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Title: cd burner recommendations
Post by: dmonterisi on October 08, 2003, 10:26:27 AM

looks like my cd burner is starting to give me some grief so i'm thinking about making a change...seems like there are a ton of brands i don't know with cheap burners for sale out there...what's the most reliable?  mostly just burning but some DAE.  any brands to avoid?  thanks.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: sygdwm on October 08, 2003, 11:05:39 AM

i absolutley love my plextor burner. it is "only" 12x. i have had it in 3 computers for over 3 years. needless to say its gotten some use over the years. btw, nice to meet you in austin. i had the laptop that worked when it felt like.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: dmonterisi on October 08, 2003, 11:11:37 AM

thanks for the tip...nice to meet you too...i figured out the problem, scms was engaged for some reason on my m1...oops...did you get everything covered or do you need any of the sets?

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: sygdwm on October 08, 2003, 11:36:52 AM

i didn not get a complete set any night . i think i need more memory. i would love to get copies and i will share to digitalpanic and the like. thanks. fwiw, what little i did get sounds good.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: zhianosatch on October 08, 2003, 09:13:20 PM

plextor 48x...

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: scb on October 08, 2003, 10:14:08 PM

or a plex 52 :)

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: RRobar on October 08, 2003, 10:20:03 PM

or save some money and buy a Lite-On. Same as the plex but alot cheaper.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: scb on October 08, 2003, 10:33:00 PM

the plex premium is not the same though...

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: chase on October 08, 2003, 10:44:25 PM

i have owned a few lite-on drives 24x, 52x and a 4x dvd+r, and after extensive research, mainly from cdfreaks.com, i have found that the liteon perform equally if not better than plextors at a much lower cost.  newegg.com has 52x burners for $40 and the dvd burner i bought is down to $99.  i have burnt tons of cds on these and never have a problem.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: hoobash on October 08, 2003, 11:56:05 PM

Iite on ROCKS!!!! You cant wrong with plextor or liteon. Goto www.newegg.com for good prices

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: Brian Skalinder on October 09, 2003, 09:22:34 AM

At this stage, I'd consider getting a DVD/CD burner.  I got a Pioneer A105 or some such.  Man, archiving loads of SHNs to a single DVD is sooooo much nicer than dealing with loads of CDRs.

Title: Re:cd burner recommendations
Post by: dmonterisi on October 09, 2003, 09:37:58 AM

i have an external dvd/cd burner as well.  looking for a higher speed internal to replace my now faltering internal drive.  i do archive on dvd-r, this is for burning and occasionally ripping cd's.