[Wlug] DVD writeable media

[Robert L Krawitz]

   From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller@stratus.com>
   Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:48:44 -0500

   Well the next question is... What do you want todo...

   The cross post in question wants to backup large amounts of data.
   I would think a drive that could do DVD-RW or DVD+RW would be their
   choice since they could setup some sorta rotation.  As for
   supported drives you'd want to check the cdrecord website.

Actually, I *don't* want to set up a rotation.  I want permanent,
long-term storage.  These things are pretty cheap now ($5 or
thereabouts); 2-4 of these per month, plus maybe one more for weekly
incrementals, isn't going to bankrupt me.

   Now, if you want to make backups of the DVD's that you own, or
   convert the VHS you've got into DVD, you'll also want a drive that
   can author DVD disks.  However you'll want to check a site like
   www.vcdhelper.org they've got a good matrix of what different disks
   DVD players supports (such as VCD/SVCD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/etc...)

Personally, I'm too disgusted at the entertainment-retail complex to
really even want to bother with these things in the first place (left
to myself, I wouldn't even bother owning a TV these days).

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