Advantages: multi-format DVD writing (+R and -R) Disadvantages: can be fussy - according to other people if you use cheap media (I don't!)
...I decided to buy the NEC 1300A based on a fine op by BNibbles and a host of ones on Ciao Germany – yep using the system for what it is really there for! Silbermond1981 and Docdoom both wrote diamond-rated ops over there which were useful in convincing me to part with my money. I purchased the OEM version (i.e. no cables, no burning software, no blanks included) from the Vienna branch of Peluga (www.peluga.at is their site for telling you how to get ... ...blanks to see whether the NEC plays ball or whether the firmware fix mentioned in other reviews will be necessary. Given the fact that the DVD burner is primarily used for business purposes, I don't actively intend to muck about with it for warranty reasons, so will stick to the more expensive blanks for that reason alone - I think my customers would prefer me to spend an extra couple of Euro if I am delivering work which I am charging them hundreds ...
Morgenhund 09.03.2004
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Advantages: Reads practically everything. Writes to TWO formats (+RW and -RW) Disadvantages: None so far, but disk costs make it more important not to waste any
...record one of them.
NEC ND-1300A
And this is where I FINALLY get to the point. I’ve just bought a NEC ND-1300a DVD Re-Writer to put in my latest reincarnation of my PC. Not only can it read all the existing formats of DVD, but unlike the vast majority of its peers, it can actually write to TWO of them, not the more normal one. There is one other maker producing a similar machine at time of writing, Sony, but this is in such heavy demand that it ... ...with recording software bundle, the NEC doesn’t actually, when bought from www.dabs.com, cost much more than a single format recorder. I’m always wary of using the phrase ‘future-proof’ which has in the past proved to be woefully UN-prophetic, but I feel a bit easier about being able to record disks in the two latest formats, both of which should be readable in my domestic DVD player. I haven’t yet dived into the home DVD-recorder market, but my ...
BNibbles 31.05.2003 (29.06.2003)
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Advantages: Reads both -R and +R Disadvantages: you need to flash upgrade
...is waiting.
Check the NEC site for firmware upgrades, the newer ones flash the drive from within windows and this allows you to use a vast array of media brands (you flash at your own risk, if it fails NEC will not fix the drive for you, but saying that, I have had no problems to date). I tend to stick to blanks using the "ritek" dye, which are not expensive, but have never failed me, regardless of what data I was writing.
This drive is great for ... ...home DVD players do not like a disk with 1000+ tracks on it, although they play and backup on my PC so I tend to limit music to about a hundred tracks or so.
If you are going to backup your DVD film collection, beware, this may well be illegal in the UK, but DVD's, like CD's, are not bomb proof, so when I legaly purchase a DVD film, I make a backup copy which I use on a day to day basis, and put the oringinal away for the future (very usefull if ...
rik_uk3 11.08.2004
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