New CD burners

[Onoborisan]

Can anyone provide ant feedback on the advantages/disadvantages between the new Plextor (PX-W4012TA/SW) and Yamaha (CRW3200) CD burners?
I wanted to get one and was told these two are the best out there. What is the difference between BurnProof amd BurnSafe technologies used by these manufacturers? If any other CD burners are better please let me know.
Thanks in advance,

 

[LoneWolf1]

FWIW, try taking a look here

 

[sean2002]

IMHO, your best bet would be buying a lite-on 24X drive. These drives have proven themselves with many people around the world as a great drive.

 

[Gog]

You would really have to wait for tech sites to actually reviw the new plextor 40x burner. This is something I am really looking forward to myself... it was announced last week but no reviews have been done of it.

 

[handoverfist]

I agree with sean 2002 about getting the lite-on. I have the 12x model and its worked flawlessly for 2 years now!

 

[Tates]

From a review on Screen Savers, they noted that the Plexwriter 40x was about 30 seconds faster that a 24x for a full burn. Not such a big deal, IMHO. Another thing they mentioned, was the lack of any 40x cdr media available.

 

[bacillus]

<< From a review on Screen Savers, they noted that the Plexwriter 40x was about 30 seconds faster that a 24x for a full burn. Not such a big deal, IMHO. Another thing they mentioned, was the lack of any 40x cdr media available. >>


wonder if any reader is capable of reading fast enough for burnproof not to be activated when burning on the fly with a x40 writer!

 

[madthumbs]

Does it really require 40x media if it's actually burning at different speeds throughout the disk? The reason there is different speed media is because of the dye reaction timing. I think the drive changes speeds because of the change in speed over the surface of the disk as the laser moves outward. This would make a more consistant fast speed of burn while providing the dye time to change.

 

[Ryukumu]

I can also verify that the Lite-On 24x kicks major butt. Got one for Christmas, works great.

EDIT: The only thing I have to say about the Lite-On that is REMOTELY close to a complaint is that it will -sometimes- have trouble with TDK disks that have a white label side. Only happens about 50% of the time. The TDKs without the white label side as well as every other CD-R I've tried work great.

 

[LS20]

Burnproof and Burnsafe does basically the same thing; they are both equally as effective.

I, myself, have the 16x lite-on and it has worked without a hiccup. So far I've burnt ~50 CompUSA 16x discs and have had only 2 coasters.

1st one was using CDR-Win as opposed to nero
2nd one happened because I forgot to enable BurnProof.


other than that it's rock solid