Dvd Burner Opinion.

[vivitron 15]

personally, Id look into the Lite-On 401s, and then take a look at the following pages:

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=1837...ht=lite&start=0

and:

http://liteon401s.front.ru/

but thats all I'll say

[john54321]

Originally posted by clocker@30 November 2003 - 18:38
All of the reviews rate the Sony dual format unit very highly, but I'm afraid that it falls outside of your budget.
I wish they would settle on a preferred format so prices would fall faster...

I'm not too fussy about the price, i just like to get value for money. I returned my old Ricoh - 2.4 speed back to pcworld and got a refund of 200 pounds ($300) after i used it for 10 months .

I want an 8 speed drive that is reliable. has Sony brought out an 8 speed yet?

Another two brands i'm interested in are pioneer and of course, Ricoh. I'm waiting for them to make 8 speed drives availabe.

My preference would be ricoh, because i've used their cd-rewiters and dvd-rewriters and have never even once had a disk damaged. some of the other drives i've used are a bit too sensitive to warm rooms, which is a problem as i'm from the UK and we have to put the central heating on in the winter

I will check the sony, pioneer and ricoh website for any news.

Thanx for your help

[Virtualbody1234]

http://www.lgeus.com/Product/CD/GSA_4040B.asp

[J'Pol]

I just got a Pioneer DVR 106-D. Today as it happens.

It does all the different formats DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CDR and CDRW. It's a 4x DVD writer and a 16X CD writer.

I have used it to make CDs of divx files and ripped and copied a DVD movie, to DVD format.

Works a treat, cost me £89 for the OEM version and I can highly recommend it.

That from a serious luddite as you chaps know.

PS the only 8 Speed I know is the Lite on - £125.

[vivitron 15]

Originally posted by J'Pol@1 December 2003 - 23:03
PS the only 8 Speed I know is the Lite on - £125.

theres discussion about the link i posted earlier about the 401->811 via firmware, so id hold on for a bit

[raiserblade2003]

hehe a walmart store nearby my place got a lite-on dvd+-/r for 100 dollars . thinking of picking it up next week

[jetje]

I have this one
Plextor PX708A

8 speed burner, (i have the black one, not really that important ) more important it works great. Have not encountered a single problem with this.
Big advantage is that it's the fastest dvd writer atm, also the fasted for burning cd r & rw!