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Looking for a good dual layer DVD burner

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Now that my business has expanded to videoing clinics, I need a DVD burner that will burn faster and burn more footage.

I did a clinic this past summer amounting to 14 hours of raw footage. Well, I could only get 2 hours of footage on each DVD and each DVD took around 7 hours to burn. What a pain!

What is out there that will give me what I am looking for? I would prefer firewire connection.
 

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You will be able to cut down the burn time, but not the encoding time. Which more than likely was more than six hours per DVD.
 
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Yeah I know about the encoding time but my single layer DVD burner will only burn up to 2 hours of footage. The dual layer will give me more. This clinic ended up being a 7 disc set.
 

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The dual layer will give more, but not all players will be able to play tem from what I have read. Also you will need to purchase dual layer media. Which is a little more expensive than the single layer.

As for burners, I like the LaCie brand.
 
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I have always experienced burning DVDs or CDs that don't play on every player. I have a Lacie dual layer burner with Light Scribe. LOVE it. It burns so much faster. You don't have to use dual layer disc for everything. Some times I use the cheapies. If it is some important I use the dual layer lightscribe discs then flip the disc over and burn a label on to it.
 

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