So, I finally have decided to stop burning 2 CD VCD's, and finally invest in a DVD Burner. My question is which one would be the best to buy? I know this is sort of an opinionated question, so if someone can just explain to me why are some burners $200 and have the exact same burn rates as a $60 DVD Burner? EX. Office Max is having a sale on MEMOREX 16x Internal DVD Dual Layer Drive, which supports both + and - media, DL, and both +R and +RW media. Is the buffer size the only difference? On this particular drive, it is 2 MB. Will that work, or should I consider spending more money? Feel free to suggest any drive that you think works good and is cheap.
My BenQ cost $42.99 (including shipping) and was worth every penny ... Here are some tests, read, enjoy, compare, and make up your own mind http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx?ArticleTypeId=2&SubCategoryId=32
I've had nothing but Pioneer drives, and they've been good to me. Newegg has the Pioneer 110 for $48 shipping included. Personally I'd rather buy a drive with a name I've heard of before. Pioneer's been around a long time.... Raymond
You haven;t heard of BenQ? Ok, Ok .. They make the PX740 for Plextor .. Have you heard of Plextor? Pioneer won't booktype DVD+R discs without a hack .. This rules out Pioneer in my eyes!
Okay, I'm gonna swing by and pick up that burner tonite (I have gift cards or else Id get it online) Any suggestions for good DVD+R media?
MEDIA: TDK MAXELL SONY TY Verbatims Look for "MADE IN JAPAN" on the label and 90% of the time you can't go wrong
Okay, I got the burner, but couldnt find any media Made in China, it all said Made in Taiwan. I didnt buy any, but would the media made in taiwan be okay as long as it was a reputable company.
Really depends on the media. Alot of Taiwan stuff is crap with few exceptions .. Verbatims being one of them.. Made in China??? You want to look for made in Japan... here is a website that should give you an idea on what good and bad media is... http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php
Made in Japan, sorry. Thats what I was looking for anyway and still couldnt find anything but Taiwan.
I got a Memorex dualformat/dual layer 16x burner. There doesnt seem to be a model number on the box..http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536892754&prodBlockOID=1611240510 Theres a link for it at officemax, where I got it. I saw Kypermedia, TDK, Memorex, and Office Max brand DVD's, along with a few others I cant remember. I was limited on time but checked out most of the cases and they were all made in Taiwan.
I'd say stay away from the Khypermedia Store Brand and Memorex that only leaves the TDK's at that particular Store and the ones that are made in Japan are the ones to get.. Memorex the majority of the media is bad.. If you are lucky enough to find some made in Japan they'd be ok... Verbatims are one of the only brands made in Taiwan that are good to use... Made in Japan you usually know what you're going to get as far as Quality with made in Taiwan you don't know what you may find...
What about Sony? I didnt really notice any there, but then again I was only there for about 5 minutes.
Alright, thanks for all your help. I'll go somewhere else and see if I can find some of the media you specified.
Right now, Office Depot has Maxell 25 for $9.99 .. Look for the made in Japan although the made in Taiwan are good also ... Don't buy any media from Office Max, all they carry is junk
^^Good deal..unfortunatly the closest office depot is about 45 minutes away from me. The only other thing I have near me is Staples, or Best Buy and Circuit City if you can find good media at those kind of stores. i'll have to check em all out.
Ok Looks like Best Buy has the deals this week for you Verbatim 25pk $9.99 or Fujifilm (Look for Made in Japan) 50pk for $17.99
Staples ... 30 Fuji for $8.94 (in pretty colors) Look for made in Japan) I think all of the Staples Fuji discs are MIJ though They also have 100 packs of the slim jewel cases for $8.94
Poll: Which of these is your favorite drive at the moment? BenQ DW-1640 (193 votes - 29.88%) NEC ND-3540 (147 votes - 22.76%) Plextor PX-716 (137 votes - 21.21%) Other (53 votes - 8.20%) Lite-On SOWH-1693 (43 votes - 6.66%) LG GSA-4165B (33 votes - 5.11%) Pioneer 110 (28 votes - 4.33%) Samsung TS-H552U (12 votes - 1.86%) (CDFreaks)
