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Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: nitemare on July 29, 2002, 11:11:00 PM

ok. i just installed evolution-x and think its amazing. my dilemma (which is a good one) is, should i invest in a dvd burner or a bigger hd for xbox? now, i can defitanely use the dvd burner for PS2 and others ofcourse.  I am leaning towards the DVD burner just because it seems more versatile.  what are your opinions?

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: youngdragon2010 on July 30, 2002, 07:31:00 AM

What is the evolution x ?  is there a web link?

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: mvdzwaan on July 30, 2002, 07:44:00 AM

QUOTE (sasherm13 @ Jul 30 2002, 07:56 AM)

Plus those hard drive's are so expensive and serve only one purpose.  But hey to each their own.

                   A 120Gb HD costs 200 euro's, (About 200 dollars at the moment) so 1.6 dollar per Gb

a dvd burner costs 450 euro (dvd+rw one which is best if you'll also use it for your pc) and discs cost about 8 euro's

So a dvd costs 1.7 dollar per Gb, and that is not counting the initial 450 dollar purchase of the burner.

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: [oMega] on July 30, 2002, 09:39:00 AM

I say get the DVD drive!!

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: cyrusuncc on July 30, 2002, 10:03:00 AM

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: nitemare on July 30, 2002, 10:11:00 AM

thanks for your replies!

pioneer A04 goes for $240 approx.  WD 120GIG HD goes for $200. So its pretty close. I rather have both ofcourse, but i think a dvd burner is my first choice.

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: GTac01 on July 30, 2002, 01:46:00 PM

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: BenJeremy on July 30, 2002, 02:38:00 PM

Yeah.... yesbuy.net has DVD-RW for 1.20 each, in 10packs or bigger.

PRINCOs but so far they work.

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: admiralj on July 30, 2002, 08:23:00 PM

get a dvd burner. then if you want to copy the game to your hdd at a later time. just plop the burned dvdr into your PC (assuming you burned using the UDF method) and ftp it over to the X-HDD.
Simply storing the games on the hdd works fine but at ~4GB a game, a 120gb drive will only hold around 30games before it gets filled

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: powerben5000 on July 30, 2002, 09:32:00 PM

Also, making coasters isn't an issue with an HD in your box.  Just copy the game and go.

--BenMan

Title: Dvd Burner Or Bigger Hd For Xbox?
Post by: tybo31316 on July 30, 2002, 10:55:00 PM

Get a Pioneer DVR-104 DVD Writer.