I need help picking a dvd burner.

[ShoeUnited]

I need some help in picking a burner.

I have about $500 usd and I wish to spend no more than half if possible if not well then I can't buy my snazzy new video capture card I want soon!

Ok my computer is running on Windows ME has a 1ghz processor 256k of ram and a large enough hard drive. so I can handle what I throw at it, if it can't handle I can upgrade.

I am just not sure about which dvd burner I should buy, my dvd player is an Apex 1000 that has been flash upgraded to a 1500 version. So I need to know which media is best used on this specific player. Do I use -R/RW or +R/RW? I would prefer having one that came with nero. Otherwise the software will visit the local receptacle. Please help. Thank you.

-Shoe

[kitty]

The current darlings are the Pioneer A05 (or 105, same thing OEM) and the Sony DRU-500A. If you want opinions on these do a forum search as there is alot of good and a few negative comments on both mainly on what types of media they like & don't like. There are also some deals on +R/+RW only drives if you want to save some money. The Sony (the only dual drive in mass market) is somewhat scarce and around $350 when you can find one. Pioneer less, +Rs even less (except HP go figure).

The Apex units generally like all media. My true Apex 1500 liked my first DVD-R on the Sony and I'm encoding home footage now. I believe the DVD Players section states that +R media works well also but you'll want to read up on it in that section.

So read up based on your findings pick one & enjoy.