Hey all, I am new to the forum, actually found it yesterday. This is a great board. Very informative too bad i didn't find it last week. I just bought my first burner it's a (single layer) Pioneer DVR-S606. My question is as far as dual layer burning goes, does it have to be a Dual layer disc? as in labeled DVD+R DL to burn both layers? The reason i ask is that im big on quality. The dvd will played on a new CRT HD TV. I've read about shrinking the size of the file for single layer. (4300) to not burn the disc edge. So my question is should I return it for a dual layer or is the quality of a single layer (shrunk)dvd-r just as good or not that far off of a dual layer burnt disc? Thanks for the help in advance. PS: I hope to learn alot here. I've already learned quite a lot in the past 2 days. Thank You TPA_kid
Hi TPA kid, Yes you need a dual layer burner and dual layer blank disc to copy a dvd without compression. Burners are not priced too bad, but blanks are about $10. to $15. each. Might as well go buy a second copy of the movie. I would return that single burner and get the dual layer burner anyway. Blanks will come down in price some day. Jerry
Also video quality on a compressed movie is usually very good if you don't compress it too far. I try to keep from compressing more than 40% max. Jerry
Howdy TPA_kid, Welcome to AD, AFA the dual layered burner goes, it is backwards compatable meaning they can burn single layered disc also. In order to burn a DVD in the dual-layered mode you need to have a dual-layered disc. The present day costs of a dual-layered discs are in the $10.00 to $12.00 (USD) each. Rather costly when you screw up and make a coaster. For that reason many aren't using them now. A few more weeks (and a few $$ less) and I'll be using them. The single layered discs are fine as many pple are backing up just the movie and the quality then is quite good As to your last question, if it were me, I'd buy the dual-layered burner. again, glad to have you aboard at AD - Cheers, Pete
