DVD Writer

Stealth131

woj101 wrote:

As long as you'll take the beige colour the NEC 4551 is a few quid cheaper on Ebuyer: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/101361

That seems quite good. I'm looking to get a DVDRW. I'm probably just going to replace my current CDRW with one of these...would I need to buy anything extra like cables or scews in order to do this? Anything else I need to consider? Thanks .

Kilty_2

If you are going to replace your drive (ie. take the CDRW out and put the DVDRW in its place) then you wont need anything else, if you are going to add it as a second drive you will need an IDE cable and mounting screws, ebuyer will stock both cheaply.

Stealth131

Thanks! .

mark_steps

Cool info guys. Will buy more DVds to write to with a faster speed. In the meantime. How do i go about finding the true speed of my dvd writer??

mark_steps

Sorry guys - any info on how to find out my dvd writer speed??

niceguyrichy

mark_steps wrote:

Sorry guys - any info on how to find out my dvd writer speed??

go > here <, click download button, select the 'mirror' on the next page, and download Everest.

open it (need winzip or RAR installed), and double click the everest.exe file.
navigate to 'Computer' , > 'Summary' , and 3/4 way down the page under heading 'storage' it should tell you make and speed of your optical drive