DVD burner

KtheC' · Post by **KtheC'** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:12 pm

I am looking to purchase an internal DVD burner for my computer. Can anyone offer suggestions as to what a good model is?
Thanks

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:48 pm

NEC 3500

72 bucks at the egg

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:32 pm

Bah... 2 months after I get my DVD burner they double the speed on me. At least I got a dual layer drive.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:15 pm

Lite-On 16X DL

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:32 pm

edit

today only, NEC 3500a 70.99 shipped

As far as the LiteOn's, I keep hearing bad things about the DVD burners they make. I love the CD-RW drives I have from them, but I avoid the DVDr units

Zer0Cool · Post by **Zer0Cool** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:42 pm

STRESSTEST wrote:edit

today only, NEC 3500a 70.99 shipped

As far as the LiteOn's, I keep hearing bad things about the DVD burners they make. I love the CD-RW drives I have from them, but I avoid the DVDr units

i disagree entirely, Liteon is made by pioneer, and i sell there stuff everyday. They are actually pretty reliable units, atleast from my personal experiance. There 16X dual format, dual Layer drive is $130 @ my store.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:39 am

You're aloud to disagree.

However, you are wrong about LiteOn. LiteOn is the manufacturer. In fact, they are globally #3 (#1 in Taiwan) in optical drive production following Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) respectively. BenQ followed LiteOn IT for fourth place in global production.

Don't believe everything you hear in your shop

Source: Japan-based Techno Systems Research (TSR)
LiteOn IT confirms this on their own page:
http://www.liteonit.com/common/english/ ... teonit.htm

(LiteOn IT is a Taiwan-based firm doing most of it's manufacturing in Shenzhen, China)

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Admiral LSD · Post by **Admiral LSD** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:59 am

I bought myself one of these a few weeks ago for AUD$149:

http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/computer/d ... rs/dvr108/

16x +/-R, 4x +/-RW, 4x DL

It can even burn "selected" media faster than it's rated speed though I haven't managed to test that yet.

It's a little weaker in the CD burning area then my old LiteOn drive (32X wite speed instead of 48 and no mount rainier support) but the difference is negligable.

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:17 am

Been happy with my 4X Lite-On DVD+/-RW drive, but I don't exactly stress it. *shrug*

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:41 pm

My LDW-411S disagrees with you Bill.

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:24 pm

this ones a beaut, can use almost any format
click
burns a 4.7 gig image in 8 mins with clone dvd on 8* dvd-r