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MHopcroft
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_ 		10. February 2006 @ 18:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My setup has two DVD drives, a 16X burner with dual-layer capability and a DVD-ROM. I finding that my DVD-ROM (a COMPAQ GD-2000), which is the older drive, has become less and less capable as time goes by.

I have been wondering whether I need to replace it, and if so what I should replace it with. Are there fast DVD-ROM drives vailable at good prices, or is a second burner a better option? I mainly use the second drive as a source drive while directly copying non-protected data disks.
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StanH1000
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_ 		16. February 2006 @ 14:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Price of 2nd burner option has gotten so low that it almost doesn't pay to get another DVD-ROM. WWW.newegg.com has the NEC 3550 burner for under $40 + modest shipping. This burner is rumoured to be the first NEC without factory riplock, so it should function fine as a ripper and would have up to date burning capabilities as well.
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MHopcroft
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_ 		30. March 2006 @ 20:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, I saw that.

It just so happens that while i was in the process of trying to figure this out my PC DIED, and I am using a backup Pentium III until I can get a better replacement system. I looked up the NEC drive and it looks good, but the question now becomes whether a P3 has enough processor power to run a DVD burner or the related software?
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StanH1000
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_ 		31. March 2006 @ 04:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
One of my computers is an AMD 1300 running WinME. Burner runs fine. Nero, Shrink, Decryptor, AnyDVD all are no problem.
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