Author Topic: dvd burner crisis (Read 36,747 times)

f0dder · « **Reply #25 on:** March 23, 2009, 12:54 AM »

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 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 15, 2009, 07:07 AM »

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 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 17, 2009, 09:57 AM »

Quote from: cmpm on March 21, 2009, 03:15 PM

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

Here's an external dvd burner to consider.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4442292

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

PaladinMJ · « **Reply #28 on:** April 17, 2009, 12:16 PM »

Quote from: CleverCat on April 17, 2009, 09:57 AM

Quote from: cmpm on March 21, 2009, 03:15 PM
To replace a dvd drive would be as much work as checking the connections.

Here's an external dvd burner to consider.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4442292

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

i only paid 25 usd for it

CleverCat · « **Reply #29 on:** April 19, 2009, 07:44 AM »

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 · « **Reply #30 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:02 AM »

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

steeladept · « **Reply #31 on:** April 19, 2009, 10:05 AM »

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 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 19, 2009, 02:18 PM »

I agree steeladept - I only use RW for myself!

Quote from: PaladinMJ on April 19, 2009, 09:02 AM

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

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 · « **Reply #33 on:** April 19, 2009, 03:51 PM »

Quote from: CleverCat on April 19, 2009, 02:18 PM

as MOBO too 'old' at 4 years

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?

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CleverCat · « **Reply #34 on:** April 20, 2009, 05:57 AM »

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....