llee8820 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hi all, I have this 3 year old Samsung burner I'm looking to replace. Can anyone give me any suggestions on what is a overall good DVD burner these days? Specifically one that is well equipped burning DVD DL's. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I can recommend the one that LightningUK recommended for me. The LiteOn iHAS324 B internal SATA drive. I've only had it for a week so I can't say what my experience with it really is yet. If you're going to get that drive, make sure it's the B version is what he told me. If you're in the US, you can get it where I got it, from NewEgg.com here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- I used to recommend NEC/Optiarc now Sony/Optiarc drives, but, the last two I've had died within 2 months and 5 months respectively. Whereas before, I was getting a good 2 years out of NEC drives. My thus far experience with the LiteOn has been that 8x DVD+R DL's don't really write much beyond 5.7x average write rate. The 6x DVD-RW actually writes at 4x until after about 2 minutes when it then goes to 6x. 8x DVD+RW does something similar, writing at 6x for about 2 minutes then it goes to 8. Anything that takes less than 2 minutes to burn burns at the said lower rate. The NEC's I had before never had these step down speeds. 8x DVD+R DL wrote at 8x for a good deal longer than the LiteOn. And 6x DVD-RW wrote at 6x the entire time; 8x DVD+RW wrote at 8x the entire time. But, with the Optiarcs now dying on me so quickly, I really can't recommend them. Well, I wouldn't get another one. Here's to hoping that this LiteOn does better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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