Need a new DVD Burner..suggestions?

[Trader05]

I have a pioneer dvr-111d, and i think its on its way out. Getting bad burns left and right with both good and cheap media. What burner does everyone recommend that isn't too picky on media?

 

[slugg]

when i read the title, i was going to come in here and recommend the pioneer 111D... im sorry to hear you're having such an icky time with it! I couldn't be happier with mine.

Try flashing the firmware with The Dangerous Brothers's latest third party firmware... it has all sorts of little tweaks, especially for dual layer media. Link: http://tdb.rpc1.org/

 

[Trader05]

slugg, do you recommend 8.29 firmware?

 

[slugg]

hmm give it a try. I have mine at TDB's 1.23 and it has worked flawlessly, so I took the "if it aint broke, dont fix it" approach and never updated again... lol

edit: I think the 8.29 firmware is just the 1.29 for the "Buffalo" re-branded drives... so if yours is definitely PIONEER, i'd stick with 1.23 or 1.29.

 

[Boyo]

You can also try the Lite-ON combo optical drive.

 

[Trader05]

i had mine at 1.23 before and updated to 1.29 with no luck. maybe i got a lemon drive....

Aren't a lot of people a fan of BenQ drives? Anyone? lol

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Trader05
i had mine at 1.23 before and updated to 1.29 with no luck. maybe i got a lemon drive....

Aren't a lot of people a fan of BenQ drives? Anyone? lol

Benq from dw800 on up to 1655 ..1670 is not nice.. my current fave is TSST drives ...using a SH-S182D(haven't tried dvd-ram yet) along with a 1655 oem out of an iomagic box ... gl

 

[KayKay]

Just bought a SH-S182D for a friend, a few days ago, can't beat the price and features!
Still like the NEC AD-7170 formyself!

 

[Old Hippie]

I like my BenQ DW-1655 so well, I bought another for a spare.