RMIT Labs looks at the latest DVD Burners and standalone DVD Recorders to work out this year's burning king. Read our Australian review.Since the last time we ran a comparative DVD burner feature, an awful lot has changed on the DVD burning front. Sony did its bit early in the year to change the face of DVD burners by releasing the first multi-format capable burner, but it wasn't long before other manufacturers starting following suit. While format compatibility continues to be something of a problem, especially if you've got playback needs that encompass older machines or some game consoles, the emergence of genuine multi-format burners has done a lot to ease consumer confusion and make DVD burning much easier.
The other major advantage of a multi-format burner from the consumer perspective is that you get the best of both worlds. DVD-R media is still the cheapest on the market, and combining that with the flexibility of DVD+RW media gives users a lot of burning power.
We've also seen the emergence of a number of DVD recorders; essentially set-top units that act as the DVD equivalent of the humble VCR deck. These dedicated video machines are rarely as flexible as a dedicated PC burner, but make up for that lack with a definite tilt towards ease of use. We've examined two DVD recording decks as part of this feature, and while they're not capable of being benchmarked and tested in the traditional PC sense, they're certainly emerging as a decent DVD burning option if you only ever burn video.
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I have tried to access the reports on comparing dvd players but it keeps going back to the same screen when I click on any of the links. Can you help?