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CD and DVD discs not recognized
I saw that Creative Labs is selling DVD drives for about $400 but I heard that their cd-rom drives aren't that great. What do you think? The first generation of DVD drives is NOT standard, and they will be incompatible with those that will arrive a year or so later. So wait for prices to drop, standards to be

[Rival] Another Major Blow to Microsoft's (and Toshiba's ...
However, Microsoft only sold a limited number of its optional HD-DVD drives to Xbox users, while every PS3 shipped with Blu-Ray capabilities. on the Xbox 360 had a limited effect because Vista turned out a commercial failure, and 360 sales were in a precipitous free fall, dropping 33% year over year in 2007.

What DVD Drives Work with the new VideoLan Binary?
What little time I have had the last week ram is still dropping from what I see hopefully that trend continues when it hits the canadian front, and perhaps thats what it was ..... $XXX C> $109 -- DVD Drives Generic DVD 8x ......................... $226 Pioneer DVD 10x SlotLoad ............... $NoS Pioneer DVD 10x .

DVD doubles growth projections
The problem is that they get an update every month and someone has to sit there for an hour or two and copy all 5 DVDs to the hard drive. I'm wondering: Is there a way to put 5 DVD players in a single computer? Then, all they would have to do is drop in the new disks and be done in less than a minute.

DRM one of reasons for Blu-Ray win
Is it possible to write over DVD-RW disks multiple times, like on a regular floppy? Yes, but if they're anything like CD-RWs, they'll wear out alot sooner than you think. 30 - 50 rewrites is the best you get. However, it's not as simple as drag-n-drop to the dvd drive. You have to use a drive burning program to

Do DVD Drives made for PC's support 24bit 96khz
The reason why this will happen is that competition drives down the prices. ASUS and Sony have the new BD-ROM drives out which has seen Pioneer drop the prices on the Pioneer BDC-S02BK drives. As more bring out hardware burners the prices will continue to fall. The Pioneer BDC-S02BK also burns DVD media.

HD DVD is Dead??????
Save the file as cdfix.reg and save it to the desktop. make sure you change the save as type.... drop down box to all files. I have two CD/DVD drives installed. One is CDRW/DVD Read Only, the other is both read and write CD/DVD. I got a new program today and went to install it from a CD.

Please HELP!: DVD-RAM drives - which one?
"DVD drives with Data CD's and Easy CD creator 4 Delux LOCK THE SYSTEM" Drop me a line with as much info as possible (O/S, Levels, drive type symptoms etc) and I'll produce a database of the issues.. Adaptec People - If you are watching - drop me a line of a point of contact and I'll act as the channel (I'm

HD DVD is Dead??????
I see that the DVD drives are getting pretty cheap nowadays (future shop has a Cicero for $50 after a mail in rebate). Nevertheless, I don't want to drop the cash and get terrible results. I am a student-- even $50 is still a lot of money to me. -dave Unless you're getting a DVD decoder card with the DVD ROM drive,

CD/R Disabled
Additionally, the chip set supports the Mt. Rainier standard for "drag-and-drop" file exchanges using rewritable CD media. IDC forecasts 83 million units of CD/DVD recordable drives to ship in 2002, an increase of 48 percent over the previous year, citing video as the key application driving the growth.

DVD drive recommendations.
The A-160 shows up the problem most obviously but the PS2 and the PC DVD drives also get bad frames on the 'bad' discs - just not as many and not as badly. Do people not expect DVD's to be 100% ok when they buy them new? It really is a manufacturing problem. "Steve" <ser...@consultant.com> wrote in message

Thank You, Hauppauge
2) Meanwhile in the DVD Warz: What's a Warz? Clearly, HD-DVD has begun its death throws. The latest sign of this is that Toshiba has dropped the costs of its HD-DVD drives that nobody wants. Blu-ray has won. All that is left is to clean up the mess from this latest stoopid DVD format war. And of course to convince

Mass storage for backing up work data?
I'll continue looking for someone who has good Linux experience with the Pioneer and LG you recommend, but so far I've mostly researched the DVD drives below (the list recommended by the I have a fair few clients and some have older Pentium II PC's and they can only burn at 1.8X so the drive drops back to 1X.

Dropped CD/DVD-ROM drives
DVD drives are generally poorer at DAE than CDROM drives. Have you checked the reports at www.cdspeed2000.com to see if there are any links to tests on your drive model? I don't have audiograbber loaded to check, but some reading software will write the read speed, it thinks it is safe at, to the registry and it is

Sudden mysterious drop in throughput on nec 5800a
Use the drop down menu to select the correct entry for "your" TIME ZONE 4. Also, Check the box marked Daylight Savings Time. 5. Then click OK to save it. I've been looking at 2 DVD drives - both are 16x DVD, and one is only 40x CDrom, but supports UDMA4, while the other is 48x CDrom but only supports UDMA2.

Buy a DVD with decoder or upgrade CPU?
I only got a few bad frames here and there ie no major problems, but b) above had a full 30 seconds that wouldn't play at all and failed to load the first time I put it in a PC. I've got an old Panasonic A-160, a PS2 and 2 PC's with DVD drives - I use all 4 of them The A-160 really get's upset, the other 3 just a

Computer Component prices in Edmonton Mar 2
When combined with Ulead's VR-enabled video editing software, DVD MULTI drive users can also realize the benefits of sharing content with other entertainment .... For more information on Panasonic-branded DVD drives and media, contact Panasonic Digital Document Company, Two Panasonic Way 7D-8, Secaucus, NJ 07094;

Read Carefully and follow set up exactly as printed
Looking forward to bitching about Profiles, failed Beta Ray drives, DRM and over priced movies. Competition is..was a good thing..people need to get that in their thick skulls. My PS3 still sits and does nothing most of the time so what a glorious win.. how many times you gonna post this asshole?

Toshiba to drop HD-DVD - almost official
I found that when using Roxio EMC 8, the Roxio Drag and drop created a conflict with xp's drag and drop when attempting to bring files to the cd to burn, which advises me: "A CD-recording driver is installed that might cause stability problems, including problems shutting down and problems using a CD/DVD drive.

Opinions Please - New PC Configuration
I've got an old Panasonic A-160, a PS2 and 2 PC's with DVD drives - I use all 4 of them The A-160 really get's upset, the other 3 just a bad frame every so often Can we hunt down the disc manufacturer and boycot them? :-) Maybe its the way your handling them but I certainly haven't had any problems with cd mags or