Advice needed on purchasing a DVD burner

I'm looking to purchase a used or a new external DVD burner as my eMac came with a CD-RW optical drive, and I would like to ask for your help/advice. Which burners as well as authoring and burning software are considered to be "the best?" (Ideally the burner would come with authoring and burning software.) Any particular vendors I should look into? Thank you for your time.

When I added a DVD+/-R/W to my office Quicksilver G4, I picked a LaCie P5 Porsche from Small Dog Electronics; comes with Toast, easy to set up, and works fine.

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Hi... I am afraid I'm out of space on my project, and am going to need to go DVD9.
Does anyone recommend a particular internal DVD burner that I can easily replace with the super drive in my PPC g5?
thanks
-patrick

Optical drive standoffs are screws that go into the bottom of the drive to adjust how high the drive sits in the optical drive space. The screws have to be the right length or the drive tray won't clear the G5's optical drive door.
Your drive is an LG/Hitachi model. Normally, the standoffs for Pioneer and Toshiba drives are a little bit different than the standoffs for Sony drives. Since your drive is neither, I'm not sure which standoff will work. If you were to purchase the Pioneer, you can try it with your existing standoffs and see if the drive tray clears the door properly. If not, you'll need to get new standoffs from Apple. You can see the DIY guide for replacing the optical drive here: http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/g5/073-0807.pdf

Need recommendation for external DVD burner drive!

I'm one of the officers for a film club at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Recently, I discovered that we had, in our offices, a fully-functional, if not somewhat dated, iMac G4. After getting the neccessary OS X upgrades (it's now running the latest version, 10.4.8), I need to upgrade the CD drive, which is currently just a CD burner drive. It can't even play DVDs, much less burn them, both things we need to have working if we want people in our organization to be able to use this computer.
Since I don't want to physically remove the drive and replace it with an internal DVD burner drive, I'd like a recommendation for a good external one. I noticed that there's only one option on the Apple Store, the LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Drive, and that doesn't look like it's been getting very good reviews. Does anyone have any other options I could choose from?
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Good point Keith.
I have no experience of this model but this one from OWC (a company who get very good press on these boards) promises iDVD 5 and 6 support. It's somewhat cheaper than the Lacie in the Apple store but doesn't have Lightscribe.
mrtotes

Need recommendation for external DVD burner.

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This is really tough.
The reason, all major Manufactures have good products.
Lacie, Maxtor, I-Omega.
I suggest you check each of there sites to meet your criteria.
Good Luck...Don

Need new battery and DVD burner for T61

Hi,
I need a new battery. Old one has totally died and won't hold a charge.
The burner is a different story. Sometimes it will read discs other times it won't read at all, so I'm thinking it's on its way out. Can someone supply correct part numbers? Do you need the current part numbers of the parts that I have?
Thx
Mark

Hi Mark,
if you have a 14.1" 4:3 standard screen or 15.4" T61, you will need the T60 type battery now commonly referred to as battery 41+ 6-cell or 41++ 9-cell by Lenovo marketing. If you have a 14.1" widescreen T61, you will need battery 33 4-cell, 33+ 6-cell or 33++ 9-cell.
Here is a useful post with some detailed information I shared with someone else facing similar T61 DVD Burner issues: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/optical-drive/m-p/1077041#M67668. As for part numbers, you will some listed in T61 System Service parts here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-67911#16. I.B.M./Lenovo loves to use many different part numbers for the same component based on the different manufacturers and different Thinkpad models. But basically, what you need is the Ultrabay Slim (PATA) type DVD Multi-Burner which fits T61, R61, T60, x60 dock, x61 dock, etc.: ThinkPad DVD Ultrabay Slim Burner - Overview.
If you need, I have all of these parts available, including New and used Genuine Lenovo T61 batteries and DVD Burners at terrific prices. I have sent you a PM with more info. Check you "New" messages at the top of this page
Have a great day. (I do not work for Lenovo)

I am using MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8. I need a compatible CD/DVD burner. Can someone recommend one?

Can someone recommend a compatible CD/DVD burner for a MacBook Pro? I have returned two burners, so far, that were not compatible,.

LowLuster wrote:
The Apple external DVD drive will NOT work on a Mac computer that originally came with a built in DVD drive. They only work on Mac computers that did NOT originally come with a built in DVD drive. The Air, Retina and iMacs from late 2012 to present.
True to the extent that out of the box they indeed will not work with Macs other than Airs and Retinas. However a minor modification WILL make them compatible with other Macs. Here are the instructions:
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/04/02/use-the-macbook-air-superdrive-with-any-almost-ma c/
Thus it is a valid choice for consideration.
Ciao.

