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Worthy 2 buy a a dvd writer?

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/worthy-2-buy-a-a-dvd-writer.51282/

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dhairyadand Original post #1
Mar 3, 2007 at 8:54 PM
guys, i hav a celeron machine @500mhz and 128mb ram
will a dvd writer work on my system smoothly?
and if not wat do u think is it worth a buy at the given speed lag???

i found out that the guys at lamington sell the same make same model for 1700-oem and 1950-box pack n say that the same period of guarantee applies 4 both
so watz the difference?
codename_romeo
Mar 4, 2007 at 12:34 AM
sony/hp/liteon/asus are good
nach p
nach p #3
Mar 4, 2007 at 1:32 AM
dhairyadand said:
guys, i hav a celeron machine @500mhz and 128mb ram
will a dvd writer work on my system smoothly?
and if not wat do u think is it worth a buy at the given speed lag???

n also which dvd rw make is good.
thanks

dvd writer will work but
main prob is lower RAM ,burning a dvd will take 2 much time (maybe min45-50min
)better upgrade RAM and have a nice dvd r/w
Shasanka_Gogoi
Mar 4, 2007 at 1:03 PM
It will work, but try upgrading ur RAM, or else it may lead to frequent burn errors.
nach p
nach p #5
Mar 4, 2007 at 1:53 PM
sam9s said:
RAM has little to do with Burning speed.....

I have experience of dvd r/w on 256 ram on p3

better upgrade ram
dOm1naTOr
Mar 4, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Yes the burning software extensively uses ram to cache while burning a DVD at max speed. he should be able to burn discs successfully if he close all other applications nd burn at 4x speed or lesser. But it would take hell of a time.
Pathik
Pathik #7
Mar 4, 2007 at 2:20 PM
dude u hv a very low config.. 1st get a better config and then a dvd writer
dOm1naTOr
Mar 4, 2007 at 2:40 PM
A DVD at 16 burns data at 22MBPS. Its very high speed and its sure to go buffer under-run of old PCs if burned at 16x. So u should first allocate the maximum ultrabuffer on Nero 7 and close all other apps. The disc is more prone to error when burning the last secsions, ie after 50 or 60% as according to constant aggular velocity(CAV) recording the burning gets max speed(upto16x) at the eye moves to end or outer edge of disc. So better choose 2x. But surelly u can burn DVDs.
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Mar 6, 2007 at 11:25 PM
thanks guys

do u think increasing the page file size wud do any gud???
n also difference between oem product vs box pack
Abheek
Abheek #10
Mar 8, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Well, the difference is that the boxed writer is original, and the other one is pirated(duplicate). Always insist on original products, be it software or hardware. Original software and hardware are safer and offer better performance8)
gurujee
gurujee #11
Mar 8, 2007 at 7:01 PM
dont buy SAMSUNG. I had in oct06 and it started giving slow reading in december..:(
nileshgr
nileshgr #12
Mar 8, 2007 at 7:14 PM
These guys said doubtly about a dvd writer on my machine which is p3 500. Celeron is junior to p3. it\'s ur wish. i hv not bought that dvd rw.
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torrent08 #13
Mar 8, 2007 at 9:45 PM
my configuration, pentium 1.8 Ghz, Ram 256 Mb. will I be sutiable for DVD witer.? Guys, Please also mention whiuch MODEL NUMBER i should buy!! thnaks!!