Dorttocs Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I have had a couple of DVD burners now, and they didnt seem to live that long. My recent burner was a Sony DRU-710A. It lasted about 1 year(right after the warranty expired ) and about 400 burns. Is that bout average? I now have an LG 4167B...hoping it will last a little longer. The prices are so good on new burners, that I dont get to bent out of shape when it comes to buying a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 My NEC 1300 still works like it's charmed after 3 years....My Plex 716A crapped out after about 10 months and the replacement they sent isn't impressing me much better....... #39;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Junkie Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I have two Sony DRU-710A drives that I have been using since October 2004. I thought one of them was starting to go bad a few months ago but it wasn't. Both of them are still working fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polopony Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I have a Sony 510A my first ($304),still works great 3-4 yrs old an NEC2500 and an NEC 3500 all work well and combined with the right media make excellent burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseyguy Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 i have a pioneer dvr 106d first burner i ever got..i have thought about a new one but this one is still going strong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadjian Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 and about 400 burns. No, I wouldn't say this was "average". As the boys have already mentioned, we've had drives that have done 1000's of burns and still going strong. I think you were just unlucky with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 NEC1100 - Still running now and its 3 years or so old NEC2510 - Still in use today, no problems - almost 2 years of use NEC4550 - Newer but no issues so far, couple of months old BenQ DW1655 - Newest drive, no probs whatsoever, probably upto 100+ burns now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Some here were just dying to wonder when I'd get around to replying to this... NEC 3500a - Still going strong after a year and a half. Sony DRU-500a - Still working, even though I don't use it anymore because it started behaving oddly on 4x Ritek, only writing to 2x where it had been writing 4x Sony DRU-700a - Piece of trash, died after 2 months Two IOMega LG Super dual format with DVD-RAM burners - still work, but, never did burn properly to media other drives had no problem with Panasonic LF-311s - still works, but, such a pain it's almost as if it NEVER worked right! Half a dozen LiteOn CD burners since 2000 - retired due to spotty behavior after about a year each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Some here were just dying to wonder when I'd get around to replying to this... I don't use it anymore died after 2 months never did burn properly NEVER worked right retired due to spotty behavior after about a year each Damn DB, I'd forgotten all the probs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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