DVD writer ?

[12noon]

Should have asked this before i paid my money, but is this a good DVD writer ?

NEC Dual Format DVD drive (NEC ND 1300a)

I've just ordered it for £99.99 and paid £7.00 for 24 hour next day delivery.

Here's the specs :-

Data transfer rate:
DVD:8….12x (max. 16200 kByte/s) - read
+R: 4x CLV (5520 kByte/s) - write
+RW: 2.4x CLV (3300 kByte/s) - write
-R: 4x CLV (5520 kByte/s) - write
-RW: 2x CLV (3300 kByte/s) - write
CD:17…40x (2550-6000 kByte/s) - read
-R: 16x CLV (2400 kByte/s) - write
-RW: 10x CLV (1500) kByte/s - write
 

Memory capacity: 2MB Cache

Access time: 140 ms DVD-ROM
120 ms CD-ROM

Modes supported:DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-Audio, CD Extra, CD Text, CD-I Ready, CD-Bridge, Photo-CD, Video CD, Hybrid CD

Interface:IDE/ATAPI Ultra DMA33 

Audio connections:Headphone jack and volume control at front, plus digital-out and line-out at the back (MPC compatible) 

PIO mode:Mode 4

Special features:Vertical operation possible, anti-dust seal PC 99-compatible

 
Hope it's a good one and is easy to installl.
BTW what's the difference between dvd+r and dvd-r ?

[susieq]

where have all our "techies" gone?....come on guys, can someone help 12noon out?

[12noon]

I haven't got it yet because i only placed the order last night, but what blank DVD disks do i get ?
Are they all the same or are the +R and -R disks different ?
Thanks for any help.
 

EDIT

Oh just remembered. I've already got NERO, but don't get any software with the DVD player/writer so what software should i be thinking about buying ?

[12noon]

Sorry for making a reply to myself, but i've got a problem !

I've installed the DVD recorder and can play dvd's on it, but Nero 5.5 didn't work with the copier, so i downloaded the nero 6 trial and that only lets me copy CD's and doesn't see my DVD recorder as a DVD redcorder.
I also got something called STOMP and that only lets my use my new drive as a DVD player and not a recorder.

I need help !

I think it might be the fact that i used the ribbon cable that i used to use with my old CDWR. Do i need a new ribbon cable ?
BTW i thought it might be the firmware, so i upgraded to the latest official version.

[susieq]

Hi 12noon,
please hang in there, someone should be here within next 24/36 hours
Don't give up..... ;)everyone(WK techies) seems to have disappeared all at the same time....hang in there   They can'be far,  I'm trying to find them too....

[SensoVision]

12noon what about speed? how much it would take to burn DVD on 2x? I always thought that even my patience wouldn't be enough not to use PC for so long... that's why I'll not by DVD-Rewriter for long time, actually I don't even have DVD-ROM;) and don't really need it IMHO

[12noon]

I'm not sure how long it would take at 2X speed, but i've now got the DVD recorder to work.
4X speed will do a disk in about half an hour.
 
My problem was software. I've now got the latest version of Stomp - RecordNow Max and everything works just fine.

[CoastPC]

Hi guys,
     Sorry bout the delay, work has been a killer lately
A good page explaining DVD formats is here >> http://www.mp3-cdburner.com/DVD-Formats-Explained.shtml
 Hope it helps

 Chris

[susieq]

Hello guys,
ugh! guess what..I now have a dvd problem

I wonder please if you could tell me how to find a cd dvd driver for my dvd player....I have:
CD RW/DVD 48X24X48 16X DVD RE.
WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION.
I.E.6

Everything else works, except the dvd won't play the movie I had for my birthday and I haven't a clue what to do
Thanking you

[12noon]

After installing Stomp - RecordNow Max ltest version everything started working on my DVD rewriter.

I also upgraded the firmware.
What make and model number is your dvd/cd drive ?

[susieq]

Sorry 12noon, may I come back to you, I unable to do much at the moment regarding dvd info
Thanks
Sue

[12noon]

OK here goes...

I was making a DVD the other day, when my wife (rushing to the phone) gave my computer a kick !
My DVD player now doesn't work.

When i turn on my PC the set-up finds the DVD drive and it also shows up in my-computer, but when i put any disk in the drive nothing is found (no CD or DVD media).
I think my wife must have broke something inside the dvd player.
Does anyone have any advice about what i should do ?
I bought the NEC ND1300A DVDRW through a link on ebay and can't send it back.
Do you think i could take it to a shop or send it back to NEC ?
 
Please help. I paid around £100 for it.

[SensoVision]

sorry to hear about your problem  What about this DVD is it work at all? or when you first time turn it on it's not working? Also do you have some other decice like CD-RW plugged? if so try to disconnect this other device, I've saw several time that such device could have a conflit and some weird problems appear so as disk couldn't be found after pluggin both devices in the same time.
But if it work previously and stop working after your wife kick PC try to check everything especially connection between DVD and Motherboard and if nothing help maybe try to go to nearest NEC service or to some shop which sell it's products, maybe they would deal with it if not for free maybe some cash would help, you can always try to say that you thought that you can get service in any servicenter.

[12noon]

I've also got a CD drive in my PC and the DVD is set to slave. I'll try taking everything out and putting the dvd back in as master. See if that works.
I'm not sure a shop would be able to fix it, but i'll try that as well.
My only other way would be to use my house contents insurance. I think i might have a chance of getting my money back through that.

[SensoVision]

Try this first thing since it's not exactly conflict between slave and muster... it's just happen to certain devices on certain motherboards, sometimes it could be fixed by new firmware for motherboard and sometimes by plugging only one device instead of two