DVD Writers WTF

[lastsplatter]

Hello boys, girls and people of indifference.

I am looking to buy a DVD writer but I have to admit to being completely baffled.

I want to get one that will allow me to backup my playstation 2 games and DVDs as well as being able to put home movies and TV stuff onto DVDs.

I started looking into it but started getting completely baffled by all this +r - r rw stuff.

Would some kindly soul please explain what all this stuff means and what difference it makes.

I have read through some, but by no means all, of the messeges on the forum but I am none the wiser.

I need real laymen terms.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Cannibal]

Read this FAQ:

http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html

[lastsplatter]

Fantastic and thank you very much

[Cannibal]

You're very welcome, hope it helped

[lastsplatter]

i will tell you later when I have had the chance to look through it One hell of a lot of info

[Cannibal]

LOL yep, theres a ton of info there. I think section 4.3 pertains most to your question though.

There's also some pretty good info here:

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=118

and also read this sticky thread:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=103797

[lastsplatter]

Being the wonderful helper that you are You wouldn't know of a file that Adam posted for testing surround sound (5.1) or any other file I can burn to a CD?

[Cannibal]

Im sorry Im not aware of that, but you can look through Adam's posts here:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/search.php?search_author=adam

or just send him a PM.

[lastsplatter]

Have you seen how many posts he has I started looking through them but my brain started to ooze from my ears so gave up

Sent him a PM Friday but as yet no response

Thanks anyway

[Cannibal]

LMAO! Yeah, he has quite a few more posts than I do

Perhaps you can find it in the Tools section here:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/tools

Worth a shot

[lastsplatter]

Bloody good idea