Hello, I am planning to buy an external DVD burner for my computer. Some of my disk partitions are 7 GB and are about 60% to 80% full. Now I want to burn the drive contents to a DVD. There seems to be lot of DVD burning technologies. Most of them say "dual sided". Do this mean that both sides...

hey guys i wanna get a dvd burner to burn movies..know any good ones to get?..cuz i basically wanna go out to like blockbuster video..rent some dvd's..come home and just burn them..and any software that i might need too..thx for ur help.

im in the market for a new burning device, i want to jump on the dvd burning wagon, but a little bit in the dark with this new technology. So, my question is...which brand should i be looking for? I want to purchase one that will stand throught the test of time and usage.

Dear Friends, Greetings to all! Just a simple question. As you know, some DVD drives for computers include the "skip/next track" button plus other buttons such as stop, eject, etc., as it is the case of all or most Lite-on drives (user interface). My question is, is there any other computer...

I wiped out everything last week in anticipation of a new design contract coming in. I tried to run from the CD, but the CD promptly blew. I looked inside the drive and it is the Kapton plastic "Flex Circuit" that connects the tray to the back of the drive, and thus to the motherboard. It...

I have a dvd reader LG drd8160B It worked properly for 2 years. But it does not read DVD discs any more for some weeks, only CD's. It asks me to insert a disc although there is one in the player. my config : win 2000, ram 256, HDD 40 G, AMD duron 1.2 Ghz, 1 CD writer Sony can you help me ?

Hi all I have a HP Pavilion ze5600 laptop and emprex external dvd writer, and for some reason when I copy data to dvd it will not play the disc at all in my laptop?? the disc's are standard datawrite x8 dvd-r the disc are fine and play on my dvd player, desktop and any other computer???? any...

Today I installed a Sony DVD+-RW, and it seems to be working perfectly. Under "system requirements" the documentation says "one available EIDE (ATAPI) interface connection" In fine print under "caution" it says "the device cannot be assured to operate properly if connected to an ATAPI interface...

hi all, Ok I have a stupid question, but am trying to cover all bases. I recently bought a GeForce2 video/graphics card that has DVD playback capability. I bought it strictly as a 3D graphics accelerator (not a gamer!) for an equally obsolete computer that does not have a DVD player. Will this...

I have a Nvidia MX400 w/ TV out and am running Win 98SE. When I try to run certain DVD's I get a message telling me "This copy protected disk can not be played when the TV out Function is enabled". I'm using the lastest rev of PowerDVD XP 4.0. I am wondering if anyone knows how to get around this...

i just installed a dvd player into my computer.. sometimes the sound is working and sometimes it isnt.. i could be in the middle of a movie and it just stops.. could i simply have loosened my sound card when i opened up the casing.. ???? also at one point i rebooted and it found new hardware.. my...

(Mike) wrote in message ... Hi. What brand and model DVD drive do you have? Artec I will check the model number shortly Also, do you happen to know the brand and model of your soundcard? Creative SB Live Without...

I have an internal LG DVD Burner (in addition to an external). The internal burner is acting wierd and i'm not sure why. I burn DL DVD's and the speed seems to be inaccurate. First, I used a "2.4 X" disc and it indicated that it was burning at "4X"...which is impossible and inaccurate due to the...

Hi: I want to burn DVD type 2 European format for my relatives in Europe. Problem is I don't know where to obtain software. Is a patch available for Nero burning or easy CD creator to burn type 2 format DVD files? Thanks, FRED

Hi. My Mum has an old LaCie DVD RAM writing thingy, and was asking me where to get more cartridges. I found them easily, and discovered they're wickedly expensive compared to DVD RW discs. I wondered, then, if somebody could tell me what DVD RAM has got that you might pay ten times as much for...

Dear all, I have a problem with my LG DVD-RAM drive model GSA-4040B which I cannot resolve ... about 6 months ago I bought the drive, installed it and everything worked fine. But last week the drive started causing problems without any sort of warning and no obvious reason. All the sudden it does...

Hello, I have a problem with my Sony CRX-300A DVD/CD-RW combo drive... It takes a lot of time to browse (or even read) the contents of a CD or to copy it on the hard disk. I thought it might be caused by OS drivers or its configuration (Windows XP), but the same problem can be observed when I try...

ho un masterizzatore DVD della BTC ...ho reinstallato il sistema operativo Win2k ho aggiornato i driver della scheda madre, il bios, ho installato le directX 9.b ho aggiornato il firmware ma il masterizzatore DVD funziona solo in modalita unità CD-ROM.. inserendo un dvd questo non riconosce...

I found that if I hook up my Princeton Monitor with the DVI cable to my ATI9600 card if I turn on the monitor first The computer refuses to start no fans at all. If I turn on the Monitor on after I start the Computer it is ok. Someone said this is due to Monitor leakage upsetting the ASUS board....

Which motherboard(s) has a DVI port? Is this port necessary for LCD monitor?