Posted by tlhumm on 03/13/06 19:06

willbill wrote:
> ToMh wrote:
> > "willbill" <trek@worldwide.net> wrote in message

>
> > I took the Liteon back to Costco and got the Panasonic ES-20.
> > Unfortumently Costco didn't carry it so I bought it at Best Buy.
>
>
> good move. :)
>
> as i said (above), the ES10 cost me $180.
> does your new ES20 write to DVD-RW and/or
> DVD+RW and/or DVD-RAM? the ES10 i just got
> does -RW and -RAM, but only reads +RW

Yes it writes + - R/RW and DVD-RAM. Like I
said, I was able to write a +R disk and finalize it to
the DVD-V format which allowed it to play on
a portable player that doesn't support the +R
format. The Liteon 5115 could not do that, even
though it could write and finalize +R disks.

>
> of the 3, the DVD-RAM have the most convenience,
> but cost 3x as much (at Wal-Mart; not a fair
> comparison, given that the quantity was 15 for
> the -RW vs. 3 for the -RAM)
>
> what did you pay for the ES20?
>
$179 at Best Buy

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