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CD-R disks only hold 650-700MB of data.
DVD-R disks hold a little over 4GB data.
Make sure of which kinds of DVD media your burner can burn, if you can. Some older DVD burners could only do one format, and you had DVD-R vs DVD+R.
In general, the newer the burner, the more widely compatible.
I just bought it new (got it for $40 off at Best Buy because I did a little research first--yay!). It has the 1080 upconverting capability, so I'm guessing it's got the up-to-date abilities.
Thanks for the info, Daniel! It looks like I am heading over to Best Buy tomorrow. I'll see what an S-video cable costs online tonight; maybe I can pick one up on ebay cheaper than at BB.
If you just bought it, and it's not a HD-DVD burner, It can probably take the following:
DVD-R
DVD-RW (rewritable)
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD Dual-Layer
You can also get dual-sided media for the ±R types, but it's clunky.
Last time I checked, Dual-Layer media wasn't worth the extra expense for what I was doing, YMMV.
Generally I get DVD-R, as it seems more universally compatible, but some people say +R seems to work for DVD players a bit better.
Anyone else that records more have strong opinions?
Wow, that really is a great deal. I'm tempted even though the only domain I really have a use for is already paid up.
Wow. I wonder if I can get that on my current account even though I'm already prepaid for 5 years (from the last time they had a huge sale, but not this big).
95% off? 44 cents per month? I think I'll have to bite, based on this: Top 10 ways to put your remote server to good use
I wonder if I can get that on my current account
From one of the pages you get at sign-up:
"Because promo codes may only be redeemed by new customers, you may not use a credit card or domain name that has ever been used with DreamHost in the past."
Thank you thank you! I'm signed up and everything now, just when I could really a) use a domain and b) SO need a deal.
I won't be actually able to USE it until I'm home and on my big fat work computer, but even so this is giddy-making.
I think I'll have to bite, based on this:
I signed up for the same reason. However, when it came time to billing, I was charged $21.48, rather than the $10.47 promised in the article. I wrote to them to complain and got the following response:
The issue here was that the deal ended up being waaaay too good and the number of signups we were getting was causing some major problems with the servers. Of course I'm more then happy to offer the 10.47 credit on your account to honor the original promotion.
Go squeaky-wheely-me!