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Dvd media advice?
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: university of illinois (champaign-urbana)
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I have a 17in imac on the way once they start shipping and I am getting excited about the prospect of being able to put my movies together on DVD but can someone advise me on buying media? Are there any good web pages with reviews of dvd media (i would hate to buy a 20 pack of media that wouldn't play in my dvd player... the whole point of these dvd's is to save me the hassels I have had with vcds). Or a good place to buy media?
Hopefully someone has some experience with this because superdrive will be new to me.
Thanks
-Paul
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ipod why have you forsaken me?!?!?!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Syracuse
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Ive used both memorex and apple DVDrs, and they both work in my player. Memorex disks were on sale at Staples when I got them, not sure if they still are.
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Imac Core Duo 1.83/1.5 GB/20 inch cinema, ibook G4 1 ghz
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Pasadena
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depends...If you want 2x DVD-authoring, use Apple. If you are cheap (like me), try different kind of generic DVD-R 'til you find one that works...I've tried 3 different types (6 actually, but those 3 I've done 20+ burns with) and only the last type survived cross-platform test on a consistant basis. (one of them I tried had a 30-50% chance of not mounting on the PC, one of them I tried had problems with more than 16 divx files in the same directory while on the PC, and the last one was good) The one I liked was creamy white on the top, and cost only 'bout $1.29/disc <a href="http://http://www.supermediastore.com/25pac47bulun.html" target="_blank">from here</a> (I guess it's $.98 now...)
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G4/450, T-bird 1.05GHz, iBook 500, iBook 233...4 different machines, 4 different OSes...(9, 2k, X.1, YDL2.2 respectively) PiA to maintain...
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Cleveland, OH, USA
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I've been using discs from <a href="http://www.shop4tech.com" target="_blank">www.shop4tech.com</a> that are $1.29 in a 25 pack. Select DVD-Rs from the menu and look at the ones marked LEDA. They have working in my DVD player and several of my friends. That's the cheapest I've ever seen a disc. I've burned several discs and never had a problem.
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