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James Fee
05-28-2004, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=459' target='_blank'>http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=459</a><br /><br /></div>"The NEC ND2510A can burn to DVD+R DL discs at 2.4-speed, which is pretty slow by today's standards. That said, if you're going to write 8.5GB of data, you're probably going to make yourself a cup of coffee while you're waiting anyway. I burned 7.9GB of data to the dual layer disc, made up of a single MPEG2 file and a DVD ISO image. It took 41 minutes and eight seconds to burn the whole 7.9GB to DVD+R DL, which is obviously a lot longer than burning two 4.7GB discs, but dual layer is more about convenience than speed. "<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/nec_DVD.gif" /> <br /><br />The NEC ND2510A got an Editor's Choice award and seems a great choice for anyone interested in Dual-layer burners. At about $130 USD, the ND2510A looks like great product at a low price.<br /><br />Here come the Dual-layer DVD burners! :onfire:

Doug Johnson
05-28-2004, 09:31 PM
With a firmware hack, NEC's popular ND-2500A can also be upgraded to support Double Layer discs.

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=25904

ShinKen
05-28-2004, 11:59 PM
I recently bought the Sony DL drive. So far so good. Now if only the DL media would arrive. There are a couple of home videos that I have spread out across 6 dvd+r discs that I would love to shrink down to three DL discs!

By the way Newegg.com has the NEC drive for $93 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-152-021&depa=1)