Between these DVD-RW drives, which would you buy?

[eSkRo]

 

[Cynthia]

I would stay away from Lite-On if you are burning +R media.

 

I guess the four latest ones are Pioneer 116/216.

[eSkRo]

so you would buy Pionner right?

[Steve100]

so you would buy Pionner right?

 

 

I have a Pioneer 116 and it seems fine with almost any disc

I throw at it

[Cynthia]

I would do this:

 

Decide which media codes you are going to burn with and then look at scans posted in forums (CDFreaks and others), to see how well recent models can deal with those media codes. You can get pretty good results even with cheaper media if you pick the right burner.

 

Don't know in which country you live - but the new Optiarc 7240 (released in the US so far) looks like a nice all-round burner.

[eSkRo]

Understood!

i currently have a [Pionner DVD-RW DVR-112D]

and im thinking of changing if its not a top quality burner...

so who's on top ?

[Steve100]

Understood!

i currently have a [Pionner DVD-RW DVR-112D]

and im thinking of changing if its not a top quality burner...

so who's on top ?

 

 

depends on how much you want spend, you get what you pay for

Just stay clear of Lite-On

[eSkRo]

well reading reviews, looks like my DVR-112D is top noch!!!

[Phi]

I would stay away from Lite-On if you are burning +R media.

Just stay clear of Lite-On

 

Excuse me but I don't understand.

I think I haven't bad burns with them.

I usually burn at 8x and 12x speed -no need high speeds-, using good quality +R media (Verbatim DVD's)

DVDInfo says Quality: 99,25% - 99,60%, and Average Jitter 8% - 10%, similar to Lightning UK! review.

 

CDFreak' review of my Lite-on iHAS-422 (25,50

[Steve100]

well reading reviews, looks like my DVR-112D is top noch!!!

 

Iam in the UK and I bought an external USB enclosure fitted

with a 116, and it works fine with all the disk,s I have tried

so far both CD, dvd sl and dvd dl, it cost me

[Cynthia]

My reason:

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=7860

 

Even the latest models - like the iHAS-422 - have this problem.

 

I 22:22:09 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 22:22:09 Total Physical Memory: 3,405,392 KB - Available: 1,038,108 KB

I 22:22:10 Initialising SPTI...

I 22:22:10 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 22:22:11 Found 1 DVD

[Phi]

My reason:

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=7860

 

Even the latest models - like the iHAS-422 - have this problem.

 

Thank you very much, Cynthia

I'm learning a lot in this forum

 

Best regards,

[eSkRo]

the new Optiarc 7240 (released in the US so far) looks like a nice all-round burner.

 

hmmm.... Whats the Diff between Sony, Nec & Optiarc?

 

also LUK!, which DVD writer are u favoring or using?

Edited April 20, 2009 by eSkRo

[Cynthia]

Sony + Nec started Optiarc. Now it's only Sony. The 7240 is based on Nec chipset and not just a rebadged Lite-On as some Sony/Optiarc models are.

[eSkRo]

Sony + Nec started Optiarc. Now it's only Sony. The 7240 is based on Nec chipset and not just a rebadged Lite-On as some Sony/Optiarc models are.

 

 

Ok

 

so SONY now holds Optiarc

 

but now NEC holds?

Edited April 20, 2009 by eSkRo