Replacing DVD read only drive with a DVD burner

**hudsonsmith** · January 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM

If you are running a dvdrom without a decoder card, there's no reason to think you would need one for the dvdrw.

Also, once you have the dvdrw, there's no reason to upgrade the cdrw as the dvdrw will burn cd's as well. You need to read the specs carefully - the dvd burning speed is on a different scale than the cd burning scale. For example, my dvdrw burns dvd's at 12x and cd's at 48x.

**stan vozar** · December 4th, 2007, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

If you are running a dvdrom without a decoder card, there's no reason to think you would need one for the dvdrw.

Also, once you have the dvdrw, there's no reason to upgrade the cdrw as the dvdrw will burn cd's as well. You need to read the specs carefully - the dvd burning speed is on a different scale than the cd burning scale. For example, my dvdrw burns dvd's at 12x and cd's at 48x.

Im asking the same question. Except I don't plan to replace my computer in the near future. I have a CD burner and a DVD player. I want ot replace with a DVD writer. which one is best to pull? the burner is an OEM Sony 20 Dual layer DVD+RW?-Rw