Which DVD burner?

[Virtualbody1234]

Boxing week specials!

[accat13]

I'm gonna buy another DVD burner, as my Sony DRU-510 seems to have gone on permanent vacation.

I'm leery of the Sony DRU-810, because of what has become of my (very lightly-used) DRU-510.

I don't want to spend the money on the Plextor 716A, because Blu-ray and other changes are just around the corner.

I'm leaning towards the NEC-3550.

Dirt cheap, efficient, reasonably fast, and bullet-proof.

Thoughts?

The Sony dru-810 is a benq 1640 clone...its a pretty good drive nothing to fear there.You can also cross flash to a 1640 then receive all the support from the qsuite tools http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....hlight=dru-810

Merry Xmas all

[j2k4]

I'm gonna buy another DVD burner, as my Sony DRU-510 seems to have gone on permanent vacation.

I'm leery of the Sony DRU-810, because of what has become of my (very lightly-used) DRU-510.

I don't want to spend the money on the Plextor 716A, because Blu-ray and other changes are just around the corner.

I'm leaning towards the NEC-3550.

Dirt cheap, efficient, reasonably fast, and bullet-proof.

Thoughts?

The Sony dru-810 is a benq 1640 clone...its a pretty good drive nothing to fear there.You can also cross flash to a 1640 then receive all the support from the qsuite tools http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....hlight=dru-810

Merry Xmas all

That's something to consider.

Nothing wrong with Benq, after all.

Would that there was similar support for my DRU-510...

[lee551]

just got the nec 3550 for xmas and its keeping me smiling. burned a few dvds and cds with nero 7 and its performing well.

i spose i should look around for a firmware update. i saw someone mention it on the first page.

[accat13]

The Sony dru-810 is a benq 1640 clone...its a pretty good drive nothing to fear there.You can also cross flash to a 1640 then receive all the support from the qsuite tools http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....hlight=dru-810

Merry Xmas all

That's something to consider.

Nothing wrong with Benq, after all.

Would that there was similar support for my DRU-510...

Fortunately the 510 was a true sony and received there great support LOL

[lynx]

Your experience with the Sony drive sounds exactly like mine. Indeed, it is sitting on the shelf in front of me simply because I couldn't be bothered to throw it in the bin yet. Won't be buying another Sony drive in a rush, no matter who actually makes it.

On the other hand my NEC drive has worked flawlessly for about 18 months now, maybe longer. Only 2 or 3 coasters in that time, and those were because of bad media.

[j2k4]

Your experience with the Sony drive sounds exactly like mine. Indeed, it is sitting on the shelf in front of me simply because I couldn't be bothered to throw it in the bin yet. Won't be buying another Sony drive in a rush, no matter who actually makes it.

On the other hand my NEC drive has worked flawlessly for about 18 months now, maybe longer. Only 2 or 3 coasters in that time, and those were because of bad media.

A weighty recommendation.

The thing about the Sony that pisses me off is it acts like a firmware upgrade is precisely what it needs-I put any old disk in and it may or may not spin, but apparently won't read in any case.

The funny part is the software cd that came with it (no drivers) takes right off as if nothing is wrong.

[tesco]

I just got the NEC 3550a for christmas.
I've only burnt 1 dvd so far but it went fine.

It has all the features and is really cheap, altho it's a bit on the loud side when it gets to reading DVDs or CDs.

EDIT: My drive came with Nero 6.0, I just downloaded 7.0 so I dont have any opinion on the bundled.

[Dark Ride]

BenQ DW1640

[3RA1N1AC]

The funny part is the software cd that came with it (no drivers) takes right off as if nothing is wrong.

cd/dvd-rom drives and burners don't use brand/model-specific drivers. they're pretty much designed to work with the generic drivers that are already built into the operating systems. "where are the drivers for my cd/dvd" is one of the few PC-related things you should never need to worry about.