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snuglbug
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_ 		12. February 2006 @ 16:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This Post may fit elsewhere too But I will give it a shot/

Ok I will be digitizing photos and negitives and home videos onto DVD and still need to purchess a burner and disks I am looking for any ideas you guys might have for a perfect combo. I need a drive that does everything and everything good and media that matches perfect with the drive. I have been looking at drives with lightscribe but noticed that there is not a lot of good media that has the technolagy to take advantage of it. Well anyway any help you can offer will be appreciated.
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ashj
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_ 		12. February 2006 @ 23:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I like the results my BENQ 1640 & 1650 give me with both Verbatim (DVD+R X16 MC004) and Taiyo Yuden ( DVD+R X16 YUDEN000T03 & DVD-R X8 TYG02)

With those drives and DVD+R you can also booktype out of the box.

I've backed up a lot of home movies and family pics on those, batch scans have been excellent....so far
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snuglbug
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_ 		13. February 2006 @ 06:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ashj-Thank you for your reply

I have been looking at the BENQ for a while now and think that thats what I am going to get and reading through this site have also found that the Verbatim disks are the best but here is anouther question:

Reading for many hours on this site last night I found one consistant thing.... DVD is not the way to go for long term storage/use. I have 10's of thousands of pictures and negitives to scan and about 200 home movies (VHS and hi8) to capture. Is there a more relieable way to store that data? I will be burning them to DVD for veiwing but as the DVD deteriates I want to be able to put out anouther copy. I have had HDD crash and lost all the info there and every time I look at my VHS tape I see quaility lost. After capture and scan is there a way I can permenently store this so I have access in the future?
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ashj
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_ 		13. February 2006 @ 13:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well all my home movies i keep on once used mini dv cassette, which is only practical for unauthored movies (unless you transfer it back).

There's been a lot of discussion about the longevity of media (just need to read somee of the disaster stories about media deterioration on these forums).

have a read at this
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1552

(initially [hardware]) magnetic tapes are an expensive alternative.
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dvdnoobie
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_ 		13. February 2006 @ 13:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ashj is correct.

What a great burner the BenQ 1640 is. Used with quality media as ashj noted, you can't go wrong.
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CD Burner/DVD Reader: Lite-On LTC-48161H - Firmware KHOR
DVD Burner: BenQ 1640 - Firmware BSRB

Learn more about blank DVD media: http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
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Will your standalone DVD player handle your backups? http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php
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