What is the best dvd writers these days ? & best blank DVD's ?

I never saw 18x DVDs to be honest, I think it's some bullshit the company is trying to make you believe
but I might be wrong :(

I just got my new LiteOn 20x burner.... £16.95 :)

woooow

there is 18X burner.
But I hadn't knew anything about 20X !!!!

Non-stop technology

Hardware
LG - HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B
Software
Roxio
CD's / DVD'sSony

Ive got a Lite-on DVD Burner that Ive have had for 5+ yrs. So far and it hasn't done me wrong.

As for media Im also gonna have to go with Verbatim they make dame good DVD media.

"Sony DVD RW DRU-830A" with Memorex DVD-R & CD-R

I had some problems with my ASUS CD-RW, it seemed picky. Didn't want to erase all my cd-rw. Now I have a LG GSA-H22L and works flawlessly. As for the difference between 16x and 18x, I don't think it will really matter. Keep in mind that a DVD-Burner will get to 18x speed writing only at the end of the writing process. And, as someone else noted, I didn't see any 18x blank dvds, either.

Dont use Liteon I got one but now it doesnt read ANY CDS it says it can burn at 16x but it cant even burn at 8x properly ! its a piece of shit ! it stopped readin cds when i put new firmware in !

Have a search around the net ull find tons f people with my problem ! fuckin liteon i tell ya ! do ur research peoplez ! as for me i was unlucky !

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Originally Posted by JOhnnY2

Dont use Liteon I got one but now it doesnt read ANY CDS it says it can burn at 16x but it cant even burn at 8x properly ! its a piece of shit ! it stopped readin cds when i put new firmware in !

Have a search around the net ull find tons f people with my problem ! fuckin liteon i tell ya ! do ur research peoplez ! as for me i was unlucky !

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Eh? "fuckin liteon" this and "fuckin liteon" that... then you say you were unlucky?
Make your mind up.

Yes, "tons of people" that have had problems with Lite-On products most likely can be found on the internet but literlally millions of people that have had no problems at all will not have posted anywhere.

I've had 1 CDRW & 2 DVDRW drives from Lite-On in the last ten years and only one of them has actually gone wrong in all that time.
Yes, Lite-On has been pretty good for me.

Creative Labs, on the other hand, has not.
1x CDROM drive gone bad after 2 months, 4x Soundblaster PCI128 cards were junked because CL ignored the need for WDM drivers for it, 1x Webcam that suddenly failed.
That's a company who's products get no endorsements from me.

Using lg gsa4163b which gives me quality burns esp for brands like
taiyo yuden and verbatim. Cant go wrong with that combination.
Dont forget to get latest firmware for the dvd drvie as well.