Top 10 DVD Burners in July

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  Inside Apple's new Chatswood store

  Apple selected a shopping centre in suburban Sydney as the location for its second retail outlet in the Asia Pacific. Our photo gallery takes you to its grand opening.

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  Eight tips to make your home eco-friendly

  Cnet.com.au's top tips to turn your home into a more eco-friendly household.

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  Apple updates Leopard to 10.5.4

  Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.4, the fourth update to Leopard since it was released last October.

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  Photos: Inside Apple's Sydney store

  Apple took the wraps off its first Australian store today. Here is a sneak peek of what is inside the big glass walls.

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  Whaddyareckon?: Human-gadget hybrids

  In moments of gadget-related frustration, some calm themselves with a mantra: "Become one with the technology". But what if you really could become one with the technology?

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  Intel announces 4 Series desktop chipset family

  Intel has four new desktop chipsets to show off from this year's Computex trade show in Taiwan.

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  Hey, look! Full-size systems from Asus

  In addition to introducing its Eee Box SFF PC at Computex today along with adding WiMAX to its Eee PC minilaptop, Asus had its first gaming desktop on display along with its G70 gaming laptop.

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  File sharing between XP, Vista and OS X on a local network

  You've got a Mac and a PC hooked up to a local network, and you'd like to share files between them. Thing is, file sharing isn't easy. No sweat! CNET.com.au walks you through setting up file sharing on OS X, Vista and XP.

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  Apple uncovers Sydney store for the first time

  There can be absolutely no doubt about Apple's first official store in the southern hemisphere coming to Sydney, with a giant banner which was uncovered announcing the store on George Street today.

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  Sony introduces US$200 Blu-ray player

  Sony has dropped a Blu-ray player for US$200, as the format approaches the affordable point.

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  Canon wants you to burn video

  Canon has introduced the DW-100 DVD burner to help simplify the process of archiving video recorded to hard-drive and flash-based camcorders.

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  DVD burner shopping checklist

  If you want bigger-than-CD capacity storage, DVDs are the next best choice. A single DVD can hold up to 4.7GB of data and prices of DVD writers are rapidly plummeting, making them more affordable than ever.

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  DIY: Create Your Own DVD Masterpiece

  How to create DVDs from your digital video files using Sonic's MyDVD.

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  DIY: How to burn an audio CD

  CNET's step-by-step guide to freeing all the music stored on your PC by burning your favourite playlists to a good old audio CD.

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  Verbatim fires blanks, nudges Blu-ray ahead

  Verbatim today announced the immediate availability of blank BD-R and BD-RW Blu-ray media, joining TDK and Sony as the three manufacturers shipping blank Blu-ray discs to Australia at this point in time. In contrast, HD-DVD blanks are still yet to arrive.

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  PCs now ready for Blu movies

  Playback software supporting Blu-ray (BD) commercial movies, and video cards certified for High Definition Copy Protection (HDCP) are now readily available, which means BD disc drives can now be used to their full potential.

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  First Blu-ray disc drive won't play Blu-ray movies

  The first Blu-ray (BD) disc drive for desktop PCs is here, but be warned -- it won't play commercial BD movies.

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  DVD burning 101

  What are the different types of DVD storage media, and which ones can I use to burn DVDs on my computer that will play on my home DVD player?

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  Sony DRX-S70U

  Sony's slimline DRX-S70U drive is quite appealing for travellers or those with dud notebook drives -- as long as you've got space for the AC adaptor.

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  LG External Super Multi DVD-RW (GSA-E50L)

  If your laptop doesn't have an optical drive or you need to replace your dud internal one, LG's latest offering is well worth the money.

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  Pioneer BDR-202BK

  Pioneer's drive and bundle is excellent, but also expensive and clearly an early adopter's product.

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  Plextor PX-810SA DVD±RW

  The Plextor PX-810SA internal CD/DVD burner is quick for both ripping and burning. We like it.

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  LaCie d2 external Blu-ray burner

  The LaCie d2 Blu-ray burner offers good performance speeds, but it's still prohibitively expensive.

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  Pioneer BDR-202BK

  Pioneer's drive and bundle is excellent, but also expensive and clearly an early adopter's product.

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  LaCie d2 external Blu-ray burner

  The LaCie d2 Blu-ray burner offers good performance speeds, but it's still prohibitively expensive.

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  Plextor PX-810SA DVD±RW

  The Plextor PX-810SA internal CD/DVD burner is quick for both ripping and burning. We like it.

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  Sony DRU 830A internal burner

  The Sony BWU-830A is a high-performance internal DVD/CD rewritable burner that offers the latest speeds, interchangeable faceplates and a full complement of software. Unfortunately it's on the expensive side for an IDE drive.

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  Sony DRX-S70U

  Sony's slimline DRX-S70U drive is quite appealing for travellers or those with dud notebook drives -- as long as you've got space for the AC adaptor.

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