What optical drives do you have?

What optical drives do you have?

  • CDROM

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • DVDROM

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • CDRW

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • CDRW+DVDROM Combo

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • DVDRW

    Votes: 31 75.6%
  • Bluray/HD DVD drive

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bluray/HD DVD burner

    Votes: 2 4.9%

  • Total voters
    41

zCexVe

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  • Sep 12, 2006
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    Well next time try to buy a Benq/Liteon/NEC.....I want to buy a LG/Benq CD writer to do CD tasks,seems this DVD drives have no very great support for CDs[scratched]LG r best to handle scratched..whats your idea..
     

    Anusha

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    Maybe you better not let them get scratched. :rolleyes: I haven't had the need for reading scratched discs, because all my DVDs are in perfect condition as far as the reading layer is concerned. There can be other issues due to low quality of discs.

    Are you telling me, "Well next time try to buy a Benq/Liteon/NEC"? :confused:
     

    zCexVe

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    Its ur choice!I dont interfer with others choices...
    And not my discs are scratched or bad..Its the things come frm PAkistanis and rented stuff..
    Not evryone in da country dont hav ADSL @ home...
     

    zCexVe

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    who said i buy them? I dont even pay rent 4 them..
    when i've got frnds own those shops why would I?
    I keep them as long as i wish & get them when I like..
    the matter is when there r CDs with very valueble things get bad we need some thing to recover them,a good drive that will try to read it no matter what,
    there was a push in type CD-ROM[like in car cd players] that did the task,but suddenly it fried due to a psu error..
     

    Anusha

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    zCexVe said:
    By the way anusha ayya,the attitude is good,till now there r no cdroms or dvdroms..
    i'm keeping my eye @ last two..lol..

    Please elaborate this one a little bit more. I don'tunderstand about what you are talking about. Which attitude? What last two?
     

    shanX

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    Just missed DRU-830A :(

    Anusha said:
    Hehe. You've brought up a good point.
    Sony DRU-820A doesn't support lightscribe, right? But Benq DW1670 supports it. It's the same drive inside(I mean, hardware wise identical), but Sony's firmware is limited in features. So, it's always better to buy the orginal drive.

    So cud I turn DRU-820A into lightscribe compatible ??? :confused: :shocked:
     
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    zCexVe

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    Sujakshan said:
    i have Sony BWU-100A Blu-Ray Disc Writer
    Hey , welcome to IT side bro:D:D:D
    My congrats on ur goodie..cooooolll....
    But u knw,guys here in SL cant afford their prize and they rnt even available here at local shops....:(:(
     

    zCexVe

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    Here is Our new friend sujakshan ,NY richkids' gadget if he really has one..It is just now released in INDIA..
    and it is ...44300 indian rs..[107992.55 LKR] in India..
    My whole pc is worth about 105000 rs right now..
    SONY UNVEILS FIRST BLU-RAY DISC DRIVE BURNER
    Burns up to 50GB of Data and Keeps Video in Native HDV 1080i
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    MUMBAI, INDIA, August 25, 2006 - Sony Electronics (S) Pte Ltd today unveiled its first internal Blu-Ray Disc™ (BD) rewritable drive for the computer aftermarket.

    The new drive (model BWU-100A) supports up to 50GB of data on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs or up to four hours of high-definition video using HDV 1080i on a BD-RE 50GB disc. The new drive is capable of burning a full 25GB disc in about 50 minutes.

    For personal content captured on a HDV camcorder, the BD drive is optimized for keeping the video in the native HDV 1080i for playback on home players compatible with BD-AV format and PCs with BD drives installed.

    Sony's BD drive also supports recording of standard single layer 4.7GB DVD±R/±RW/RAM discs, 8.5GB DVD±R Double/Dual Layer Discs, and CDs, making it a multi-format burner.

    "Sony continues to entice with its technology by introducing the much awaited Blu-ray drive which converges the requirement of higher storing capacity and superior quality. Sony's success and leading position for DVD writers in India attributes to our abilities to deliver first to market products. Enthusiasts can now store high definition videos and also read/write on normal DVDs & CDs and all this with just one drive" said Vincent Chng, Head and Regional Sales & Marketing Department for branded storage products in Application & Devices Marketing (Singapore) (a division company of Sony Electronics (S) Pte Ltd).

    The BWU-100A is capable of playing back commercial Blu-ray movies as well as personally created Blu-ray content. Commercial Blu-ray movies can be viewed on computers that incorporate an HDCP-compliant graphics card offering DVI or HDMI connections, HDCP-compliant computer display, and software that supports BD-ROM playback, along with the Blu-ray drive itself.

    The BWU-100A drive comes bundled with the CyberLink BD Solution® from Cyberlink Corporation, which provides a complete software application for capturing, authoring, editing and burning high-definition personal content captured by a HDV 1080i format camcorder onto BD discs. Video can also be "down-converted" to standard-definition resolution for burning onto DVDs.

    The internal drive features an IDE (ATA/ATAPI) interface and standard 5.25-inch form factor for easy installation inside a PC.
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    Anusha

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    zCexVe said:
    Hey , welcome to IT side bro:D:D:D
    My congrats on ur goodie..cooooolll....
    But u knw,guys here in SL cant afford their prize and they rnt even available here at local shops....:(:(

    Even if I could afford them, I wouldn't buy them. Bruray has just emerged and it will take quite a while for them to mature. The write quality, media support etc. will improve over the years and faster drives will come out too. DVDRW drives have saturated in feature right now. 18X drives are there, but that's a small speed upgrade from 16X.

    In about 2 years, Bruray or HD-DVD drives will become mainstream, and in another year or so, they will become quite affordable. Besides, who needs so much capacity right now?

    Nevertheless, it's nice to see someone who has a Bluray drive.
     
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