Good CD/DVD drive?

[Rifter]

Ive been out of the loop for a while so who makes a good CD/DVD reader and who makes a good CD/DVD burner i would like to get a seperate reader and writer, price is an issue so what are some good cheap/reliable drives?

 

[jadinolf]

I have put NEC 3550A (burner) on all of my computers.

It is jadinolf approved.

 

[GeeFizzleDizzle]

BenQ DW1655.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle
BenQ DW1655.

:thumbsup: or the DW1650, which is the DW1655 w/o Lightscribe

 

[jackschmittusa]

The NEC and Benq drives mentioned are both good. I suggest that since DVD burners can be had for $40us or less that you buy 2 burners instead of a cd/rw-dvd-rom drive.

 

[Rifter]

thats a good point jackschmittusa ive been out of the loop for a while, i paid over $200 for my last CD burner a 12X plextor like 4 or 5 years ago, i didnt realize they had come down in price that much.

 

[Peter]

I have been using Samsung drives for a while now, and have found nothing wrong with them so far - nice software bundle in the retail box, quiet operation, no complaints in burning as yet.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
The NEC and Benq drives mentioned are both good. I suggest that since DVD burners can be had for $40us or less that you buy 2 burners instead of a cd/rw-dvd-rom drive.

Good idea. :thumbsup:

 

[Zepper]

One of the better CD/DVD ROM drives is sold by Asus. For burners I like Plextor but they aren't cheap. There is one or two Plextor models to avoid (based on Panasonic/Teac chipsets) - how you can tell is that it/they is/are the only one(s) that reads/writes DVD RAM disks. The ones based on Sanyo or Phillips are all as good or better than most.

.bh.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, yes. Things have changed.
If you dig around you can get dual-layer burners for 30 bucks.

But I still prefer to go with something brand-name and a little more expensive for stuff like that.
Sony or Phillips or another good name. It saves hassle in the long run.

 

[Peter]

Buy a burner from Sony, the company that brought us the most evil "copy protection" malware so far?

Sounds like a plan. NOT.

Philips in turn have always been against deliberate screwing with disc standards, so if given these two as a choice, I'd go with Philips.

 

[fatpat268]

Why would you want two dvd burners?

 

[Peter]

"separate reader and writer", not two burners ...

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Peter
Buy a burner from Sony, the company that brought us the most evil "copy protection" malware so far?
Sounds like a plan. NOT.
Philips in turn have always been against deliberate screwing with disc standards, so if given these two as a choice, I'd go with Philips.

Sony made StarForce?
I did not know that.

 

[Zepper]

AFAIk, Sony didn't create StarForce but they were the first (only) to use it.

.bh.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: fatpat268
Why would you want two dvd burners?

Because burners are so cheap today use that instead of a reader was the posters idea.

 

[Peter]

Pure readers do have their advantages: They're even cheaper, and they're a lot faster in random access. That's because their laser pickup isn't nearly as heavy. For the same reason, they use to last longer under heavy usage.

 

[scottamc]

so which cd/dvd rom drives are good? also what do you look for, when choosing a cd/dvd rom? If I were using it to read game discs, etc., would i be looking for something thats "xx" fast or reads well, etc?