Need help with dvd burner and system ???

[np]

Ok a little while ago Iposted the specs of my computer and was told i wouldnt be able to burn dvds with it....I am upgrading it slightly so ..
I have a pentium 3 733mgh with 14 gigs and having an external 40 gig added. memory will be upgraded to 256 (it was 133).

Will it work?....also my otehr computer is the same specs except its a celeron 600 will it be too old? even if I change the memory card and add the external 40 gig?


I was thinking o fbuying this dvd burner
NEC dvd-r/rw dvd+r/rw with 2mb buffer (is that enough what is it for anyway)... or should I go with a dvd-ram???

[lechtin]

np,

As for your compuyter, I used to have a pentium 3 at 733MHz also and did not have any problems capturing (sold it to my father-in-law and he also edits digital video with it). The only thing I would suggest is to go for at least 512 MB of memory (I had 784MB) and make sure your external hard disk is fast enough (7200 RPM, USB 2.0 or firewire - preferably firewire especially if you plan to also do some DV-format capturing). If you also plan to capture, you just may be tight in performance to capture in MPEG2 as the computer must do the conversion as it captures the video. I used to capture in DV from my miniDV camcorder and since that is just a transfer, I did not drop any frames.

For a burner suggestion, since you will be burning DVD's (for video I assume), go for a dual format burner. The NEC you mention has a good reputation, is not really much more expensive than a single format burner and that way you can burn to whatever format is compatible with your player(s). DVD-RAM is only for data and very few if any set top DVD players are compatible with it.