best dvd burner?

[RobCur]

what cha think? such as sony, acer-benq, asus, liteon, opteron, samsung etc..

 

[BlueWeasel]

I've had only Lite-on CD and DVD burners, and have had zero problems. No reason to switch to anything else.

 

[RobCur]

liteon is an average all around burner imho, we need something different better quality
like the ability to burn cdr using hdburn at 1.4gb is a plus

 

[mitchafi]

Haven't made a coaster yet with my Nec 2500A and supposedly I will be able to flash it to a 2510A (Dual Layer) when the time is right.

 

[Sheriff]

The best blast from the past up to now and probably in the future is owned by Plextor for Optical drives

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: RobCur
liteon is an average all around burner imho, we need something different better quality
like the ability to burn cdr using hdburn at 1.4gb is a plus

Having HDburn limits you to only a few brands then. As far as I know, there are only 2-3 brands that support HDburning.

 

[konakona]

pioneer

 

[Homerboy]

pioneer 107D

 

[SleepNoMore]

SPECIALIZED REPLY:

If you are burning a CD-R for audio mastering purposes (there are very few people in this boat, namely musicians) and want the absolute lowest BLER rates (assuming you are using good media - which is getting hard to find), then Plextor is king of the hill.

I am not talking about throughput or price, merely consistency and lowest amount of errors.
Cheaper Lite-on CD-R drives, which are commonly remarketed (I own three of them) good everyday machines but have a tendency to build up more errors 2/3rd's of the way into a red book audio disc. Most of the time this does not cause an audible / tracking problem on a 1st generation. It's nothing you want to replicate or send to a pressing plant though.

The Pioneer 107 drive is excellent if you are looking at the highest quality "well-rounded" drive. I give the Plextor the nod for CD-R audio mastering type purposes.

 

[SlickVic]

I have a Sony DRU-500AX...works perfect...not the "best", but no coasters:thumbsup:

 

[hifisoftware]

First I bought NEC 2500A. It worked great for both DVD's and CDR's. Few days ago I exchanged it for 2510A (Dual Layer) , it is almost same as 2500A, but according to NEC something inside is better aligned for dual layer burning.

 

[crapito]

i have both a TDK 420 4x DVR+R drive and a Lite-On 812S 8x DVD+-R drive. both work well, with the nod going to the newer, quicker Lite-On drive. overall, i've had 3 Lite-On drives and have enjoyed them all, so i'll stay with Lite-On unless something better/cheaper comes out.

 

[RobCur]

Nu sucks, artec sucks both were defective 🙁
it cost me my time and $$$ wasted on restocking fee and shipping back to them. this bites

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: RobCur
Nu sucks, artec sucks both were defective 🙁
it cost me my time and $$$ wasted on restocking fee and shipping back to them. this bites

1st had a Pioneer A05(dad currently has it)>NEC1300A>NEC1300A(black..still have it)>Sony DRU510A retail(hated how Sony doesn't support it very well)> my sweetie 800A>800A(had it installed for less than 2 weeks..sold it right out of my rig ..🙂)>811s(ran it for a week..pulled it..)> back to the 800A 🙂

 

[eddie]

I recently got the Sony DRU-700A Dual layer burner. Working great so far.

 

[Dulanic]

Have a Lite-On 4X myself and it worked good for a while, but now it down right sucks, it wont read discs it burned, I get errors like crazy, and Im very disappointed.

 

[QueBert]

it's a damn shame Yamaha got out of the Optical business. I know Plextor is considered the top dog by most when it comes to optical. But my Yammy cd burners ALWAYS kicked ass. I would have loved to seen a Yamaha DVD+R -R drive

*siiigh* oh well

bought a Lite-On 8112s yesterday, probably gonna end up hating it, but I had enough for it, so it'll work for now. Hopefully by the time it dies on me, I'll have the money saved for a Plextor or TDK 🙂