Dvd writer

[Microsoft Master]

I'm embarrassed to say this but my dad needs dvd writer because he has a quadrilion cds and he wants me to find the highest quality cd writer//reader for him 

[Microsoft Master]

I didnt know what catogory to put this in so i put it in off topic

[AshleyAshes]

Pretty much... All of them these days.

 

It's so easy to make a DVD-RW drive that just about any will do.  About the only major difference these days is 'Does it have Lightscribe or not?' if LightScribe is even something you want.

[dalekphalm]

1 hour ago, Microsoft Master said:

I'm embarrassed to say this but my dad needs dvd writer because he has a quadrilion cds and he wants me to find the highest quality cd writer//reader for him 

Why does he actually need to use a DVD writer? Just because he's got a ton of (I assume) blank CD's lying around, doesn't mean he needs to actually use them. What's he going to use them for?

 

As for a good DVD Writer? Pretty much any of them. LG used to be the go-to DVD Writer for like, at least a decade, but Pioneer or any of the other major brands will do just fine.

 

If I were buying a DVD Writer these days, as @AshleyAshes mentions, I'd look for one with LightScribe and M-DISC support. Might as well get one that can do it all - probably a negligible price difference.

[Microsoft Master]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Why does he actually need to use a DVD writer? Just because he's got a ton of (I assume) blank CD's lying around, doesn't mean he needs to actually use them. What's he going to use them for?

 

As for a good DVD Writer? Pretty much any of them. LG used to be the go-to DVD Writer for like, at least a decade, but Pioneer or any of the other major brands will do just fine.

 

If I were buying a DVD Writer these days, as @AshleyAshes mentions, I'd look for one with LightScribe and M-DISC support. Might as well get one that can do it all - probably a negligible price difference.

He is so 90's and he wants to burn his cd's to itunes iv'e tried to get him over to spotify but he says he has over $500 into itunes and i don't blame him

[AshleyAshes]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Why does he actually need to use a DVD writer? Just because he's got a ton of (I assume) blank CD's lying around, doesn't mean he needs to actually use them. What's he going to use them for?

 

As for a good DVD Writer? Pretty much any of them. LG used to be the go-to DVD Writer for like, at least a decade, but Pioneer or any of the other major brands will do just fine.

 

If I were buying a DVD Writer these days, as @AshleyAshes mentions, I'd look for one with LightScribe and M-DISC support. Might as well get one that can do it all - probably a negligible price difference.

I have a BDRW drive, I got it years ago, It's never even burned a single BDR disc.  I literally have no idea if the function works on the drive or not.  I'm not even sure if I've ever used it to burn a DVDR disc either.

[dalekphalm]

3 minutes ago, Microsoft Master said:

He is so 90's and he wants to burn his cd's to itunes iv'e tried to get him over to spotify but he says he has over $500 into itunes and i don't blame him

I really don't understand what you mean here. He wants to "burn his CD's to iTunes"... you've either mixed up your statement, or you've used incorrect terms.

 

Does he want to RIP his legally purchased Music CD's into iTunes, and thus create MP3's from this CD collection? If so, literally pointless to use blank CD's.

 

Does he want to burn his iTunes collection to CD? Why? For what purpose? What's he using the burned CD's for afterwards? All of those iTunes music purchases (unless he bought them like a decade ago) are DRM free anyway, so he can copy the MP3 or AAC files to other devices or use them on his Smartphone or a digital music player, etc.

 

@AshleyAshes when I jumped into Blu-Ray SATA drives, Burners were still too expensive, so I picked up a (for the time) really nice BD reader (It's also a DVD writer I believe). If I were to buy one today though, I'd get a BD-Writer just for the hell of it. I too don't think I've ever burned a disc on it at all. I've burned the occasional ISO at work for stubborn computers that didn't want to play nice with a bootable USB, but I haven't burned a disc at home for ages.

 

I think my Fiancee burned a CD for school - she used a CD-RW (and re-used it) to burn music tracks to practice singing in the car on the way to the College.