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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:
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Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
| Quote: | From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones. |
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
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Falco
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:18 am Post subject:
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Pioneer 110D will give you less trouble than any of the ones you mentioned
"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:1131563708.584035.235150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones.
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
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graviton
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:
Re: Which DVD writer is backward compatible with PII PC ? |
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"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:1131563708.584035.235150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones.
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
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I have a p3 550MHz using win98se with the lg burner that you mention and
have no problems despite the hardware requirements on the box exceeding my
specs, I can write to dvd's at 16 times speed. You don't mention the MHz
rating of your cpu, if it is 450MHz or faster I think you will probably be
ok although the speed of your harddrive may affect performance if it was one
of the first 40GB drives to come out, I have a 27Gb drive and have no
problems. |
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Biz
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:31 am Post subject:
Re: Which DVD writer is backward compatible with PII PC ? |
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"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:1131563708.584035.235150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones.
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
The drives dont really have teh requirement, its the bundled software....For |
burning at slower speeds, those older machines are fine. Many of the
bundled apps have video processing/editing suites, that run at a snails pace
on those older machines... |
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Eric Gisin
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
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The CPU usage to burn at 8X is minor on a P3/600, I doubt you even need 200Mhz.
Ignore the hardware requirements, that is for Mpeg-2 software bundled with the drive.
"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:1131563708.584035.235150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
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SalesMart.com.au
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: Which DVD writer is backward compatible with PII PC ? |
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On 9 Nov 2005 11:15:08 -0800, "come_mon_come_mon!"
<come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones.
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
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Place the DVD burner in your good PC. The Pentium II might not be fast
enough to burn at 8X but this depends on the PC itself. If you do
place the DVD burner in the Pentium II set the burn speeds at 4X.
On your list of DVD burners I'd get the LG 4163 which is one of the
best drives around.
These drives require at least a Pentium III of about 700 to 800 MHz.
This is more to do with video capture than anything else. These drives
often come with software that can capture, then author and then burn.
I think you'll be happier having the burner in your faster system.
Plus your old system may not have a very big hard drive. You need
10Gb of free hard drive space before any DVD burn as there are
loads of temp files created before any DVD burn.
Try and get Nero Suite 3 with the DVD burner which is only an extra
$10 or there abouts. It has the DVD burning plus NeroVision which is a
very good program for authoring with. Will convert AVI to DVD with its
faster codec but speed of conversion depends on the speed of computer.
I would not even try it on the older Pentium II system.
SalesMart.com.au
Perth, Western Australia
http://www.salesmart.com.au
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Email Contact info on the above site.
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Wm. B.
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
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The box for my LG GSA-4163B says "Minimum system
requirements CPU: Pentium III 700MHz or higher"
come_mon_come_mon! wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
Below are some DVD models I found :
BenQ DW1625
LG GSA-4163B
LITEON 1673S, 1653S, 1633S
AOpen DUW1616L
ASUS E616A (no comments found here)
Artec VOM-12E48X
From the comments here, it seems the LG model is better for my purpose
since it can write various kinds of DVD including those cheap ones.
However, I'm quite concern that if all of these are compatible with my
PC H/W & OS configuration because many of them requires PIII CPU.
Can somebody suggest if these models can be used with my PC ?
PS: I've one Althon 1700+ PC too but I don't PREFER to use it for
burning DVD purpose because this is my main working PC.
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graviton
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
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Yep that is what I found also, strange that the manufacturers would put so
many people off buying their product by specifying min specs that only apply
to certain software video processing tasks rather than having anything to do
with the burner itself.
"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The CPU usage to burn at 8X is minor on a P3/600, I doubt you even need
200Mhz.
Ignore the hardware requirements, that is for Mpeg-2 software bundled with
the drive.
"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
news:1131563708.584035.235150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I've 2 PII PC w/ P2L97 motherboard, Maxtor HD (Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 &
model 91080D5 HD in each respectively) & XP Home installed. I used them
to download books & movie files from internet. I want to burn the
downloaded files to DVD immediately after the download so I intend to
install DVD-writer drive in these PCs (now I use CD-RW drive).
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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject:
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Falco 写道：
| Quote: | Pioneer 110D will give you less trouble than any of the ones you mentioned
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What trouble ? Can you give more information ? |
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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:
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My 2 PII PC have below config
PC1: PII 266MHz + 128x3 MB PC-100 RAM + 1 Maxtor model 91080D5 HD w/
10GB size + 1 Memorex 52x32x52 CD-Rewritable drive + XP Home OS
PC2: PII 333MHz + 128x2 MB PC-100 RAM + 1 Maxtor DiamondMAX VL40 HD w/
20GB size + 1 52x CD-ROM + XP Home OS |
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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:
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I seldomly use video processing or editing applications & I would use
my faster Althon PC to do the task if I need. |
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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:
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The burning speed is not a concern for me so long as the burnt out DVD
can play at its normal speed in other PC e.g. in my faster Althon PC.
My PII PCs were dedicated for download and CD burning purpose now. I
just don't want to copy the downloaded files to another PC for further
processing (another issue was I cound the LAN connection between my PCs
ALL w/ XP installed were not working normally although I'm sure the
connecting hub & LAN cables had no problem).
If the drives require PIII just because of video capture / authoring
function then it's OK for me because I seldomly use them. I just afraid
even DVD burning function will need a PIII class CPU.
10GB free space is of no problem because one of my PC (PC2 mentioned
above) had 20GB disk space. For PC1 which had 10GB disk space, I can
keep the CD Rewritable drive there cos not all files downloaded need to
be burnt on DVD.
If I've an old PIII PC, I won't raise there question here. I just don't
want to throw away my old PII PCs just because I want to burn DVD. |
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come_mon_come_mon!
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:
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So if I keep using P2 266 or P2 333 w/ 128x2 MB RAM, I can still burn
DVD with some of above DVD drives ?
What functions you mentioned MPEG-2 software serve ? Are they video
processing / authoring function mentioned by Biz ? |
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Mike Walsh
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:16 am Post subject:
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Your Pentium 2 PCs are more than adequate to burn a DVD with any of the drives mentioned if they are configured properly, i.e. DMA enabled.
A software MPEG2 player requires about a 400 Mhz processor. Video editing / authoring can require a much faster processor and more memory unless you have a lot of patience.
"come_mon_come_mon!" wrote:
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So if I keep using P2 266 or P2 333 w/ 128x2 MB RAM, I can still burn
DVD with some of above DVD drives ?
What functions you mentioned MPEG-2 software serve ? Are they video
processing / authoring function mentioned by Biz ?
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West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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Len
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
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On 9 Nov 2005 22:32:28 -0800, "come_mon_come_mon!"
<come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
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Falco ???
Pioneer 110D will give you less trouble than any of the ones you mentioned
What trouble ? Can you give more information ?
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110d is a lemon. Don't get that model.
Is a crap drive. Get a lg or earlier pioneer over this piece of shit.
110d burns to slowly at nearly 7 minutes where the previous models its
2 minutes faster. I found my 110d caused many burn failures. I was
told to wait for firmware but that did not even help, made matters
worse. If you do get the 110d you are limited to a few brands or wait
and wait and wait for pioneer to correct it with firmware. |
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