dvd rewriter spec

spankymonkey_2

i would like to treat myself to a dvd rewriter. can anyone help me out with any idea what to look for etc? are they easy to fit?

T4i

What PC do you have?

The NEC's are good drives. Good for ripping too :eek:

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Nec drives are excellent, I don't think their the cheapest, but they certaintly are excellent drives, I've never had a coaster yet with one of these.
Very easy to fit, especially if your replacing an old drive, just take old drive out, look at the back, see where the jumper is, and then place the new jumper in the same position on your new drive, plug in and away you go.

If your putting in a new drive, open your computer, see if you have an extra
ide cable, or a spare connection on an ide cable, if its on a new cable, just set the jumper to master, plug in and away you go.

If your connecting it to an exsisting cable with another drive already on it, you would usually set your jumper on your new drive to slave, as the other drive would be set to master.
I hope you can understand this, not sure if I've made my self clear, all in all it takes about 5mins, I think I've made it sound a bit complicated, but it isn't.

Have a look here for drives
http://svp.co.uk/products-list.php?cid=86&PHPSESSID=065ed33dd528a9734005eee64b0dd5e4


Hope this helps

spankymonkey_2

my pc is only basic hp pavilion. it only has 256mb memory at the moment hoping to buy some memory and install it at the same time. another question... you say replace existing drive(which is only cd.rw) if i keep it would it make it easier to copy dvd's(play in one drive ,copy in other)?
i was looking at the dvd rw in argos £50. has anyone ever had one of these?