Re: Advice on external DVD burner

   >> Speed is not a concern, even at 1x, how long does it take to burn 15
   >> minutes worth of video?
   >
   > 15 minutes. :)  DVD 1x is A/V DVD play speed just like CD 1x is audio CD
   > play speed.  DVD 1x is something close to 10x faster than CD 1x.

   I haven't burned one lately so I may be a bit off but I would venture to
   say that it would be at least 30 minutes if you add in the time that it
   takes to do the encoding.

   I would also recommend ordering it from Newegg.com.  I've got a Plextor in
   my home desktop and have had no complaints.  I bought generic for my wife
   and kids PC's.  You will probably need to reserve part of your money for
   software such as Roxio or Nero.

   Dave Parnin
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   > Speed is not a concern, even at 1x, how long does it take to burn 15
   minutes worth of video?
   15 minutes. :)  DVD 1x is A/V DVD play speed just like CD 1x is audio CD
   play speed.  DVD 1x is something close to 10x faster than CD 1x.

   Anyway, trusted brands for me would include Pioneer, Plextor, LiteOn,
   Samsung, and NEC.  Second tier would include BenQ and LG.  Get a USB 2
   External drive.  Make sure it does dual-layer; not so much for that 15
   minute job but for possible future use.
   Here's a list/price comparison:
   http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=7/popup1%5B%5D=23:
   355/popup7%5B%5D=20:394  Of the ones on that list I'd look at the LiteOn
   and Samsung units.
   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106056 and
   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151143 look
   good and easily fit your budget.

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   On Behalf Of Dan
   Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:24 PM
   To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
   Subject: [PCTECH] Advice on external DVD burner
   I am asking for this esteemed group's advice.  I need to find an
   external DVD burner that will be used to burn a 15-minute video that
   will be played on DVD players -- the kind that you attach to a TV.  The
   user burning the DVDs is presumed to be non-technical, so, after I set
   it up for this user, it just has to plain work.  I know when I've burned
   VCD's, some players are pretty finicky about these, and I don't know if
   this is a non-issue with DVDs burned from a PC.  This user will use this
   to burn copies of this one video on demand.
   The reason for wanting an external drive is that the user has no control
   over the PC that she will use; the agency may just replace the one she's
   got and not want to bother taking an internal unit out and replace it in
   the new PC.  Speed is not a concern, even at 1x, how long does it take
   to burn 15 minutes worth of video?
   Note that we are not looking for an editor, only a burner and whatever
   simple software required to burn the pre-existing video file to DVD.
   Ideally, the end-user of the DVD would just slip it into the player, and
   it plays automagically.
   Budget:  It would be helpful to keep this in the $100 range, although up
   to $200 is not out of the question.
   I don't know how much of the above description is non-essential to the
   question, but just thought I'd cover as many bases as I could, as we
   need to acquire this no later than this weekend.
   TIA,
   Dan
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