Poll: How many DVD-R/RW's have you burned?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: How many DVD-R/RW's have you burned? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=158&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[bennyek]

I would say I have burned about 500 dvds on my superdrive. It is still goin strong!!

[bousozoku]

I have 5 blanks ready. When I have something worthy, I'll be burning.

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

I believe I'm at 17. My spindle of 100 will sooner or later diminish, though, I can feel it.

Scratch that, I think I'm at 20...forgot about some others.

[Steradian]

I have only burned 2, the first was burned incorrectly :( the second turned out just fine :) they were a collection of clips from my brothers plays...

[Snowy_River]

Don't have a SuperDrive . . . yet... :(

New PB soon! (As in I'll be buying a new PB soon, and then I'll have a SuperDrive, and I'll start burning...) :D

[stefman]

I've burnt only one DVD-RW to back up my iMac.

That's all. Don't have any other use for the superdrive sadly.

[gerror]

just wondering:
So what do you burn besides backup and (i)movies
Do people use a dvdburner a lot for copying moviedvd's? I mean for backup purposes. Cause, a superdrive can only burn single layer, right?

[weev]

Interesting that over half of the poll voters do not Burn.. rip etc.

I thought most people did use it, personally I prefer a hard disk backup. I just find CD disks too costly and fussy, and I'd just lose my data someplace, yeah

[Bear]

Originally posted by weev
Interesting that over half of the poll voters do not Burn.. rip etc.
...
Actually it's about 11 percent of the poll takers (currently) who have a superdrive but haven't burned a DVD in yet.

The almost half are people who don't have superdrives, they may still brun CDs - which would be a different poll.

[Centris 650]

I have hours upon hours of video of our 2 children I'd love to make into an iMovie and burn to a DVD but I don't have a superdrive. However I will be ordering a new desktop this summer and it WILL have a superdrive. The only problem then is, when will I find the time to compile all this video?!

[wdlove]

With 44% of Mac users not having a superdrive, it shows that Apple has a vast uptapped market. September if it lives up to the billing could be a real watershed for Apple!

[uhlawboi80]

i will burn DVDs left and right as soon as apple updates the 15.x" powerbook. i still have an 800 and no superdrive.

but the 17 is too big and 12 too small. SOOO, no burning till apples gets their A$$ in gear and gets me a powerbook upgrade :D

[vollspacken]

I made a couple of PAL-DVDs of my college life in the US for my friends and family at home in Germany... fun, easy to do, movies - slideshows, PDF-readme (I even had tons of space left for some of my radio shows as mp3s)... I used iMovie2 (aaaargh, I HATE 3!!!)

I don't rip and burn movies (I actually don't download them either...), but one of my friends back in Ger. is an INSANE collector

my 2c

vSpacken (still working on his crashed harddrive...)

[eric_n_dfw]

I've done about 6 video DVD's - compilations of home video of my 18 mo old son and a wedding video I did for a friend. I will be doing several more in the months coming up as our family has 6 birthdays and my church has several productions I need to finish editing for them.

I'll probably be up to 100 by the end of the year!

I've also burned about 10 DVD-R and DVD-RW's for data backup. I usually back up my user data about once a quarter. (Besides my daily incremental ZIP drive backups of Quicken data and other doc's)

Copying movie DVD's sounds like such a waste of time to me. Esp. on a 1x or 2x burner like mine. I mean, what does a moview cost, $19? If I like a movie enough to actually want to keep a copy, I'd rather buy it and support the artists/studio that made it.

[scem0]

never burn DVDs but I burn CD's all the time.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
never burn DVDs but I burn CD's all the time.

I currently am not able to even burn CD's. My backups are done on a Zip 100!

[MacFan25]

I own a superdrive, but I still have not burned any DVDs on it.

[Le Big Mac]

Haven't burned yet, but I've had an iMac for only a couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to getting a vidcam and makin' some movies.

[seamuskrat]

I make training videos for web/DVD use. I have created over 50 such training DVDs and burned probably 50 to 90 copies of each one.
Plus, I have done some video projects for friends and some simple weding video stuff.
All said, I am amazed at what I can do with a Mac/Superdrive and the free software and a 45.00 blank DVD. I used to use a pro studio (Avid) and pay big bucks for pro layout and burning of DVDs, and the ones I do on my Mac have the same 'look' much easier for ME to create and burn and I am not out the cost of stockpiling many DVDs I cannot send out.
I purchased FCE and love it, and I am eagerly awaiting a more prosumer DVD authoring package. 999 is too steep for DVDSP and iDVD is good but I will exceed its abiities some day.

[rickvanr]

2 movies for me, 1 movie as a gift, and one was a dud

sidenote, anyone know how to rip a dvd video so that i dont get the special features. i just want the movie.. thanks

if i can figure that out ill be going from 4 to 40 in a week

[yzedf]

I don't have one...

To those that do; is it worth the money? Mainly I am thinking for large scale back-ups.

Thanks.

[siberian]

Its pretty great, the RAM media is cheap and double-sided. Perfect for backup. Unfortunately I have to use DVD Studio Pro to burn DVD's.

APPLE MAKE iDVD WORK WITH EXTERNAL DRIVES!!!!

[Rower_CPU]

Over 5 for me...just basic data backups.

I'm itching to make a video DVD, though. :)

[D0ct0rteeth]

About 2000 or so.

On my second superdrive already.

-Doc

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by D0ct0rteeth
About 2000 or so.

On my second superdrive already.

-Doc

Wow! :eek:

Are you in video production, or just do a lot of backups?

[D0ct0rteeth]

I have done video DVD's for colleges....

Ordered 100's at a time.

-Doc

[senseibiz]

I have burned two movies, Im going on vacation next week, so there is my next one.

[whfsdude]

My friend and me are rippin' porn.

Mix, Rip, Burn, Bust!

[rideahyperLite]

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