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Christopher Hughes · June 7th, 2003, 08:40 AM

I use PC rather than MAC, but for all u DVD burner people out there what is the best DVD burner to get that will be compatible with as many machines as possible????

Anyone own a nice burner and has had great success with it???

THANKS!

Andrew Petrie · June 7th, 2003, 09:02 AM

A commonly praised DVD burner in this community, seems to be the Pioneer AO4 and the newer AO5. I have not yet purchased a burner, so I can't give you any first-hand experience.

K. Forman · June 7th, 2003, 09:18 AM

From everything I have heard, the Pioneer Ao4-5 is the way to go. It will be the one I finally buy.

Jan Roovers · June 7th, 2003, 09:18 AM

I use a Sony DRU500a. It has been replaced in between by the DRU510A. It writes +R(RW) and -R(-RW).
I am very satisfied with it and it has been praised by most reviews.

Edward Troxel · June 7th, 2003, 09:49 AM

Supposedly the Pioneer A06 is due soon and adds "+" media capabilities.

Stuart Kupinsky · June 8th, 2003, 10:43 AM

I use the HP300e and have no real complaints other than most burning software is not able to detect it's higher burning speeds yet. It just came out a few months back. It comes with garbage for software, of course, but anyone reading this forum will probably have or obtain professional authoring and burning wares.

It's "+" only and I haven't found a DVD player that it has NOT worked in yet.

Rob Lohman · June 10th, 2003, 04:39 AM

See my response to this thread.

Pioneer A06 should be out this month if all goes well. Besides
the Sony and the multiformat A06 there is also a multiformat
Nec burner.

I would go multiformat burner if you buy a new one. See the
thread I mention above.

June 7th, 2003, 08:40 AM	#1
Christopher Hughes Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunderland, England (y Merida, Mexico) Posts: 269	DVD Burners I use PC rather than MAC, but for all u DVD burner people out there what is the best DVD burner to get that will be compatible with as many machines as possible???? Anyone own a nice burner and has had great success with it??? THANKS!

June 7th, 2003, 09:02 AM	#2
Andrew Petrie Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 484	A commonly praised DVD burner in this community, seems to be the Pioneer AO4 and the newer AO5. I have not yet purchased a burner, so I can't give you any first-hand experience. __________________ Andrew \| Canon XL1s, ME66, Vinten Vision 3, GlideCam V16 (for sale!)

June 7th, 2003, 09:18 AM	#4
Jan Roovers Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amsterdam NL -Turnhout BE Posts: 158	I use a Sony DRU500a. It has been replaced in between by the DRU510A. It writes +R(RW) and -R(-RW). I am very satisfied with it and it has been praised by most reviews. __________________ ___________ Jan Roovers www.jtv.be

June 8th, 2003, 10:43 AM	#6
Stuart Kupinsky Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 82	I use the HP300e and have no real complaints other than most burning software is not able to detect it's higher burning speeds yet. It just came out a few months back. It comes with garbage for software, of course, but anyone reading this forum will probably have or obtain professional authoring and burning wares. It's "+" only and I haven't found a DVD player that it has NOT worked in yet. __________________ DVX100A/AT4071a/Vegas/After Effects Dual 2GHz Xeon PC

June 10th, 2003, 04:39 AM	#7
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	See my response to this thread. Pioneer A06 should be out this month if all goes well. Besides the Sony and the multiformat A06 there is also a multiformat Nec burner. I would go multiformat burner if you buy a new one. See the thread I mention above. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

June 7th, 2003, 09:18 AM	#3
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	From everything I have heard, the Pioneer Ao4-5 is the way to go. It will be the one I finally buy.

June 7th, 2003, 09:49 AM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Supposedly the Pioneer A06 is due soon and adds "+" media capabilities.