what dvd burner drive would you recommend?

I need a DVD RW burner that not only supports the most
dvd formats possible (mainly the +,-,rw,dual layer formats)
but that's also flexible with the majority of dvd burning software.
what dvd burner drive would you recommend?

 

LiteOn burners are very good, and don't cost a lot................
Good luck!

I'm sure others will offer more choices.

 

here are some of MY personal recommendations...hehe

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/224674

good luck~

 

     Here are some tests ...

 http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx?ArticleTypeId=2&SubCategoryId=32

 

Those features on the benq 1640 are looking very tempting. Both my 1620s are sweet.Booktyping capability and compatability on stand alones. The 1640 will be my next burner,whenever one of my benqs die.That may be a while.

 

Yeah, Lite-On burners are really nice and they're not very expensive. I have one myself and I love it.

 

 I ordered a BenQ DW1640 Tuesday afternoon from NewEgg for $38.99 + $4.00 shipping. I received it Thureday at around noon .. GREAT SERVICE ONCE AGAIN FROM NEWEGG !! I purchased the OEM model and it came in a plastic bag surrounded by bubble wrap, packed in styrofoam peanuts. The only thing that came extra was Nero OEM Suite which includes Nero Express v6.3.1.26, Nerovision Express v2.1.2.21 and Nero showtime v1.5.0.44. More than I expected. It booktypes DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL right out of the box. The only fault that I could find was the jumper was set at 'slave' so I'm glad that I checked before installation.

 What a fantastic drive, I strongly recommend it to anyone that needs a now DVD writer!

 The following two tests the DW1640 was chosen as the editor's choice and extreme excellence award, respectively ..
 http://www.extrememhz.com/dw1640-p10.shtml 
 http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=14268&PageId=24
  

 

Boy am I licking my chops for that 1640!!!!
That is by far the lowest price I have seen on them.

How's those booktyped backup working on your stand alones?

 

 I had been booktyping with my Ricoh MP5240A with 100% playability .. I expect the same from the BenQ

 

I love my Plextors.

 

 The new Plextor PX740A is a rebadged BenQ DW1640, the only difference is about $40

 

aromes

If your motherboard supports Serial ATA (SATA), I highly recommend the Plextor PX-716SA which is a Serial ATA DVD Burner. It's not a repackaged anything, It's a Plextor start to finish.

When I burn to an 8X DVD-R blank using my Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5, it offers to burn at 16x, 12x, 8x, and 4x. And with offers to burn, Dual Layer 2.4x discs at 4x and 2.4x. When I use CloneDVD 2 for burning, it offers the same range of speeds. What impresses me most; is that it seldom burns me a coaster.

Eric

 

 Of course for the price of the Plextor PX716A you can buy three BenQ DW1640 drives ...

 

They sell for $30? WOW!!!!!! That is a good deal.

 

this might be a stupid question...but what do you mean with book typing or booktyped?

 

Booktyping:

Some burner have the bitsetting capability of booktyping the plus format to dvd-rom. When it comes down to dvd-r/dvd+r backups,stand alone players are the ones that have trouble recognizing them.Even other pc drives.Some favor the plus,some favor the dash,some play everything,some don't play crap!It's all about compatability.

This booktyping features alters the plus format,and turns it into dvd-rom,the more universal dvd format. It actually fools those players into thinking the are actual dvd-roms. You will be able to play your backups on more drives with the booktyping. Plus format only on +r/+rw/and +DL.


Some burners have this capability,but still their quality is so poor that booktying is worse than the dash format.That's why you need a quality burner with the bitsetting capability.

 

I just received my OEM BenQ DW1640 from Newegg (they are now out of stock) for $38.99 + $4 shipping. What a great price for a great drive. Question: How do you tell what the jumper settings are? The jumper block in on the middle set of pins. Is this Master, Slave or Cable Select? There is nothing printed on the jumper section or drive label which indicates the settings. I want to set it to Master. What position is master? There is no manual with this OEM drive and no information I can find on the BenQ site. Any ideas?

 

 Great drive X59, I just got one recently .. Make sure that you update your firmware (to BSLB) and download QSuite (which includes SolidBurn, an awesome utility & booktype management)
 Firmware update  http://support.benq.com/front/BenqMain.asp?MenuHead=128&ShowType=program&FileURL=service/driverlist.asp&Dataid=18367&downloadclass=Driver&product=3731&langu=null&ops=null&GenMenu=&RootId=undefined

 QSuite  http://support.benq.com/front/BenqMain.asp?MenuHead=128&ShowType=program&FileURL=service/driverlist.asp&Dataid=18368&downloadclass=Software&product=3731&langu=null&ops=null&GenMenu=&RootId=undefined

 And, yes my drive came set up as a slave also ... ddp's info is correct