Good DVD writer?

AnimalAnimal
edited April 2004 in Hardware
I want to get one but wasn't sure on the best one to get. The pioneer 107 looked good... there was also a lite-on one... Anyone have experience of them? Which is the best to get. Cheaper = better.

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Pioneer is the best to get.

    Cheap + good = does not compute in DVD land
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited April 2004
    LiteOn drives are generally excellent and inexpensive. I've got 3 LiteOn CD burners, a LiteOn DVD burner, and a LiteOn DVD-ROM, all of which work flawlessly.
  • cybermaticcybermatic Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    edited April 2004
    I would have to agree with the Geeky1 :P. I have a LiteOn CD-Writer and DVD-Rom and both also work flawlessly.
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Best = Pioneer
    Good = wouldnt know I only have a Pioneer ;)
  • floppybootstompfloppybootstomp Greenwich New
    edited April 2004
    Pioneer A107.
  • AnimalAnimal
    edited April 2004
    bought a liteon one. As good as the pioneer 107 so i understand... just need to find some reasonable priced discs now.....
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited April 2004
    I was thinking about a NEC 2500. Any thoughts about product and company.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited April 2004
    I like my 2 Lite on DVD ROM/CD RW but I heard that the Pioneer has the the best DVD Writer.
  • floppybootstompfloppybootstomp Greenwich New
    edited April 2004
    In the last three years I've had 2 Liteon DVDROM drives and one Liteon CDRW die on me, all three just a few months out of warranty.

    I do still have 2 x Liteon 40 X CDRW's that are working fine, they're both around two years old. Could be just luck of the draw/batch, perhaps.

    I've yet to hear of any complaints about both the Pioneer A106 & A107 though, nothing but praise.

    And NEC got off to a bad start with their DVDRW drives, lots of failures and poor performance, but reading comments about their latest offerings, they seem to now have their act together.

    Those are just my experiences and observations, no more, no less.
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited April 2004
    Thanks floppy.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    I have 4 dvd burners.

    1 plexter the new 12x is coming out but the 8x works flawlessly

    2 pioneers. I wouldnt have bought them but since htey were given to me i didnt complain. Work great but the plextor is still better IMHO

    1 Sony 4x This puppy has been great Never lost a disc and worked the best.


    I have had my fair share of dvd burning thats why my collection is topping 350 dvd's I like them all but IMHO the plextor and sony inch just a tid bit infront of the pioneers
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    It should be noted that the Sony DRU-5xx series has consistently rated lower than the Pioneer DVR-AOx series for more than a year.
  • d-rawlingsd-rawlings Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
    edited April 2004
    I have used both poineer and liteon cd/dvd burners and they both worked excellent.
  • AnimalAnimal
    edited April 2004
    the fact of the matter is, i went to the shop and they didn't have the pioneer in stock and i didn't want to waste time so i got the lite-on drive, it was also £4 cheaper which is money towards some discs...
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    It should be noted that the Sony DRU-5xx series has consistently rated lower than the Pioneer DVR-AOx series for more than a year.
    I never said that it was rated lower thrax i said in my personal experience the pioneers didnt seem up to par
  • floppybootstompfloppybootstomp Greenwich New
    edited April 2004
    I'd agree that Plextors are good, I understand they're built to a higher quality than most. But, that is reflected in the price, Plextors are generally more expensive.

    Still, you pays your money, you takes your choice, as they say :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    GnomeWizardd wrote:
    I never said that it was rated lower thrax i said in my personal experience the pioneers didnt seem up to par

    And I never said my comment was directed at you.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    true
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