DVD or CD Which is better?

[OPUS1]

Aside from storage size which gives the most bang for the buck.
Most of my cd's aside from music aren't full.
Or am I just confused?

 

[LabRat]

What are you asking? Quality of the media itself? Or should you buy a cd burner or dvd burner?

Edit: as for bang-for-buck, dvd media has it. $0.85 for 4.3 gb data? Pretty good. BAd part is that the media isn't "mature" yet, and you may waste some money finding out which media your burner likes.

 

[Black Morty Rackham]

CD-RW, perhaps, if you tend not to fill the disks.

 

[OPUS1]

I've got a cd burner , for all around use which is better?

 

[afirawker]

Originally posted by OPUS1
Or am I just confused?

The advantage of a DVD over a CD is the capacity and if your not filling up CDs with data then theres no need for a DVD burner.

 

[LabRat]

I backup data a lot, and dvd-rw is great for that. Also, I backup all the kid's dvd's now, which saves a good chunk of money.

 

[MontyAC]

Cd's are way cheaper for burning than dvd disks. so, if you don't need to do movie backups, stick with a cd burner.

 

[LabRat]

Originally posted by MontyAC
Cd's are way cheaper for burning than dvd disks. so, if you don't need to do movie backups, stick with a cd burner.

Not by amount of data. Dvd, 4.3 gb, $1.00 each(100 pack). CD. 0.65 gb, $0.25 each (100 pack).

All depends on the amount of data you have.

 

[MontyAC]

Originally posted by LabRat
Not by amount of data. Dvd, 4.3 gb, $1.00 each(100 pack). CD. 0.65 gb, $0.25 each (100 pack).

All depends on the amount of data you have.

LOL, I don't have 4.3 gb files to burn. Generally you can get cd's for almost nothing with rebates.

 

[Zepher]

I backup divx films and just recently got a DVD burner to make it easier.
I can fit 6 films on 1 DVD vs 6 CD-R's. I am using DVD's to save space and it actually saves time. 12 minutes to burn that one DVD.
To do the same with CD's takes 2.25 minutes per CD and I have to eject and put in another disc, start a new project, drag the new file into the project window, then click the burn button. Burn times are about the same, it's just the setup of each CD that adds more time.

 

[djnes]

I make a bootable DVD-RW disc about once a month that has DOS utilities like Ghost and Gdisk. On the main part of the CD I store my apps, drivers, utilities, wallpapers, etc. Everything I need to install on a system is on one disc.

CD-RWs can't hold nearly enough for this.

 

[IYIENACE]

Originally posted by WS6
I backup divx films and just recently got a DVD burner to make it easier.
I can fit 6 films on 1 DVD vs 6 CD-R's. I am using DVD's to save space and it actually saves time. 12 minutes to burn that one DVD.
To do the same with CD's takes 2.25 minutes per CD and I have to eject and put in another disc, start a new project, drag the new file into the project window, then click the burn button. Burn times are about the same, it's just the setup of each CD that adds more time.

lol with your description it reminds me how much I HATE backing up data on CD. DVD all the way!

 

[jacuzz1]

The Dvd capacity is impossible to pass up however the cdr media is so cheap i use it like a toss away floppy.

 

[TechHead]

Meh. It depends on the quality of media you're using. If you're using TY CD-R discs and Princo DVDR discs, I'd say that the TY wins hands down, in terms of quality. It's also a question of priorities, and how much data you want to back up.

 

[Whatsisname]

DVD+/-R's are cheaper than CD-R's bit for bit now. YAY!