NEC 3520A OEM or Lite-On 1673S Retail?

[asintu]

which one is the overall better choice?
I found them both at exactly the same price
I know a lot of people have the nec and there are over 200 reviews on newegg but the lite-on also has 5 stars and quite a number of reviews

 

[Budman]

NEC 3520A

 

[Arcanedeath]

Go w/ the NEC, Lite-On DVD burners are still a bit flakey

 

[asintu]

k then..proly gonna go with nec...but since it's oem i assume it doesn't have any screws or connectors...will i be fine?

 

[asintu]

are both nec and liteon japannese?

 

[Arcanedeath]

As long as you have the right screw's and some DVD burning software you should be fine.

 

[theMan]

as long as you have some on an old drive or just lying around somewhere.

 

[Arcanedeath]

NEC and Lite-On drives are both made in China for the most part.

 

[bacillus]

Originally posted by: Budman
NEC 3520A

Seeing that it is now been released, I would go for the NEC3540

 

[sniperruff]

lite-on is a company from taiwan. or you can get a pioneer DVR-109.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Budman
NEC 3520A

 

[asintu]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
lite-on is a company from taiwan. or you can get a pioneer DVR-109.

a bit more expensive..
i'll get the nec..thanx guys

 

[Josh7289]

What about Samsung's DVD Burners, like the (I think) TS552U or something like that?

 

[lenjack]

I think all Chinese in origin. I don't think you will go wrong with either one. Liteon makes many of the drives for other companies.

 

[Spicedaddy]

NEC or BenQ

 

[asintu]

now im really confused...nec is supposed to be more quiet but lack some performance

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Budman
NEC 3520A

w/o a question. See my sig for the frequently updated firmware.

Originally posted by: asintu
now im really confused...nec is supposed to be more quiet but lack some performance

Care to elaborate on this lack of performance?

 

[asintu]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Budman
NEC 3520A

w/o a question. See my sig for the frequently updated firmware.

Originally posted by: asintu
now im really confused...nec is supposed to be more quiet but lack some performance

Care to elaborate on this lack of performance?

i dunno...read some reviews and that's what it seemed to me..lite-on to be faster when writing but anyways...NEC it is!! So many people can't be all wrong

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Budman
NEC 3520A

w/o a question. See my sig for the frequently updated firmware.

Time to update your sig,we are now at 1UE firmware.

 

[Baked]

LOL, I'm so behind on things 'cause they update to frequent.

NEC has both speed and quality. Lite-On has not been doing so well in the past couple of years. Their quality is not on par compared to their past drives.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Baked
LOL, I'm so behind on things 'cause they update to frequent.

NEC has both speed and quality. Lite-On has not been doing so well in the past couple of years. Their quality is not on par compared to their past drives.

Lite-On cdrw drives were GREAT!!!

But their dvdrw drives are crap.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: asintu
are both nec and liteon japannese?

nec = japan
liteon = china

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Baked
LOL, I'm so behind on things 'cause they update to frequent.

NEC has both speed and quality. Lite-On has not been doing so well in the past couple of years. Their quality is not on par compared to their past drives.

Lite-On cdrw drives were GREAT!!!

But their dvdrw drives are crap.

tell me about that, after burning so many coaster it's not even funny anymore

 

[airfoil]

Get the NEC 3530A. The 3540 isn't available yet - and probably wont be for another couple of weeks.

I would avoid the LiteOn drives like the plague.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: asintu
So many people can't be all wrong

Not always the best assumption

Everybody recommends the NEC 3520 because it was the best deal on a good burner 4 months ago. That's not the case anymore.

But it's still a good drive. The NEC gets much better burn quality than Lite-On or BenQ drives, so it's definitely the best choice given the options you've presented.

The "lack of performance" that people were referring to is probably that it can't burn 6X DL, it can't burn DVD-R DL at all, and it's really slow ripping movies. The Pioneer 109 is significantly better and about the same price. It was cheaper last week, and now it looks like it's a wallet-bustin' $7 more.