how does this do with double dvd movies? is there wasted space?
1637222
There is only one space for the disc in back of the cover space. So you would need to use the next slot over for the extra disc. The disc slots are shorter than the cover slots so you can get the dvd out easily. Conceivably you could put the extra dvd in back of the paper cover but it would be inconventient.
1637223
No I don't think there's wasted space. What I did was put one disc behind the dvd cover and then the other disc in the pouch provided. Because the pouch is cloth everything fits nicely and no scratches.
1637224
SOme of the cases have dbl slots in the sleeve which of course holds 2 or more movies. But out of the 21 cases that I ordered and use, there is nothing in the descrition that indicates which is which.
950762
I have a ds1515+ with 6 gigs of ram and i use it for storage of movies and TV shows that i use Plex to play and i have not noticed any drop in performance when i save movies.I usually get over 100 MB with a little fluctuation that is unchanged with the expansion unit.
279129
I never had a problem with the DVD player on my computer, as to the partitioning, that's the way they all are yes. This makes it slightly easier too to reformat and reinstall your OS on your main drive (C) without effecting your data drive (D), it simply means you have to make sure to install things on your D, and personally I moved ALL directing to the user files over to the D drive as well, by simplying copying them over, and changing C to D in most areas having to do with downloads and pictures/movies uploads etc It's a slightly weird partition yes, but it makes your files much more secure.
606077
I use this model mainly for DVDs. It is quiet and fast. I have burned 25Gb blu-ray discs but not of the M-disc type. LGs says it supports M-disc.
1196764
You have to burn all the movies at the same time. I tried this out..I got all 6 episodes of Star Wars DIVX on a single DVD-R in one shot, Plays great, It gives you a menu when you put in the disc and you can select which episode to watch, then it just keeps playing from there until the end of 6. I got another 2 hour movie (which I can't name cause it isn't out in "wide release" yet) which came as 2 700mb DIVX files, I put these on 1 DVD and it only paused briefly when the switch from CD-1 to CD-2 came up, too cool. Then for fun, I burned another movie onto the same disc in a second session, It didn't recognize it. So put as many DIVX/AVI files as will fit onto a DVD and it gives you a little menu to play them from, if you burn them all in one session. If you add to the DVD later, you'll be wasting your time, you'll still be able to see the movies originally burned however so you won't be adding to your coaster collection. In Technical terms 5140 will only play files on a finalized disc, anything added after finalization of a multisession disc will not be recognized.. HUH? Hope this helps Peace!!
1119889
I'm using it for my dvds. I actually got rid of all my cases and love having them in the filing hanging sleeves. Freed up a lot of space and just made a list. I have all most 300 dvds and the case is about half full. Also like that it locks as I lost a lot of movies over the years. Easy to just take on travels and not worry about if I grabbed the movies I was actually in the mood for
508916
You can use a Thumbdrive to add extra space, or if you are away, u could use a External Harddrive with its own power source and watch movies or music from it
434620
It plays both regular DVDs and bluray DVDs beautifully. I have not tried to record DVD movies. Have used DVD-Rs to write data/files and it works just fine. Also copied CDs that worked fine too.
1970702
It fits the standard blu ray/ DVD case, however you save space downsizing cases, I use clearbags website they have perfect sized bags for both blu ray and DVD, so you can fit double the movies :)
769422
The only DVDs I have loaded on this computer are a couple of video games. No problem there.
322809
yes it is true i didn't know that tell after i got it. It only works with smaller dvds.
1564619
Yes. I'd reccomend it. Had it for a few months now and it has been reliable - with DVDs of all regions. I was a bit concerned at it was so inexpensive but it has worked out well.
545233
Thanks Vito, I have one more question mayby you can answer...The specs on this one say..."Store your music, videos, photos and documents with plenty of space to spare SuperMulti 8X DVD+ with Double Layer Support Play and create CDs and DVDs with this DVD/CD burner drive"...I would like to know if this computer is capable of RE- writing DVDs, or can it only burn them once??? or is this function merely dependant on the type of disk used for any computer??? I am so tecno-challenged!!! Can you tell???Thanksjz
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I never measured it for DVD's though I do have some in there. I'm using it mainly for CD's. If you were using solely for DVD's, though, (I just went and looked to answer your question), the shelves aren't deep enough to go double deep.
694358
Robert Smith's answer is a very good one. Unfortunately you generally can't figure out how much you can put on a DVD until you try it. Sure wish you luck.
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I have not tried either. I use my exclusively for backup purposes (Data). However, I would be VERY surprised if it wouldn't play both DVD and Blu-ray movies and do it well.
488920
Yes. I record to the hd and them move to other devices but u believe there's an option to go direct to DVD. Regardless each movie is an individual file which you can delete. Also recommend maybe you burn two DVDs before you delete if you go through the time to record it.