CD and DVD Recording for Dummies

by Mark L. Chambers

Book Overview

Most new PCs and Macs today are equipped with the latest in recording and storage equipment: CD-RW and DVD-R/RW drives. Even if your computer is a little older, you can still join the revolution with add-on hardware and software. You can record music and movies, store photos and data, and organize things you want to preserve for posterity, safely and easily. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies(R) , Second Edition, takes the frustration out of choosing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764559567
• ISBN13: 9780764559563
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Confusion relief!!

Why CD"s and DVD"s have to be so confusing I don't know. This "Dummies" book like all the others I've purchased help diffuse the confusion- in understandable terms.

Clear and easy to learn about the new world.

I am not a beginner, yet the new CD and DVD Recording issues have become part of my world. I am thrilled with the opportunities it presents to Dummies like me. So when selecting something easy, I thought the Dummy books were right up my alley. I was right. This book talks in a down to earth style that doesn't intimidate me. It makes me think I'm not such a dummy after all. Now when I purchase DVD Plus and Minus R and RW I have a better idea what to buy.

CD and DVD Recording for Dummies

I purchased the book in order to help with a presentation I was doing to my not so computer literate co-workers. I found the book helpful in assisting me to put certain focal items in lay person's terms, and some additional information to help keep my presentation interesting. I am glad I purchased it. Warning, if you are a computer guru, stay clear, not for the advanced at heart.

CD DVD Recordings

With the help of this book I am able to do some proceedures I could not or did not understand this book helped me out on all required directions needed to complete the application I was doing. Well worth the price and information is well defined. With information and correct proceedures in front of me helps out alot.

Easy to read and good info!

First off this book is NOT a guide to pirating. If you need to learn how to copy DVD movies look elsewhere, but the book does show you how to rip songs from a music CD.With that understood, this book explained a lot I did not understand before. Ever wonder what settings you need to burn one type of CD or another? Apple owners will like that the author crosses platforms here and writes about Toast as well. I really liked the chapter on adding HTML menus to a CD or DVD to make it easier to use, since I've never seen this info in any other recording guide.Although you learn Easy CD 5, it's not much different from the new version and I think this Dummies book is still a good pick. I recommend it all the time to friends who are just learning how to burn their first music CDS.