helps
if not PM if you reply - thanks

 

[bigdogz4u2]

What I am using the dvd rw for is burning movies on them and make sure everything is good, then I copy them to a dvd r. That way if something is not right with picture or sound I didnt just make a coaster. I have made quite a few coasters before I bought some rw's! I was just wondering how many times I could do this though?

I do exactly the same process that you do about checking the movies to make sure that everything is good before burning them to DVD+R.

But I don't use DVD-RW for that purpose, instead I save them on my hard drive as "DVD Folder", this way the burning software creates "Video_TS" folder on my HD that has the movie in it.

Then I check that movie using any DVD playing software... and then If everything is good,, I use COPY DVD to copy my movie into DVD+R..

Much better process then using DVD-RW... Saves Money and Time....

By the Way, I"m using "Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5"...

Hope this helps...

 

[Viking]

Verbatim are also good.