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Does anyone around here actually use RW discs?
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:45 am
by stix
Just wondered if anybody around here really uses CD-RW discs and DVD + or - RW discs, and if so, what do you use them for, or what burning or packet writing app do you use with them.
For awhile I was using CD-RWs with InCD, but I haven't for awhile.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:06 am
by [buck]
Occasionally I use them as temporary storage if I'm running low on disk space, but that's pretty rare. Honestly, which cheap media DVDRs being as little as $0.10, the economics of RW just don't work.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:13 am
by dolphinius_rex
I used to use DVDRWs RARELY, but since I got my 4GB flash drives, I've never had a need. I *DO* use DVD-RAM in my DVD Recorder though
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:16 am
by dodecahedron
i used to use CDRWs quite a lot for temporary backups, data transfers from one place to another etc. now i hardly use them, i've plenty (good ones too!) that are brand new!
i use DVD+RWs for the same purposes + but primarily to watch backed up movies on the living-room DVD player.
if i had a 4GB USB drive i'd probably use them a little less, but i don't, these things are dreadfully expensive around here. but then like i said the main usage is for burning videos to watch on the living room player.
i have lots of DVD+RWs too
bough a 25 spindle, that was a mistake.
i'm intending to get (or at least try to) some DVD-RAM for data backup.
a long long time ago i used to burn CDRWs with DirectCD4 (university computer). later gave InCD a try on my home computer but gave that up very quickly. since then i just use a regular burning app: usually Nero, sometimes burnatonce. now also ImgBurn of course.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:34 am
by Ian
I used to use DVD+RW's when recording TV shows with my DVD recorder but I have so many old DVD+R discs, I've been trying to use those up.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:09 pm
by DrageMester
I use CD-RW for testing purposes when I want to test how something will work before burning it to CD-R.
I use DVD+/-RW for similar testing purposes but only rarely.
I also use DVD+RW for performing weekly backups of data on my pc to four different discs (new disc every week) using Nero BackItUp, and when they have all been filled up, I transfer the lot to a single DVD+/-R by using the Optimize function in UltraISO (most of the files don't change between backups).
DVD+RW is very well suited for "multi-session" burns, because unlike other DVD media a DVD+RW looks and behaves like a single-session disc when recorded in this way, so all the image tools that have problems with multi-session discs don't have any problems with a DVD+RW disc.
And finally I use DVD+/-RW to transfer recordings from my HDD/DVD Recorder to my pc, where I transfer the content to DVD+/-R after performing necessary cleanup and sometimes additional authoring.
I have saved several hundreds of blank CD-R and DVD+/-R media in this way.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:43 pm
by MonteLDS
not since CD-Rs drop below 80 cents it seems
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:11 pm
by hoxlund
absolutely not, i don't have a single rw anything in my entire apt.
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:44 pm
by dolphinius_rex
hoxlund wrote:absolutely not, i don't have a single rw anything in my entire apt.
Didn't Avi give you a free Mini DVD-RW?
Posted:
Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:46 pm
by aviationwiz
dolphinius_rex wrote:hoxlund wrote:absolutely not, i don't have a single rw anything in my entire apt.
Didn't Avi give you a free Mini DVD-RW?
I sure did!
Posted:
Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:45 am
by hoxlund
i don't have any of those left anymore, got lost in the move
Posted:
Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:11 am
by dolphinius_rex
hoxlund wrote:i don't have any of those left anymore, got lost in the move
Why didn't you say so!
Avi, better send him another one
Posted:
Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:07 am
by hoxlund
well i won't turn it down
anything that is free is worth saving up for
Posted:
Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:34 am
by TheWizard
I use RW's for backups, as other people have mentioned, as well as for Unix distributions. Some flavors of Unix update often, therefore I burn a version on RW, erase it when a newer version comes out, then burn the newer version.
Posted:
Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:37 pm
by wicked1
nope none. I used to use cdrw's for xbox stuff way back when but now I dont own any RW's of any kind. I dont see the point. I have a few large flash drives that are faster and more convenient.
Posted:
Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:44 am
by pranav81
I use DVD+RW's to watch movies on the DVD player.No important data on any RW.
::Pranav::
Posted:
Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:44 pm
by Spazmogen
I use my Mitsubishi 32x 700mb CD-RW discs on occasion.
I seldom use the DVD+RW discs though.
Depends on the operation.
But I now have an external firewire hdd that is faster than DVD+R...
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:40 pm
by jase
Posted:
Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:20 pm
by MediumRare
I use DVD+RW for testing video compilations- mostly 8x, now that they're available. I bought a 5-pack and still have 3 unopened, though.
CD-RW's are good for one-time music compilations. I don't use them for data transfer anymore- 2 GiB USB sticks are much more convenient.
OT: Nice to see you back, jase.
G
Posted:
Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:16 am
by dodecahedron
what kind are those 8x DVD+RWs you got ?
Posted:
Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:18 pm
by MediumRare
dodecahedron wrote:what kind are those 8x DVD+RWs you got ?
Ricoh (RICOHJPNW21). It's the most readily available media here and the
only 8x DVD+RW's they had at the shop where I bought my drive. It's worked well for me.
G