dvd burner crisis

[f0dder]

Yeah, at that price it's definitely not a bad idea

plextools is overrated, though. It's supposed to do flawless rips even in burst mode, but it doesn't...

[PaladinMJ]

well i bought this drive and i do love it great drive. i also have 15 of the qflix ccs enabled DVDs but i cant find the roxio venue program to use to get the movies and use the QFLIX feature even after googling for weeks!!! anyone here use qflix?

[CleverCat]

To replace a dvd drive would be as much work as checking the connections.

Here's an external dvd burner to consider.

http://www.tigerdire...ls.asp?EdpNo=4442292

-cmpm (March 21, 2009, 10:15 AM)

With our xchange rate that's almost my monthly pension!

[PaladinMJ]

To replace a dvd drive would be as much work as checking the connections.

Here's an external dvd burner to consider.

http://www.tigerdire...ls.asp?EdpNo=4442292

-cmpm (March 21, 2009, 10:15 AM)

With our xchange rate that's almost my monthly pension!

-CleverCat (April 17, 2009, 04:57 AM)

i only paid 25 usd for it

[CleverCat]

Good price, but add P&P to 'Darkest' Africa' plus another $10 at Post Office for import.....

Cheapest I can get here is around $60.

[PaladinMJ]

if its any consolation I end up paying 50-85$ import fees for some of the music i listen too lol

[steeladept]

Sorry that I missed this so long ago 

To me, the simple answer of not wasting the disks troubleshooting is to use a RW disk.  Did I miss that somewhere?  That said, I agree with pretty much everything else said here about replacing usually being easier and cheaper than the time spent troubleshooting the issue if a simple firmware upgrade doesn't work.

[CleverCat]

I agree steeladept - I only use RW for myself!

if its any consolation I end up paying 50-85$ import fees for some of the music i listen too lol

-PaladinMJ (April 19, 2009, 04:02 AM)

Yikes - better be good music! 

I replaced my Burner only to discover it was my MOBO it's last legs - new MOBO and CPU is in the pipeline (have to get both as MOBO too 'old' at 4 years) - Thank goodness I have a good friend who builds PC's and can do at cost! 

[cranioscopical]

as MOBO too 'old' at 4 years

-CleverCat (April 19, 2009, 09:18 AM)

I bought a new monitor a few days ago for a backup machine.
Thought I'd update the video driver.
The two-year-old video card is now 'legacy' equipment with no driver updates.

I guess it's fair enough, the card still does all I'll ever want from it, and more.

Do you recall the days, before computers, when one bought a decent piece of equipment and expected to enjoy it for life?

[/oldfart]

[CleverCat]

Same here - my 2 year old Video Card has no updates!

When we came to SA over 30 years ago we bought a small Toshiba Fan - still works! And we used it almost 15 hours a day in Summer until we recently bought a remote control fan on a stand, which will probably last a couple years! 

My Mum's still going after 81 years.... 

[cranioscopical]

30 years ago we bought a small Toshiba Fan - still works! ...
recently bought a remote control fan...
My Mum's still going after 81 years....

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 12:57 AM)

Those Toshiba and remote jobs are okay but I see that her biggest fan is you.

[CleverCat]

  You're right!

[mouser]