Advice needed on purchase please!

OK so I plan on making the switch to Mac! Using an old PC desktop right now and plan on getting a portable. The Mac will be my main computer for everyday activities like email, word processing, internet, but I also want to record with it. I plan on getting an Apogee Duet to use with a couple condenser mics and record acoustic guitars and vocals. I'll start with Garageband and hopefully graduate to Logic Express or Logic one day. I don't play games but I do have lots of photos to import onto the Mac and would do general photo editing on them. I also want to take advantage of iMovie and iDVD with little video clips. So...is the Macbook (black one) sufficient or do I need the MBP for what I plan to do? I don't want to spend the extra money if I don't need to...
Second thing - every forum/website I have looked at all highlight the same problems with the MB and MBP - disc drives sticking, fan and overheating issues, faulty displays and so on. It's got me second guessing my purchase but I really want the Mac to record with, and I'm sick of Windows. I realize every computer is not perfect but from what I can tell there is an enormous amount of dissatisfaction with these issues. What's more is that people actually seem to acknowledge the problems but oddly many seem to accept them just because it's an Apple. I really don't want to shell out so much money to experience a major problem after a few weeks of use. I live in a rural area and taking it to a store is not really doable for me.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks!

Second thing - every forum/website I have looked at all highlight the same problems with the MB and MBP - disc drives sticking, fan and overheating issues, faulty displays and so on. It's got me second guessing my purchase but I really want the Mac to record with, and I'm sick of Windows. I realize every computer is not perfect but from what I can tell there is an enormous amount of dissatisfaction with these issues. What's more is that people actually seem to acknowledge the problems but oddly many seem to accept them just because it's an Apple. I really don't want to shell out so much money to experience a major problem after a few weeks of use. I live in a rural area and taking it to a store is not really doable for me.
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
This is a troubleshooting forum. Therefore the majority of the issues you see here are due to the rare lemon, and people still facing a learning curve with computers not knowing what they are doing which may create more issues than solve them. Most people with Macs are very satisfied and don't see these issues. People are too quick to blame the computer or the operating system when the issue is they are doing repairs to systems that otherwise are not broken and then breaking them in the process. If they had just followed some simple rules issues like these would not happen.
So the best thing to do when migrating you to the Mac is to get you started on the right step. If you want to have room to upgrade to Logic Pro a MacBook Pro is probably wiser than a MacBook. You'll have more expansion room in terms of peripherals. The lack of an Express/34 port and a Firewire 800 port really weaken the strength of a simple MacBook when it comes to people in the audio and video editing industry. It is nice to be able to add drives to different buses so editing is faster. Express/34 SATA/II cards are even faster than USB or Firewire when adding an external hard drive.
In the beginning a MacBook is not a bad option, but given where you want to go, don't cheat yourself by only getting a MacBook.

Need reco to replace DVD burner

Hi, I have a Pioneer DVD-RW drive, original to my G5 tower (PowerPC dual 1.8GHz). It's starting to fail and needs replacing. Please recommend a reasonable cost, good quality drive that I can use to watch and burn movies. Thanks!

I would be allowed if I have no vested interest in the recomendation, but I don't know of a specific one, Drives have all changed since awhile ago, if nothing else you could go external, if you needed it bootable you'd need one with Firewire, if not then cheaper USB could work....
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/optical-drives/
I think these are the adapters that might work...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=968549&Q=&is=REG&A=detail s
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KINGWIN-ADP-06-SATA-TO-IDE-BRIDGE-BOARD-7-15-PIN-SATA-/3 50341945226?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
But like I say, not positive if they work with newer drives, might ask OWC tech support.

Advice needed on purchase

Hello.
Time has come to replace my current phone. I always had Nokias and I don't want to change brands.
The reason why I ask your help is: I am reading reviews and comments about several models, and the more I read, the more confused I am. I keep reading how these new phones are full of bugs and are undeveloped. My primary problem is my buget. I can't let myself buy an expensive phone, and just replace it if I don't like it. Three months' savings will be spent on a phone, so I'd like to be satisfied with what I get.
Ok, so I want a phone that's RELIABLE in the first place. This means, it has to work properly, it will not freeze or shut down whenever it wants to. Secondly, it has to take good quality photos. This is the reason I want to get a new phone, I want it to use as a camera (so I don't have to carry my huge&heavy camera with me all the time). 3 megapixel is the minimum. Third, I'd like if the battery would last at least 4 days (with normal average use) I want to use it for Yahoo IM, but I guess every phone is capable for that.
The models I thought about:
- 6500: I like this one the best, but too many people say it turns itself off or freezes too often, interrupts calls (because of the weak sliding mechanism), battery discharges too soon, no signal etc. Is this all true? Which one is more sensitive to scratches? The balck or the silver one?
This is the phone I wanted, but I will not buy it if I'm not sure it's reliable and works properly. (BTW, why does Nokia make phones that have hundreds of features if none of them work right?)
- 6600: I like the 6500 better, but I read negative comments about this phone too, mainly slide mechanism problems.
- N95 8GB: This would be the best one, but I'm looking for a phone that costs half as the N95
- 5610XM: I belive it has the same features as the 6500, only it has different shape. I like the 6500 design better, but if this one is more reliable and it doesn't have the weaknesses of the 6500, I'd chose this one.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your advice.

