DVD Burners: BENQ DW1640 VS NEC ND3540...

[brigden]

I'm basically looking for a burner to back-up my DVD collection; nothing else. I don't care about bundled software or price.

Which drive is better and why?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

BenQ. See anand's latest roundup for DVDburners - it's the drive that wrote the least errors on the disc (hell the NEC couldn't even read back its own disc!)

 

[amplemind]

BenQ is better but not good enough to justify the 20$ difference.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: amplemind
BenQ is better but not good enough to justify the 20$ difference.

What 20$ diference?

CDN prices...

BenQ DW-1640 (Beige) $52.95

NEC ND-3540A (Silver) $60.95


20$ extra?? i just dont see it.

 

[OdiN]

I would get a Lite-On or if you really don't care about price and want the best then get a Plextor.

I would stay away from BenQ's. I have used their drives in the past and all of them have been cheaply made and have had lots fail.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: OdiN
I would get a Lite-On or if you really don't care about price and want the best then get a Plextor.

I would stay away from BenQ's. I have used their drives in the past and all of them have been cheaply made and have had lots fail.

I think you got it backwards,Lite-On had great cdrw drives but their DVD-RW drives are total crap.

As for benq they make a great dvd writer, go read Summer 2005 16x DVDR Roundup

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: amplemind
BenQ is better but not good enough to justify the 20$ difference.

$20? No way..... I think it's more like $5 MAXIMUM.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: OdiN
I would get a Lite-On or if you really don't care about price and want the best then get a Plextor.

I would stay away from BenQ's. I have used their drives in the past and all of them have been cheaply made and have had lots fail.

I think you got it backwards,Lite-On had great cdrw drives but their DVD-RW drives are total crap.

As for benq they make a great dvd writer, go read Summer 2005 16x DVDR Roundup

All that I sell are Lite-On DVD-RW drives and have had only one come back with problems. I have two of them myself and they work excellently.

As for the review...a review is all well and good but does not test longevity/reliability of a product....nor does it test compatability across a wide variety of platforms.

 

[n7]

Easy choice.

BenQ DW1640.

Supports bitsetting & overspeed burning natively.
No need to install modified firmware, etc., like on teh NEC.

 

[brigden]

Thanks for the replies, guys. You've been very helpful.