any body use the Hewlett-Packard DVD530i

[nightwingken]

Im looking for anyone who has tried the Hewlett-Packard DVD530i burner.
i will be burning dvd+r.
thanks Ken

[Floppy]

Hi there Ken

I never tried that drive but why +R?

[nightwingken]

my stand alone has done well in the past, truth to tell its the only kind ive ever used.
how about you?

[Floppy]

I've played my backups on brands like Naiko, JVC, Panasonic, Phillips, LG, Sony, Bush, Amstrad and all played my media to perfection. These are from a combinations of friends Standalone players as well as DVD drives on PC's.

The media of choice for me as been RITEK -R media with G-04 type dye (deep purple) , now I have to say I had a couple of failures where the once a disk was bad and where I stuck a label.

No labels are stuck on my mediad now I print them straight to disk.

If you are considering buying the HP DVD530i because of the Double Layer hability dont buy a Double layer drive just yet. [b]Hold on a few months more until they support -R/+R DL media.

This is the best advice I can give you and I'm not alone.

The reasons for this are:

*Expensive media
*reliability on burn and playback mostly the layer transition on both burn/playback.
*Scarce availability of good media.
*Every brand is trying the failure and succsess of this new type of at our expense not to mention the burning software support is still a bit riddled with bugs.
*Price of drives

If you bought it already, though.

Good things

[nightwingken]

"No labels are stuck on my mediad now I print them straight to disk."
how do you do that?
"The media of choice for me as been RITEK -R media with G-04 type dye"
where do you get them at?
"If you are considering buying the HP DVD530i because of the Double Layer hability dont buy a Double layer drive just yet."
the reason i am thinking about this one, is because ive had good
luck with hp,
this lite on that came with the computer is ok,
but it is limited in its media.
it is a Lite On DVD+RWSOHW-8025 .
havent really found anything info on it.
i could care less about the double layer thing.
its on sale for $99 bucks,,, what do you think of the Price?
thanks for your informative post!

[Floppy]

Hi again nightwingken

To print staright to disk you will need inkjet printable DVD's for this kind and other from several name brands go here in the US:

http://www.meritline.com/dvd-r-ink-jet-printable.html

For how to do this go here:

http://www.dealtime.com/xPC-Epson_STYLUS_PHOTO_R300_5760X1440_DPI_COLOR_USB_PCCARD_PRINTABLE

The Epson family printers that print straight to CD/DVD start with the model R200.

As for the drive I would buy something else maybe like a +/- but not a DL even if you dont care about the DL thing right now.

This ought to shed some light on what I look at:

http://www.dealtime.com/xPP-CD_and_D...rs-dvd_burner-^DVD_burners-brand_sony-~all-15245_rewrite_speed__list_

I'll be here later today for now, see ya later