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squeech · June 12th, 2003, 02:41 PM

I would recommend the Pioneer DVR-A04 and A05 drives. IMO, these are the strongest drives available on the market now. However, they do lack the versatility for +R media.

Sony also makes a drive, the DRU500A. This is also a very good drive, and it allows you to burn to both -R and +R medias.

As far as software is concerned, my Pioneer came with Sonic's "MyDVD". For basic burning of movie files into a template, this works great. However, if you want more control over your menus, first plays, etc. Sonic also make "DVDit! Professional Edition". I do pretty much all my burning in there. Generally the drives will come with Nero as well (although I'm not sure of that with Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 being out) for basic TS folder and CD recording.

I also use a slew of freeware tools to rip and encode from the DVDs I have now (nothing illegal...

).

Here is a great link to a page with some awesome info regarding tools and tutorials for DVD burning (I would buy one professional tool, and do the rest with these free setups).

Hope this helps!!

June 12th, 2003, 02:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
squeech Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rocky Mountain High Posts: 613	I would recommend the Pioneer DVR-A04 and A05 drives. IMO, these are the strongest drives available on the market now. However, they do lack the versatility for +R media. Sony also makes a drive, the DRU500A. This is also a very good drive, and it allows you to burn to both -R and +R medias. As far as software is concerned, my Pioneer came with Sonic's "MyDVD". For basic burning of movie files into a template, this works great. However, if you want more control over your menus, first plays, etc. Sonic also make "DVDit! Professional Edition". I do pretty much all my burning in there. Generally the drives will come with Nero as well (although I'm not sure of that with Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 being out) for basic TS folder and CD recording. I also use a slew of freeware tools to rip and encode from the DVDs I have now (nothing illegal...). Here is a great link to a page with some awesome info regarding tools and tutorials for DVD burning (I would buy one professional tool, and do the rest with these free setups). Hope this helps!!