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fearforce
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_ 		29. July 2004 @ 06:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey all hope you can help i am due to buy a dvd writer and want to make sure the one i choose will give me hassle free burning of the latest copy protected pc games for backups.

I am far from rich so please take this into account> lol

cheers for your help in advance
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Nephilim
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_ 		29. July 2004 @ 10:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The list for 2-sheep DVD burners is a very short one.

If you want the best, get either the Plextor PX-708A or 712. Both are confirmed 2-sheepers and I can personally attest to the capabilities of the 708A. I just made a perferct working copy of Painkiller (SafeDisc 3.2) with my 708A that works in all three of my drives.

The Lite-On 8xx series are said to be 2-sheepers as well though I can't personally attest to the fact.

And that's the list :)
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fearforce
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_ 		30. July 2004 @ 00:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks my friend i had heard that the plextor premium and any plextor cd-rw was good, but wasnt sure about the dvd drives!

I will get me one today

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_ 		30. July 2004 @ 17:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you are familar with alcohol 120% ( a must have for game backups) then you will appriceate that this drive does gets DPM at max settings and it is a 2 sheep burner.
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fearforce
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_ 		30. July 2004 @ 23:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I do use Alcohol 120 and thats why i posted this thread, i wanted to make sure the DVD RW that i buy is up to the job of backing up both my new pc games with the new copy protection and also backup my dvd's.

By the way what do you mean buy gets DPM at Max settings?..... is that good?
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_ 		31. July 2004 @ 09:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
some of the new securom games require a dmp (data positon measurement) for the disk because it takes physical measures of the data on the disk and requires it to be in a certiant physcial part of the cd.

The drive i was talking about was the NEC ND 2510A, and just so you know as of now alcohol 120% cannot back up games which are on dvd and have copy protection.
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HP Pavilion 533w
2.0 ghz (celeron :( )
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NEC ND 2510a (1.16)
fearforce
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_ 		2. August 2004 @ 03:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok DMP i have absolutely no clue what you mean and if i need one where can i get one or does alcohol do it?
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_ 		2. August 2004 @ 11:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Getting correct DPM measurments is crucial in certiant types of disk protections (e.g. Warcraft 3 TFT) without a good reading the backup will not function. This drive (nec ND 2510a) gets DPM at its highest setting. And yes this is a feature of alcohol only that i know of.
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ATI radeon 9200 256mb
NEC ND 2510a (1.16)
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