burner or rewriter?

[maryanddavid]

i want to downlode from my cancorder to dvd, and scan comic pages to disc(pdf?).i have been told i need a burner and rewriter.
whats the difference and do i need both?
help greatly appreciated.
david

[product2378]

a burner writes once. a rewriter can be written over
can i suggest a dvd burner drive this can store a lot more data than a cd and if your saving movies this is a good idea

[Banners]

That's not quite the right question to ask...

To make DVDs you'll need a DVD-writer (as opposed to a player). These aren't expensive now but there are quite a few formats so it can be confusing.

Using a program to write data to a CD or DVD is referred to as 'burning', so you will also need some 'burning' software. Check out stuff from Nero.

There are two types of CD and (at least) four types of DVD media. The more expensive you can re-write to, and the others you can only burn once.

So, whatever DVD-writer you get will be capable or burning and rewriting, as dictated by the media.

M@

[product2378]

ps you only need one a dvd burner drive can usually burn dvd cd and rewrite
still best to ask to double check when u buy
hope thats some help

[maryanddavid]

cheers
im not bothered about recording over what i have allready recorded, blank dvd are cheap, is that what is meant by rewriting?
and am i right by saying from the above posts that a burner WILL  both record (via pc) my camcorder  and images scanned from comics?
david

[wrighty47]

If you're going to scan comics then don't pdf them. Much better to download the Comic Display Reader program (it's free), zip the scanned images together into one zip/rar file, using winzip or winrar, and then change the file extension to cbr or cbz. This gives for a much better reading experience imo.

Alan!

[Banners]

...a burner WILL both record (via pc) my camcorder and images scanned from comics?

You can burn whatever you like, rewritable or not - it's only a bunch of files. It's the software you use to create the files in the first place which is the important thing.

M@