Best Dual Burner

[Legen]

Whats the best dual layer burner out now i am looking at the NEC 3520 or Pioneer DVR-108 whice is the most compatible i have read the pioneer has problems with nero .

[uns97]

I'd go for the NEC, though for the 3540. The 3520 has some serious jitter/beta problems that prevent it from reading DVD-R/DVD+R disks at 16x correctly.

regards, Stephen

[fasman]

Ive allways been a fan of pioneer dvd burners my first was 106,I now have the 108 and each one of them had the hacked firmware and I have never had any problems so I would recomend the pioneer 109

[uns97]

NEC drives have better hacked firmwares and support more media than Pioneer. Not to mention that the Pioneer drives are slow readers and have terrible PI/PO test capability.

regards, Stephen

[jon_jon]

I personally like Pioneer drives. Plextors are good, but rather expensive. NEC 3540 are relatively new, at least in the U.S.

If you want to be able to change booktypes, I heard Lite-ons are good.

[fasman]

NEC drives have better hacked firmwares and support more media than Pioneer. Not to mention that the Pioneer drives are slow readers and have terrible PI/PO test capability.

regards, Stephen

I dont use mine for reading at all,thats why I have a samsung dvd rom

But we dont officially get nec here in South Africa so I never could try one ,pitty though

Edit: Forgot to mention: I never had any problems with my pioneer 108 and nero,also just some advice stay away from LG/Goldstar DVD writers,I had it returned 3 times allready this year,each time it was replaced with a new one and worked about a mounth then got focus on track errors.

[ronetoneps2]

the NEC are cheaper and get the job done.

[Kormann]

Are LG models good for burning dual layer backups?

[FIRED]

Whats the best dual layer burner out now i am looking at the NEC 3520 or Pioneer DVR-108 whice is the most compatible i have read the pioneer has problems with nero .

Uh, the Pioneer 108 is long out of date. The Pioneer 109 has been out for a while now. Anyways, either the NEC 3540 or the Pioneer 109 are excellent choices provided you have up to date firmware for them.

[FIRED]

I personally like Pioneer drives. Plextors are good, but rather expensive. NEC 3540 are relatively new, at least in the U.S.

If you want to be able to change booktypes, I heard Lite-ons are good.

The Pioneer 109 does it automatically for D/L media and if you get the buffalo firmware update the 109 will change the booktype on single layer media as well. Lite-Ons IMHO are one of the worst choices. Very fussy with media.