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I wish DVD-ROM manufactueres would focus on improving the read speeds for recordable DVD media. My so-called "16X" LG DVD-ROM drive will read a DVD-R at most at 6.4x (CAV) while it won't budge above 2.7x (CLV) for DVD-RW discs. I mean, these speed ratings are way worse than with CD technology: my LG 16x10x40x burner will read all CD-ROM discs and almost all CD-Rs at full speed (~40x for full discs, a little less ...

A new nero version has been officialy released by Ahead Software

There product page doesn't show it, but under the downloads, it does say:

nero55107.exe

Futureshop is seelling the dvr-a05 for 399$ CAN after 150$ mail in rebate.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10023711&logon=&langid=FR&dept=0&WLBS=fsweb8

What are the disadvantages of this drive exept the unavailability to write + media? (Im really thinking about buying it!)

I've switched from Easy CD Creator 4.05 to Nero 5.5 for all my newer drives. I'm just wondering why anyone would still buy Easy CD Creator to burn CD-R's.

DirectCD to burn CDRW's I can understand, but why Easy CD Creator for CD-R's? Is it just as good as Nero?

New Staples ad is online. This one is for the next 2 weeks.

SONY 50/PACK RECORDABLE CD-R - $2.94 after $11 MIR
SONY EXTERNAL 48/12/48 CD-RW DRIVE - $129.98 after $20 MIR w/ EE Sony 5/PACK CD-RW
SONY INTERNAL 52/24/52 CD-RW DRIVE - $69.99 after $20 MIR w/ EE Sony 5/PACK CD-RW
ARTEC INTERNAL 16X MAX DVD/40X MAX CD-ROM DRIVE - $39.94 after $20 MIR
MAXELL 5/PACK RECORDABLE DVD-R - $9.94 after $5 MIR

...available at MicroCenter and microcenter.com.

The BUSLink RW5252 is a Lite-On LTR-52246S.

Update #1: At the time of this posting, Lite-On was the only OEM supplier of 52x24x52x burners for BUSLink. Now, AOpen is an OEM supplier as well. You can tell which burner you have by looking at the box (contrary to what BUSLink's official statement says): If you see the words "SMART-BURN" and "Smart-X," then that burner is an OEM Lite-On LTR-52246S. If ...

Best CDRW and DVD setup, under Device Manager for
use primarily with Nero ???

I have Lite-on 52X CDRW and DVD drives
In my Win98se and WinXP PC.

For Win98se PC, Under Device Manager
1) I should always make sure DMA is turn on.
2) What about (Disconnect) on or off ?
3) What about (Sync data transfer) on or off ?
4) What about (Auto insert notification) on or off ?

I think my ...

Yes I have a DMA problem,
now that you guys mention did!!!

In my Win98se PC,
I CAN'T seem to turn on the DMA
for my lite-on 52x CDRW and the DVD drives.

Every time I turn them on in Device Manager, Win98se says to restart, but when I come back,
DMA is still OFF!!!

I mess with the Motherboard (Abit KT7A-RAID) Bios
and it just has a auto/disable selection for DMA...

What should I ...

What are the ranks that there are on these forums and how many posts do you need for each one?

Shouldn't there be a new version of Nero today or tomorrow since on thier site is says:

Filesize: 12.3 MB (12,919,810 bytes)
Current version: 5.5.10.0
Release date: December 18th, 2002
Running until: January 31st, 2003