I seem to recall a list of compatible DVD burner drives posted somewhere. The list was minimal. Have also heard many people saying DVDA did not recognize their burner, which is a situation I am trying to avoid prior to picking up a new one.

You don't need to be limited by DVDA - just write the DVD files to hd and then burn them to DVD with another program if you need to. If you haven't already got DVD burning s/w you can use Burnatonce, it's freeware.

Ian G.

As always, thanks Ian. I know I do not need it to be compatible, just thought it might be nice if I was on the fence between a few drives, one being compat, the other not.... would make the decision a bit easier.

Try

www.dvdrhelp.com.

Ole

Based on personal experience, I'd steer you away from drives from I/O Magic, and towards Plextor drives. I have the Plextor PX-708UF drive and it has worked very well for me.

dvdrhelp.com is an info packed site, but I'm not sure they would be the source for information regarding compatability with Sony's products, in this case, DVDA.

Re: Plextor drives - their drives are always at the top of the price range per features. Although, I have to admit, the drive they are about to release got my attention - 16x +-R, 4X DL. I'd love a firewire version of that, but it will likely retail for well over $US 200. Hard to justify when similar drives can be had for less.

Compliments of some of the opinions at DVDhelp, CDFreaks, ans similar sites, I am probably down to an NEC 3500 and a Pioneer 108.

Finally found what I was looking for - it was in the knowledge base! Go figure! DOH!

Question
Is there a list of supported DVD burners for DVD Architect 2?


Answer
We do not have a list of supported drives for version 2.0 of the program, as it should work fine with the vast majority of drives on the market. It is recommended that you try out burning on your particular drive before purchasing the software. You can download the demo of the program along with a test project for burning at this page.



Here is the link

a few days ago i bought MS+DVD and so i needed aDVD burner. i bought an external Pioneer 108 with a nice enclosure and Firewire & USB interfaces from Meritline for $149. i have burned 3 DVD's with this setup with no problem burning--but 2 out of the 3 have problems on my Denon 3300. All were burned using the same authored files. I have a Panasonic E100 DVR and the Ritek & TDK -R discs burned at X4 play fine on the Denon.

the first one is one of the freebies from meritline which is a -R burned at X4 and does not Load/play at all.

the next one is a TDK-R burned at X1, which has pixelations at the same places on both the Denon and my laptop, so i guess it was a problem burning.

the third is a Ritek +R (x8) which was burned at 2.4, which is the lowest setting DVA allows for this disk, and it has NO problems. I would like to burn at X1, but DVA won't allow it.

being a newbie at MS and computer burning in general--i don't know if this is to be expected or what. my 108 has version 1.10 code and Pioneer has new code 1.14 which they say helps the burning process. i did not download it, just in case i decide to return this burner, which i can within 30 days for a full refund. when i get a chance i'l try Nero 6 and see if that burns any better.

hth,
ron

Reasonable, but not helpful! Since this site is due for an overhaul, perhaps Sony could implement an FAQ page, including a list of (in)compatible burners we could contribute to?

Ian G.