hi , i am need of a new dvd burner for my computer and i was just wondering what would be the best one to get , i have used lite on in the past and i was just wondering if they were still the one to get . also i have one more question , should a person do the rip and burn all from one burner or is it better to have 2 and read from one and burn from the other . i have alway's used my dvd-rom for ripping and my burner for burning and my computer laid down on me and i have to get another and i didn't know if doing everything from one drive would hurt quality wise . thanks
Totally subjective question.. I would go with pioneer.. see less threads about problems with them than any other. I use samsung and nec.. so that's about as unbiased as you can get.
I have 2 Lite-Ons and a new Plextor (which is actually something else rebadged but I can't keep up), anyway I have no complaints about any of them. So as varnull said, it is very subjective. Look around and find some you like, then do a search on them and read what others have to say. This site, as well as CD Freaks, are two good place to start.
That's how subjective it is.. A computer comes through my refurb and resell process with lite-on drives... they hit the car boot sale and nec or samsung or pioneer (whichever are cheapest and available at the time) are fitted. I have had some horrible experiences with lite-on ($hite-on we call them at the local pc shop) drives and media compatibilities.. as well as ide problems. Next to philips they are a brand I won't even have for free.. see a lot of them oem branded with naff firmware as HL-ST-DT (HL.. hitachi-lite-on QC failures) which says it all really.. .. I was being nice about them by not mentioning them in my first post.. In my books they are clearly marked "substandard manufacture -- avoid" Trade price on the HL-xxx drives is £35 per 100 new. That's probably harsh.. but Y'know.. once you have had more than 20 bad experiences with a particular brand it's hard to say anything good about them.. I couldn't keep quiet because my conscience was shouting at me to say something about them.