If I need a reliable phone, you suggest to stay away from any slide model? The 3600 looks great too, but I haven't read many comments yet.
I think I have to wait, none of the current models meet my needs. Those that look nice have a weak camera, those that have a good camera too turns out to be the less reliable.
If anybody have some good tips, keep posting. Thanks.

Need help with my dvd burner

i have a hp dv6 laptop.. it would not play any discs or burn them.. i replaced it with a TSST corp CDDVDW TS-L633M 0200.... so now i can play movies, cd's, ect.. but it will not burn cds... i ran a check on it.. and it said theres a write error.. then i did it again and it said it was fine... can anyone help please!

Go to BIOS and set your IDE configuration, try this one:
For Native Mode:
ATA Configuration: SATA Only
S-ATA Keep Enabled: Yes
P-ATA Keep Enabled: Yes
PATA Channel Selection: Both

Advice Needed Before Purchase

Hi,
I am looking at buying one of the new intel iMacs and will make sure I upgrade the harddrive and have plenty ram in there. Want this to last me a couple of years at least. I'm not sure if I should upgrade the graphics memory as well though from the 128 to 256? Not likely to be playing many games on this but will do some photo/video editing on it using photoshop elements/iMovie to begin with.
Anybody have any opinions on whether the graphics memory is worth upgrading?
Thanks
Fraser
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

If moneys not an issue then you should get the 256 card.
Since you want it to last at least a couple years it will
be well worth the extra money.
For me money was an issue but, I got the 256 because thats
one of the things that can't be upgraded later. You can always
ad an external HD and more RAM later. At least that's what
I did and I saved myself about $200-$300.

My LG40 DVD burner does not work with iMac. Pls advice

It is a portable DVD writer. According to LG system requirements are Windows 7 or Mac X v10.54 or higher. Can´t open files burnt on my old Mac and not possible to burn files from iMac.

Both Rudegar and Babowa are correct!
You need to supply your own burning software for your iMac to burn discs from your new external optical drive.
Since Apple doesn't integrate optical drives into many of their Mac models any longer, Apple doesn't supply any type of disc burning software any longer.
Older versions of the iLife suite of apps (iLife '09 or '11) have a compatible version of iDVD.
You would need to purchase either of these.
Another purchased CD/DVD burning software is Roxio Toast.
OR there is the free, open source optical disc burning software, Burn.

I need a good DVD burner I tried roxia but not user friendly - I have read a lot of about iLife which includes a DVD burner - it is discontinued but still available from other sources - please advise

I need a good quality dvd burner - not happy with the free downloads - I have read a lot about iLife which apparently inclues a good reliable
dvd burner - discontinued but available from various sources. Please advise.

You need iLife '09 which includes the complete iDVD app and associated menu themes.
Found here.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB966Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B0014X5XEK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U TF8&qid=1368187126&sr=8-1&keywords=iLife+%2709
Another DVD burning app and is free is
Burn
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

DVD burner needed

I have a ibook G4 (not superdrive). I need to get a dvd burner for it and don't know where to go or what to get. Can someone direct me in the right direction.
Thanks

Hello Anna,
Yes you are correct, you cannot burn a DVD with a combodrive, you require a superdrive. I looked into upgrading my internal combodrive in my ibook to a superdrive - however the costs involved are a bit over-the-top (at least here in New Zealand they are).
So the alternative option is to buy an 'external DVD writer'. There are 2 options for this - you can buy pre-built external DVD writers that you can just connect by USB and away you go! Alternatively you can build your own - this is normally cheaper but you may need someone to help you with this. Basically with this option you can buy an 'external enclosure' that can house any DVD writer. Then you just buy a regular DVD writer and house it inside this enclosure that you can connect via USB and again - away you go!
If you choose to build your own, make sure that the DVD writer you buy is compatable with mac - I'm assuming most of them are. I can recommend the BENQ drives.
Perhaps someone in your neck of the woods can suggest a store with good prices (online or on the street).
Hope this helps!
G

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