Is burnproof necessary today?

[Muerto]

I'm looking to buy a CDRW and I can't decide between these two:

Creative Labs 12x10x32x w/ burnproof. Also comes with software.
Yamaha 16x/10/40x w/o burnproof. I'm not sure if it comes with software or not but I don't think it does.

I've got a pretty decent system so I'm wondering if I should go with burnproof or not. They're both the same price, $200 CDN. I already have Nero 5.0 so it doesn't matter weather it comes with software or not (5.5 is the most recent version right?). So what do you think? Thanks.

 

[stso]

Yes it is necessory in my opinion.
By the way, I think it is better to get Lite-On 24x cdrw, it's only $150 USD right now!!

 

[viper007]

YAMMY MA MAN!!

 

[crt1530]

<< YAMMY MA MAN!! >>


I have absolutely NO idea WTF that is supposed to mean. I guess I could make a huge stretch and guess Yamaha.

Here's an idea for you, viper: say what you type outloud before you post it. If it doesn't make sense when you say it, it won't make sense when people read it.

 

[Tseng]

I got the YAMAHA SCSI version a few months ago. With SCSI interface, I figured that burnproof or similar technologies are not necessary. And I was right, my YAMAHA never gives me any problems.

If you are going to get E-IDE version, burnproof is still necessay.

 

[LXi]

<<I have absolutely NO idea WTF that is supposed to mean. I guess I could make a huge stretch and guess Yamaha.>>

Well, Yammy is Yamaha's nickname so that made sense to me, and apparently it made sense to you too 'cause you made the right guess.

 

[bacillus]

I wouldn't get a new drive today unless it incooperated some form of burnproofing!

 

[TechMaster]

burnproof is nice - i would like to have this in my burner (Plextor 8x4x32)

But I never needed it since I NEVER had "Buffer Underrun" error before - and my burner is EIDE...

I would reccomend you getting a Plextor Drive - with or without BP tech.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

Since upgrading my system I too have not needed Burnproof, but I will not get another CD-RW without this kind of protection. You never know when you might need it, and I have enough coasters (the cup kind).

 

[Speedo]

I wouldn't buy a burner w/o BURN-Proof, especially now when they are getting faster and faster. Even though you have a fast system, you will not be able to do a lot of other things while burning at 24x, without the risk of a buffer underrun. I've also had a lot of "use" for Burn Proof when copying CD's "on the fly" from my CDROM.

bwt, TweakMax will soon have a review of the Plextor 24/10/40A with BURN-Proof and PoweRec-II.

 

[m2super]

"I've got a pretty decent system so I'm wondering if I should go with burnproof or not. "
If you want a coaster collection get one without burnproof! It has nothing to do with you machine speed or amount of memory!
I would look into the plextor drives! The best in my and many others opinion! Just read some reviews! I would stay away from the creative burner let them make soundcards! The yamaha would be my choice between the 2 you have listed.

 

[Wizkid]

How about this one instead?

<A href="http://www.ncix.com/Canada/productdetail.cfm?sku=6367">http://www.ncix.com/Canada/productdetail.cfm?sku=6367</A>

16x with burnproof for $153.68 CAD, and if you are not in BC then there is no PST. I have a few of the 12x versions of this drive and they work really well.

 

[thephew]

I had a 6X Creative burner, and it had about a 50% coaster rate at 6X, about 25% at 4X, regardless of what media I gave it, even if I was doing nothing else in the background. I wouldn't trust any burner from them for the life of me. Go Lite-on man. Although that monster buffer on the Yammy is as good as burnproof from what I hear.

 

[majewski9]

Get Lite On 16x for 82$ or the 24x for 150$. Both are at Newegg.com in stock.

 

[Muerto]

Cool. I guess it's burnproof for me then. Thanks.

 

[nightowl]

I would say that burnproof is a necessity for an IDE system, but for a SCSI system it does not really mean that much. The only time that burnproof might come in handy on a SCSI system is if you are pushing your system to its limit of processing and IO. I would buy a SCSI burner if it did not have burnproof since I have both SCSI and IDE drives.

 

[ShadyBob]

my burner is 2 years old, its a hp 8100i 4x2x12... i've had no problems with it, but i usually leave my comp alone while burning... i dont plan on buying a new one till this breaks down

 

[Guilty]

Most of the manufacturers have basically cloned burn-proof to "JustLink" or "SMART-burn" so they dont have to pay as much royalties to Sanyo. I think it will and should become standard, theres just no reason not to use it, the added cost isn't significant.

 

[wfbberzerker]

burn-proof (or some other form of anti-buffer underrun software) is pretty much a necessity now, and is really the best method of protecting the disks. of course, you could buy a burner with a huge buffer, but its much more expensive and probably is still not as safe as burn-proof

 

[LordUnum]

I've been multi-tasking with my Yamaha 4416S (SCSI-2) ever since I purchased it almost 2-1/2 years ago. I have yet to burn a coaster that is the fault of my multi-tasking, or otherwise taxing the computer during the burning process (yes I've burned my share of coasters---the result of faulty CD images, copy-protected CD's, and overall, not knowing what I was doing with the software).