Toms Hardware Guide have posted their DVD writer roundup which includes 11 drives from LG, Mitsumi, Philips, Sony and Pioneer just to name a few! Here's a snip.
Fewer than three years ago, mainstream recordable DVD players cost more than $400. To add to the pain were several different recordable DVD format standards, which rendered some DVDs incompatible with different standard players. But now, the DVD burner world is a more pleasant one in which to buy and burn.
The prices for fast DVD burners have slipped into the affordable range. Even the disk media is, bit per bit, no longer more expensive than the CD. Producing your own data or video DVDs has, thus, gotten that much more cheaper.
The format wars has given journalists much to write about while propping up prices and giving consumers headaches, but no one besides the world's largest OEMs care much anymore. PC manufacturers render the issue more and more irrelevant as drives are usually multi-mode and disks generally cost the same regardless of format. Only four of the eleven drives sent for testing make do with only DVD+R/+RW, while the nine remaining devices accommodate both formats.
DVD Writer Roundup
Fewer than three years ago, mainstream recordable DVD players cost more than $400. To add to the pain were several different recordable DVD format standards, which rendered some DVDs incompatible with different standard players. But now, the DVD burner world is a more pleasant one in which to buy and burn.
The prices for fast DVD burners have slipped into the affordable range. Even the disk media is, bit per bit, no longer more expensive than the CD. Producing your own data or video DVDs has, thus, gotten that much more cheaper.
The format wars has given journalists much to write about while propping up prices and giving consumers headaches, but no one besides the world's largest OEMs care much anymore. PC manufacturers render the issue more and more irrelevant as drives are usually multi-mode and disks generally cost the same regardless of format. Only four of the eleven drives sent for testing make do with only DVD+R/+RW, while the nine remaining devices accommodate both formats.
DVD Writer Roundup
