DVD Burner

[woore]

Well guys i just wanted to know your opinion on DVD burners. the thing is that i got one of the new pioneer burners ( I think).

DVR|PIONR DVR-110DBK DVD+/-RW-RAM.

The ****er is Defective . so im sending it back tomorrow. Now What Burner you guys think i should get.

[Flying Scotsman]

I've used a Pioneer and had a few probs with it, but it could have just been a defective one as well. Now I use a Plextor 16x and an NEC 3540 and they both work just fine although the Plextor does give perfect results every time.

[woore]

Do they burn both DL formats like DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL

[mann75]

i like the nec burners never had a problem. i would stay clear of the I/O magic burners they are garbage.

[ronetoneps2]

nec are very good burners make sure you get the lastest firmware and yes they will burn both DL formats like DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL

[suram884]

You could also try Lite-On. NEC and Plextor are good also. I agree with mann75, stay away from I/O Magic. I would also say stay far far far away from Sony or any other big name burners. Sony's are terrbile, even though they have some Lite-On parts in there...

[woore]

Im thinking on either a NEC OR PLEXTOR. But plextor's are expencive

[ronetoneps2]

personally i own a nec burneer for over a year and compared to my old burner which was some name hi-val there is no comparisons. the nec has burned any kind of media i have put in it were as the previous burner i was using would burn coasters or skip alot while playing the burnt disc. nec burners are around $40-45 at newegg.com and you can check out http://www.cdfreaks.com/ and http://www.anandtech.com/ to help you decide as the offer lots of info on computer hardware such as dvd burner. good luck in what ever dvd burner you go with

[j-unit]

I've been using a Pioneer 109 for over a year now, no problems, perfect burns everytime!

[cherrypie]

Running two LG burners here a GSA-4040B, just over 2 years old, 3 coasters out of approximately 1000 dvd recordables using Maxell/Ritek/Taiyo Yuden & TDK media.

And a LG GSA-4167B, about 3 months old, working through my 4th 50 pack of Ritek G05 DVD-R's, no coasters thus far.

They're solid burners, can ussually read badly scratched and dirty discs, easy to get region free firmware for and very quiet. I couldn't recommend them high enough.