2 dvd burners ?

[takovr]

My pc now has a sonycd burner and a old pioneer 2x burner, I just ordered a new sony 16x dvd burner. My question is should I keep my old 2x burner and put in my new 16x sony burner so I can copy dvd to dvd ?

[Epicurus8a]

I'm in a similar situation, and that's what I plan on doing. After I get things working, I might put the extra cd burner in an external USB or Firewire enclosure. Then I'll be set for just about anything.

[morcamtec]

Very good idea!!!!

[cellardoor]

I just got a 16x memorex dvd burner to go along with my HP 2.4x burner. I have copied dvd to dvd using my backups only usually takes 15 mins. using nero.

[mats.hogberg]

No, DVD to DVD (nor CD to CD for that matter) is generally not a good idea. If you're going to as "Why?", the answer is "It doesn't work reliably."

/Mats

[bazooka]

No, DVD to DVD (nor CD to CD for that matter) is generally not a good idea. If you're going to as "Why?", the answer is "It doesn't work reliably."

/Mats

I agree with Mats

Do not do it because on the fly copying is not reliable.

[strummy53]

You can try it, but as the last 2 post and mine are saying, it's not going to work well for you, that's coming from experience. Better and more reliable to rip it then burn it

[Epicurus8a]

Oops! The others are correct about DVD to DVD being less reliable. But I do remember reading some people have no problems.

Also, my older Pioneer burner reads discs very well - much better than my existing DVD-ROM.

Another advantage is that you can burn two DVDs at the same time, provided your software supports this. (Some dispute this, too.)