NEC 3520a or Pioneer DVR-109 ?

[l Xes l]

go pioneer

 

[Cheezeit]

pioneer just went up in price and is oos.

seems like at cdfreaks they like the benq, but at AT, people like the NEC.

so now.. benq 1620 or nec 3520, or worth paying extra and waiting for the pioneer?

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
pioneer just went up in price and is oos.

seems like at cdfreaks they like the benq, but at AT, people like the NEC.

so now.. benq 1620 or nec 3520, or worth paying extra and waiting for the pioneer?

NewEgg certainly looks like they have the Pioneer in stock to me. It's $52.99 with shipping:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129161

I guess it's up to you whether it's worth $6 more than the NEC 3520. That probably mostly depends on whether or not you rip a lot of DVD movies. Also, if you're just going to upgrade again the the next 6 months to a year, it probably doesn't matter that the Pioneer is faster at DL burning.

What do you mean they like the BenQ at CDFreaks? They have the same reviews as CDRLabs.com. Those reviews make it quite clear that the BenQ has about the same specs as the NEC, but its burn quality is significantly worse than the NEC or Pioneer. The BenQ rips DVD movies as fast as the Pioneer, but I don't think that makes up for the burn quality problems.

Nothing wrong with the NEC, but if I were buying a new burner, I'd get the Pioneer or wait for the NEC 3540 to become available. The NEC 3540 is already available in the UK, and it has similar features to the Pioneer 109.

You can get good information about these drives just looking at the CDRLabs.com reviews. It's more objective than anything you'll find here.

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: Tostada

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
pioneer just went up in price and is oos.

seems like at cdfreaks they like the benq, but at AT, people like the NEC.

so now.. benq 1620 or nec 3520, or worth paying extra and waiting for the pioneer?

NewEgg certainly looks like they have the Pioneer in stock to me. It's $52.99 with shipping:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129161

I guess it's up to you whether it's worth $6 more than the NEC 3520. That probably mostly depends on whether or not you rip a lot of DVD movies. Also, if you're just going to upgrade again the the next 6 months to a year, it probably doesn't matter that the Pioneer is faster at DL burning.

What do you mean they like the BenQ at CDFreaks? They have the same reviews as CDRLabs.com. Those reviews make it quite clear that the BenQ has about the same specs as the NEC, but its burn quality is significantly worse than the NEC or Pioneer. The BenQ rips DVD movies as fast as the Pioneer, but I don't think that makes up for the burn quality problems.

Nothing wrong with the NEC, but if I were buying a new burner, I'd get the Pioneer or wait for the NEC 3540 to become available. The NEC 3540 is already available in the UK, and it has similar features to the Pioneer 109.

You can get good information about these drives just looking at the CDRLabs.com reviews. It's more objective than anything you'll find here.

thanks, tostada for helping this thread this whole time.

lol, thats funny. i can't belive the pioneer was oos and at 57 just 30min ago.

can you please tell me what the advantages are of the dvr109 over the 3520?

 

[Cheezeit]

sry to drag this trhead up again, but i need some more opinions before i buy.

so which you guys get, the pioneer 109 or nec 3520a?

thanks in advance

 

[l Xes l]

go pioneer

i've had dvr-108.. burned about 300 dvds now with various media.. .. not one coaster..

 

[n7]

BenQ DW 1620 Pro is an awesome drive.

I have it, & i can gladly recommend it

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
sry to drag this trhead up again, but i need some more opinions before i buy.

so which you guys get, the pioneer 109 or nec 3520a?

thanks in advance

NEC... i just got mine last week after doing some review. 3520a is VERY suitable to a lot of differnt media, or so i have experienced and heard. I would go with that...cus then I just just find a good deal on sundays at local stores and pick up almost any kind of media without much worry that it might not work. Of course, there is a chance, but most stuff i have read about it...boiling it down to a nutshell...almost no has complained about that drive. So just get the damn thing its NOT a big deal between those 2 drives..order it tonight from newegg. it will be shipped tomm, and be at ur door on thursday. have fun burning stuff over the weekend.

 

[imported_bum]

Just buy something... If you think this hard about it you will be unhappy no matter what you get.

 

[sniperruff]

it took me hours to make that decision... then realized that the dvr-109's warrnaty is through pioneer, when the NEC is warrnated by newegg i think. plus the 3520A is $3 cheaper, so i went with the NEC.

 

[imported_g33k]

I bought the NEC 3520a and I'm not disappointed at all. The burned DVD movies play on my set top Sony DVD player and that makes me happy.