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"DVD Writers for mon PC."

Right chums, I'm looking for a decent DVD Writer for under £50 please. Can someone also tell me about these + and - signs I keep on seeing, and what is it they effect on the DVD.

Also, on ebuyer I can see numerous ones that say OEM (No S/W).
What the hell does this mean.

Thanks muchles.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> With a software upgrade that Pioneer driver that there was a link to > will burn dual layer blank DVDs.


You mean the Pioneer 106 drive? And it's confirmed? Sweet. And to think I almost bought a Sony drive...

ßulle†† wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> With a software upgrade that Pioneer driver that there was a link to
> will burn dual layer blank DVDs.
>
>
> You mean the Pioneer 106 drive? And it's confirmed? Sweet. And to
> think I almost bought a Sony drive...

They have tested a 106 but I dont know whether they will provide a firmware. I have a Sony drive but its an old one so I have no chance of upgrading and even if I bought the old Pioneer the 103 or whatever it was I would have no chance. I will probably get a Pioneer dual layer for my next drive once they are out.

Everyone who posted in here gets my upmost respect, especially Biggles and Bullett. You guys are bbrrrrrrill.

Danke.

ßulle†† wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> With a software upgrade that Pioneer driver that there was a link to
> will burn dual layer blank DVDs.
>
>
> You mean the Pioneer 106 drive? And it's confirmed? Sweet. And to
> think I almost bought a Sony drive...

They have tested it and it worked, but my gut feeling says that they won't release it, so they can try sell a few more burners. However, chances are someone will come up with a hacked firmware.

Yeah, if they don't release it officially, it will turn up on the net somewhere :D

*crosses fingers*

for £50 not worth it, save your money and buy a decent drive that will last longer than the shoddy cheap ones (although lite on drives are extremly good value I recommend a good old brand name like pioneer)