is Nero really necessary? (OEM vs Retail)

Hello,

I am considering getting an OEM drive without software
for use with Windows XP and maybe Linux.

When I burn CDs on my existing drive, I don't use
any special software. I use XP's builtin writer.

For DVDs is there really any need for anything better
like Nero?

Thanks for your opinions.

Yibbels

In a few years, everything is obsolete: TVs, cars, girlfriends, pets,
presidents, ...

Buy now that you may live to the full, but only if
you really need the thing.

jeffy3@hotmail.com

That posting was obsolete already.

Yibbels

I don't believe that the inbuilt cd burning software for XP supports DVD
drives, usually the difference between OEM and Retail drives are slight, at
least that's the case at newegg.com where I got my LG dvd drive.

"Yibbels" <> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am considering getting an OEM drive without software
for use with Windows XP and maybe Linux.

When I burn CDs on my existing drive, I don't use
any special software. I use XP's builtin writer.

For DVDs is there really any need for anything better
like Nero?

Thanks for your opinions.

JustMe

The Nero OEM with the pioneer 109 is pretty well complete. Some of the sub
utilities like Wave editor aren't there, but it doesn't seem to be hardware
locked (I have an old cd burner it works with also)


"JustMe" <> wrote in message
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>I don't believe that the inbuilt cd burning software for XP supports DVD
> drives, usually the difference between OEM and Retail drives are slight,
> at
> least that's the case at newegg.com where I got my LG dvd drive.
>
> "Yibbels" <> wrote in message
> news: oups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am considering getting an OEM drive without software
> for use with Windows XP and maybe Linux.
>
> When I burn CDs on my existing drive, I don't use
> any special software. I use XP's builtin writer.
>
> For DVDs is there really any need for anything better
> like Nero?
>
> Thanks for your opinions.
>
>

napalm68

JustMe wrote:
> I don't believe that the inbuilt cd burning software for XP supports
DVD
> drives, usually the difference between OEM and Retail drives are
slight, at
> least that's the case at newegg.com where I got my LG dvd drive.

Are you using that externally?
If so, which external enclosure are you using?

Thanks.

Yibbels

"JustMe" wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>I don't believe that the inbuilt cd burning software for XP supports DVD
>drives

It doesn't -- CDs only, and even there no packet writing.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
other FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/faqget.htm

Stan Brown

Yibbels wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am considering getting an OEM drive without software
> for use with Windows XP and maybe Linux.
>
> When I burn CDs on my existing drive, I don't use
> any special software. I use XP's builtin writer.
>
> For DVDs is there really any need for anything better
> like Nero?
>
> Thanks for your opinions.


My experience thus far with burning DVDs on Windoze XP:

DVDdecrypter -- failed burns 20% of the time
Nero -- zero failures and zero bad quality burns.

I'm sure that I'm doing *something* wrong when using
DVDdecrypter, but I have no idea what the hell that may
be. Plus, with Nero you don't have to go to the laber
of creating an image file.

JB

Joe Blow

Yibbels wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am considering getting an OEM drive without software
> for use with Windows XP and maybe Linux.
>
> When I burn CDs on my existing drive, I don't use
> any special software. I use XP's builtin writer.
>
> For DVDs is there really any need for anything better
> like Nero?
>
> Thanks for your opinions.
>
Under Linux, there's a few good open source dvd burning tools that work
well, most notably k3b. Recently, Nero released a (closed source)
version of their product for free download if you already own the
Windows version (retail for sure, maybe OEM). I have used Nero on
Windows for years, and it is very well done. I strongly recommend it
(haven't tried the Linux port, but k3b works for me).

Nicholas Andrade

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JustMe wrote:
> I don't believe that the inbuilt cd burning software for XP supports
DVD
> drives, usually the difference between OEM and Retail drives are
slight, at
> least that's the case at newegg.com where I got my LG dvd drive.

Are you using that externally?
If so, which external enclosure are you using?

Thanks.

My LG is an internal drive.

JustMe