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

Hey all members

I have to buy a dvd writer couse I haven't enough space on my HDD.

so I need to know from you what is the best DVD writer ( v. B )
and what country made it ?

and also need to know what kinds of dvd's that works great on it

Thanks all

I like my BenQ. Where it's made don't know.

Ime the best media is TY, Verbatim & RiteData.

NEC, Pioneer, Plextor, Lite-On, LG, and BenQ have the best DVD writers...

And the best DVD media are the ones that are made in Japan (Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, etc).

I'm a fan of NEC burners. They've always done me right.

As for media, it just depends on what your DVD player will play. I find that Memorex DVD-Rs work best .

...and for DL DVD media - only go with Verbatim... the rest are error prone...

Good: LG, Pioneer, Lite-On and BenQ.

I used to recommend NEC but no longer since their joint venture with Sony http://www.sonynec-optiarc.com/

Stay away for anything Sony.


For media I like: Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim and Maxell (all Japan made).

Also see here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

I've noticed Fujifilm dvd's are just ace, they work great for DVD's and wii games :D

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Originally Posted by Skizo

I'm a fan of NEC burners. They've always done me right.

As for media, it just depends on what your DVD player will play. I find that Memorex DVD-Rs work best .

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Ya I swear by the memorex dvds too never failed me yet . LG or Liteon for burners , I'v never tried a NEC yet .

I think Plextor makes by far the best dvd writers ;)

Thank you all for co-operation.
but the only kind found in my country of kinds you mentioned is LG
i love this company , also my cd writer is LG

but i noticed that you didn't mentioned (asus or samsung )
although they are common in "Egypt" .

another question please , Is there big difference between 16X & 18X ?
what is best for the LG ?

THX

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.

@Chewie do you work for Liteon ? :)

Wow, People go for the expensive names?

I have a crappy £18 dvd burner and buy 50 DVD's @ £6 by Replika.

The DVD burner is only an 8x, But i only burn on 4x anyway, So no problem for me. Before anyone asks, I burn on 4 speed because for some reason i thought burning slower ensured better quality on the burn. Maybe im wrong though :lol:


The DVD's work fine, Took a while to find something that was available on a budget and good quality though. The ones i used to get before sucked balls, But these i will be staying with.