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So I finally got on the bandwagon and purchased a DVD Burner, well
actually, this is the second burner that I purchased, but the first one
cost me about $150 and only burned @ 4X so I took it back as I found
that I didn’t need it much back then. My new burner though, only cost
me about $75 and can burn @ 8X. It’s great!

For those wondering, the burner I purchased is the NEC-2500A. As
stated above, the burner can burn at 8X in some modes, and can burn
DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW and of course, all of your typical CD
modes. The 8X is a nice feature to have, but at the moment isn’t really
necessary as 8X media is hard to find and expensive when you do find
it. Instead, I just stick with the 4X media that you can pick up for
about $0.50 a disk. That may sound expensive, but seeing as how each
disk has a little over 4GB on one disk that means you’re only spending
about $0.12 per GB. This is a great price since the going price for
hard drives is about $0.50 per GB.

The drive also does a good job at burning. I’ve burned a few data
disks, and encoded a movie or two just to test out the drive, and all
the disks have burned perfectly with zero flaws. Also, the disks I used
burned them on weren’t exactly the most expensive disks available. The
disks I used were FUJIFILM DVD+RW 4X and some Khypermedia DVD-R 2X.
Neither of which is considered a ‘good’ disk.

Another great thing about this burner is that it is quiet. I only
have one fan coming out the side of my PC, so it is fairly quiet, and I
still can’t hear this burner while it’s doing its thing. It’s
definitely a nice thing as I always hated that jet engine sound of a CD
drive spinning up and down.

For those interested in the drive, I purchased mine from Newegg.
I have nothing but good things to say about the retailer, as my
purchase went through flawlessly. Also, the software that I used to
burn all the disks was Nero.
There is other software out there that can probably do just as good or
better, but for some reason I like Nero, so that’s what I stick with.

Oh, just to let you know, on average, it took my drive about 25min
to burn around 4GB of data onto a 2X disk. When I burned the movie it
took a few hours, but most of that was to decode/encode the movie into
the appropriate format. I didn't sit around to watch, so I have no idea
how long it took to actual put the data onto the disk. Overall though,
if you're looking into purchasing a DVD burner in the very near future,
I highly recommend this drive.