POLL: When did you first start burning DVD's ?

lordsmurf · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 11:13

Got my first burner in August 2001, burned first successful disc in September 2001. Blanks were $9 each, Pioneer discs. Next batch was Apple at $6 each. Then came Ritek for $5 each. All 1x or 2x discs.

SLICK RICK · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 13:15

I started earlier this year, around April. Using Verbatim first but now use TDK, Ritek G04, and BeAll's.

SLICK RICK

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energy80s · Member Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Location: Northern Ireland

Started burning actual DVDR's (as opposed to mini DVD's) in June. Have been making all sorts of Video CD's for the last two years - VCD to SVCD to CVD to 1/2 DVD.

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

Late 2001, with a rented dvd+rw burner(hp I think). Blank dvd+rws were $30 each.

Redeye07 · SlightlyElevated Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: Texas

I haven't started burning DVDs but I want to.

My husband is getting me a DVD burner for Christmas -- he doesn't know it yet.

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racer-x · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 12:53

Sometime in 2002, I can't remember when. First media I used cost around $5.
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Rookie64 · In training Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Location: USA

A few months ago for me, but I had been burning VCDs for a couple years prior.

I've had very good luck so far, following much advice from this site

disturbed1 · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2001 Location: init 4

May/June 2001.

TDK blanks were $17 each at the local circuit city. Webstores had Princo for $2-$3 each later that year.

Tommyknocker · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 15:13

When I was knee high to a chicken

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birdygal · Member Joined: 08 Apr 2002 Location: Altha Florida

Feb 2001 got my DVD+rw burner though discs were too high I only practiced with it. til i broke down and got a -r burner

birdygal · Member Joined: 08 Apr 2002 Location: Altha Florida

Oops memory loss it may have been 2002 when ever the first +rw's came out .

Conquest10 · Thread Killer Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Location: Chicago, IL

Not yet but I'm getting a Sony DRU-510A in a couple of days.
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vhelp · ..Semi Neutral.. Joined: 31 Mar 2001 Location: New York

Me, Oh.. I started surfing vcdhelp some time in early Jan/2001 and signed
up w/ this great FORUM in March/2001. I burned my first VCD that say
evening/night was it. Anyways...

It's ben lots of fun w/ VCD creation starting w/ my ATI-TV Wonder and then
my first hardware mpeg Dazzle DVC USB though quality was not as good
as some earlier arrivers at the game w/ this card, but I made many such
VCD's w/ it in my baby walk w/ this hobby

I have a Pioneer A05 DVD burner for almost a year I think, ..but to date, I
still haven't used it !! Does at least buying DVD R/W disks on sale every
so often count hehe..

But, the main reason I'm not using (or can't) is because the box'es specs
say that the Burner requires a Win98SE as minimum. So, I waisted my
monies in a sense

because I refused to move past my perfectly working
Windows 98 Gold system.

Brand: DVR-105 - (CenDyne 4x DVD R/RW)

-vhelp 2023

indolikaa · Gone Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Location: .....

Windows 98 Gold? vhelp, it's okay to be different, but come on. This is the New World Order. Get with the rest of the population.

This is coming from somebody who still has an MS-DOS 6.22 partition on one of his computers.

Devanshu · Pissed off Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: United States

Not yet but I hope to after I can come up w/ enough money to buy one.
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Will Hay · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 02:34

Oct 2002 (it's my dvdr burner's birthday) with Ritek (if I can find them) and currently JVC.
Oh, and always Datasafe, there's seems to be a done of these, great for archive.
Great last poll option BTW

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Gees · Digital Angel Joined: 07 May 2003 Location: Pal Realm

First DVDs were this year. Before that I only used video on CDs. Not VCDs or SVCDs, but within multimedia presentations using MMB (same maker as DVDLab).

Wanted a better way. Found it here. :c)
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ebenton · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 06:28

I got a can of lighter fluid and set fire to Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" DVD earlier this year. (It was a copy someone gave to me.)

lordsmurf · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 07:11

seinman · Member Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Location: Chicago

I got my first DVD burner yesterday. I've been burning VCD and SVCD for quite some time... and I *finally* added DVD to the mix.

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spiderman2k1 · Member Joined: 27 May 2001 Location: SPACE

june or july of 2002 was buying smartdisc a five pack for $20.00 dollars at compusa I have Pioneer AO4 and I love it. Burn DVD all the time never gave me a problem to this day.

lordsmurf · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 22:35

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