Not another DVD burner thread

[Slammy1]

I wanted to ask before I buy. My friend's CD-ROM is going, I thought it'd be a good time to upgrade to a DVD-RAM and give him my LG CD burner (which is still great). I am interested in the Toshiba SD-R5372 as seen here.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-130-036&depa=1

Any advice before I buy? I'd put some more into it, if you think it'd be worthwhile but I don't really need any bells or whistles (I don't mind labelling with sharpies). The one drawback I've read about these drives is that they don't overburn, but I don't know how much of an issue that is since I'm just getting into DVD burning technology. Here's a review that recommended them well.
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,119761,00.asp

TIA for any help.

 

[AristoV300]

Did you mean DVD-Rom or RAM? I would recommend the NEC ND-3500 or 3520.

 

[Slammy1]

I mean a DVD burner. I noticed the bias towards NEC from searching the orums, but it seemed a bit of a dated and I didn't know if things changed. When I last looked into the upgrade (when I bought my CD burner) it seemed the best varied day-to-day.

So you think this is the better deal?
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=27-152-036&DEPA=1

Thanks for your assistance.

 

[blackrain]

I have Benq 1620 and love it. Very few PIE's and PIF's

Do a google search and you'll find some reviews.

Also check out the cdfreaks forum which has a dedicated section for the NEC and the Benq

 

[imported_fatal]

The toshiba & the NEC both look good @ about $60 -- but did you see the price of the Plextor they picked as #1, its $126.99 -- think about how many blank DVD's you could get with the money you save

 

[Slammy1]

Yeah, I'd say the NEC seems the best from the reviews I've read googling. The BenQ was rated really well on NewEgg, but a lot of people seem to be reporting slagged disks. It could be that the NewEgg people had better installation skills.

EDIT: Thanks again for the assistance. I decided on the NEC.

 

[Blain]

I've got a BenQ 1620 and an LG 4163. Both are very nice drives. :laugh:
The NEC fanboyz are thick in here.