External burner capable to write DVD ROM

Aje wrote on 3/18/2006, 2:20 AM

Hello!
I have to burn a lot of DVD´s and intend to get an additional burner.
I want an external burner capable of writing booktype DVD ROM in Nero( which i always do now thanks to Scottw).
In datastores they don´t know anything about this.
And the only way to find out is to buy one and test if it shows up in Nero burningwindow with the DVD ROM booktype option or not.
Which brand and modell can fill my needs ?
And what is best - Firewire or USB2?
/Aje

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ScottW wrote on 3/18/2006, 10:23 AM

go to www.cdrinfo.com and click on the link to the optical storage reviews. They always test this feature of every burner they review.

Aje wrote on 3/18/2006, 11:05 AM

Thanks for your answer Scottw!
Your advice concerning booktype setting have
helped me a lot.
I have searched cdinfo.com and found that all Lite On´s burners
have this option.
Lite On burners don´t have firewireconnection so I have to
go with USB.
I´ve been told that firewire don´t take any CPU power and
therefore suits a lap top better but perhaps this isn´t so important.

Business is going well for me just now (need to burn hundreds of DVD´s in a short time) and perhaps its better to get a multiple burner (with several burners burning many DVD´s at the same time).
Is there any such multiple burner not to expensive
(under 1000 dollars)?
Those multiple burners make copies so I presume that a Book type
DVD ROM disk also would duplicate as a such disk.
/Aje

ScottW wrote on 3/18/2006, 2:32 PM

I've not seen a multi-burner unit or a robot that supports changing the booktype. If you're willing to go with DVD-R (which most people don't have issues with) and then just burn +R with DVD-ROM for those that do have issues, there are a number of options.