For DVD Burning:

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rocket1406

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For DVD Burning:

With which Burning program can I " Burn the image on a data (UDF-)DVD." ?

Also which is the best disc ... should I buy DVD+ or DVD- and which BRAND is good for a good price?

I don't really know anything about DVD Burning as I don't have the burner yet.

Please help.

Also is UDF-DVD an actual type of DVD blank you buy, or is it a type created on a DVD+ or - disc?

also answer the question in terms of DVD burning in general too (ignore "UDF")

.. what's the best disc and should I burn + or -
 
Firstly, I would avise you to read CD/DVD 101, it gives a lot of info on these topics.

As to your questions:

1. I prefer DVD-R over DVD+R, mainly because -R are more compatible with a variety of DVD players (although most modern DVD players will support both). There's really very little difference these days, though.

2. I have no experience with HP DVDs, but Verbatim are truly superb. I believe that they are manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals (MCC) (although I'd have to get the media ID to be sure). MCC is considered one of the best DVD manufacturers in the world, arguably second only to Taiyo Yuden. Although it wasn't the most extensive test, Verbatim DVDs were awarded the 'Best value recordable DVD' award in Australian PC User's January '06 edition.

Personally, I usually use Ritek DVDs, as they are very high quality and, at least here in Australia, far cheaper than Verbatim or similar.
 
as far as + and -, i also use - because of the compatibility issues most dvd's have with +. My burner can't even burn + type discs. so thats mainly why

for the type of disc. I just go for the cheapest I can find. quantity over quality. I dont do anything too drastic or anything to them accept burning them. So i can careless the brand. I have used many of them, including brands like COMPUSA, or STAPLES brand. I usually always burn at a low speed like 2-4. so they always work.

as far as the programs. regualr burning, i use nero 7 ultra
for image files, i use dvd decrypter
 
computerhakk said:
for the type of disc. I just go for the cheapest I can find. quantity over quality. I dont do anything too drastic or anything to them accept burning them. So i can careless the brand. I have used many of them, including brands like COMPUSA, or STAPLES brand. I usually always burn at a low speed like 2-4. so they always work.
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I used to do that as well (mainly Princo DVDs, some even cheaper), until I came back to them a few years later and had enormous problems getting my DVDs to play correctly. In total i've burnt well over 1000 DVDs, so i've had experience with quite a variety of brands. I'm sure that if you were to burn DVDs at 2x, even cheaper ones would usually work, but at that speed you're looking at around half an hour just for the burn.

I would recommend a mix between quality and quantity. Here in Australia budget DVDs cost around $17AUD for a spindle of 50, whereas reasonable quality (Ritek or similar) cost around $21AUD. For the difference, i'd rather get the reasonable ones, particularly as i've experienced failure rates of up to 80% on certain media.

If this is your first burner I'd recommend starting with some reasonable quality media, as you don't want to be worrying about whether the DVDs themselves are causing you problems. When you get a little more experience, you'll be able to more easily determine what problems come down to media and what problems are unrelated.

I don't mean to turn this thread into a discussion of various types of DVD media, but here's what I consider to be some of the good/bad media (definitely not an extensive list!).

Good: Taiyo Yuden, Anything by Mitsubishi Chemicals, Verbatim, Record, Ritek
Bad: Princo, TDK (not terrible, but overpriced and poor quality since they changed production from MCC to CMC), Pretty much anything by CMC (same thing as with TDK), Laser, Any other noname brand.

This site hasn't been updated in quite a while, but provides some really good info: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
 
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