Doh!!! My Plextor is 3 years old now.
It can read CD's that other drives cannot.. love it.
I would like to get in on this deal... but cash is tight right now because of all
the other hardware I just purchased.
For those of you who have never owned a Plextor... try it just once in you're life.. and enjoy it.
Peace
Rich
It can read CD's that other drives cannot.. love it.
I would like to get in on this deal... but cash is tight right now because of all
the other hardware I just purchased.
For those of you who have never owned a Plextor... try it just once in you're life.. and enjoy it.
Peace
Rich
My Yamaha 8x CDR is 4+ yrs old, it may take 30 min to make an image of the newer software, but I don't have any problems with copy protection, still very satisfired with it so it's hard to put it away ; )
Anyways, I went in on the 52x BusLink deal. Opened up the package to look at the drive, the S/N is 25218380J, and the model is 52x24x52 CD-RW, nothing else on the drive giving an idea who made it. Now, how in the world can you tell just by looking at it if it's a Lite-On? I don't want to open up the bag surrounding the drive and plug it into my system to find out since I don't (hope) want to get charged a restocking fee if I decide to return it.
Or is it simple as - all Buslink drives are rebadged Lite-Ons?
-zzt
Originally posted by: Jmman
Plextor drives completely kick butt, but they are expensive. These drives are $139 at Best Buy, so I would say this is a good deal if you are looking for a Plextor.....
I agree...I did a test with my 24X Plextor and it burned just as fast as a 48X Lite-on
Ausm
Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: Jmman
Plextor drives completely kick butt, but they are expensive. These drives are $139 at Best Buy, so I would say this is a good deal if you are looking for a Plextor.....
I agree...I did a test with my 24X Plextor and it burned just as fast as a 48X Lite-on
Ausm
This statement is not 100% true. In regular burning CD (Datas, including VCD, SVCD) I don't think Plextor 24x can beat 48x Lite-on. I can burn 800 MB of VCD in 3 mins with Lite-on 48x. Can Plextor do that?
In process of copy protection-CD (game and audio) not only burning that count but also reading process which 24x Plextor might do better than 48x Lite-ons in some kind of protections such as key2audio.
I'm not really a plextor's fan myself. I am acutally the big fan of Lite-ons, still have 2 in my system (32x and 48x). Lite on is great for overall and diary burning equipment. I had copied (backup) so many protection games and softwares (safedisk1, safedisk2, secuerom etc..) and I'm pround to say that Lite-ons are really really really great for that, of course, every burner can burn or copy data cd so this doen't not count.
I'd say this is a good deal for Plextor but not that lite-ons are bad or something. you'd better prove it if you said 24x Plextor can burn as fast as 48x Lite-ons at maximum speed, otherwise....
You can't say for sure that all Buslinks are Lite-ons. Only way you can check is to install it and read its firmware version (if you can't check model # on the box or burner). Hope this help ya.
Originally posted by: Yai
This statement is not 100% true. In regular burning CD (Datas, including VCD, SVCD) I don't think Plextor 24x can beat 48x Lite-on. I can burn 800 MB of VCD in 3 mins with Lite-on 48x. Can Plextor do that? In process of copy protection-CD (game and audio) not only burning that count but also reading process which 24x Plextor might do better than 48x Lite-ons in some kind of protections such as key2audio. I'm not really a plextor's fan myself. I am acutally the big fan of Lite-ons, still have 2 in my system (32x and 48x). Lite on is great for overall and diary burning equipment. I had copied (backup) so many protection games and softwares (safedisk1, safedisk2, secuerom etc..) and I'm pround to say that Lite-ons are really really really great for that, of course, every burner can burn or copy data cd so this doen't not count. I'd say this is a good deal for Plextor but not that lite-ons are bad or something. you'd better prove it if you said 24x Plextor can burn as fast as 48x Lite-ons at maximum speed, otherwise....Originally posted by: ausmI agree...I did a test with my 24X Plextor and it burned just as fast as a 48X Lite-on AusmOriginally posted by: Jmman Plextor drives completely kick butt, but they are expensive. These drives are $139 at Best Buy, so I would say this is a good deal if you are looking for a Plextor.....
In My book Lite-ons = $hit ...I build computers all the time and there is a definate difference in the quality of construction between a Plextor burner and a Lite-on burner.
Another thing I do not like about lite-ons is that they have trouble burning a variety of different media ranging from high quality to ultra cheap unlike Plextors.
Ausm
So it's in your book only or majority's book? I'd agree that there is differentce in the quality of construction, but that doesn't make Lite-ons = $hit, does it? You still cannot show the prove of what your mentions. I just can't believe this comments came from person who build computers all the time.
Regarding to quality of medias, a lot of ppl not only Lite-ons have the same problems. Plextors might tolerate to bad qulity media than lite-ons does but this can avoid, cant it? Also I guess noone wanna keep their impoartant data in a bad CD-Rs, right? Have you ever check error after burning your CD-rs? I for one doesn't have any problems burning to different CD-R brand range from very poor quality like generic, CMC to the best like TaiYo or Verbatim.
Buying Plextor like you buy Sony, you pay more money just for a peace of mind and a little bit of better constrution. I'd bought one Plxtor myself(If i really need it feature). I'm going to test my Lite-ons to see if it can handle Cd-Audio protection after upgrading firmware, and if it can't then I might have to buy Plextor. See? you buy Plextor for a reason not because it is the best or Lite-On's suck.
I'd say Plextor is for ppl who can afford to spend more on their burner and for specific purpose. Lite-ons for all type of ppl range from regular basic use, ppl who don't know much about computer stuffs, ppl who like to backup their games and software, ppl who care to spend money and get every worth of pennies. ppk who don't like to claim they are the best and always get the most expensive equipment available.
BTW I have burnt CDR-CDRW for about a couple thousands so far. I've had like a couple of burner 1x, 2x, 4x external 16x 24x 32x 48x internal (all kind of brands). I might not be as expert as you are but still this is a comment from a person who burn a lot of anything.
This is not the first time argument between Plextor Groups and Lite-ons, there are so many on almost any Cd-R forums. I am a member on many of these sites so I have read a lot and noone "I SAID NOONE" can give a definite answer who is the best between Plextors and Lite-ons regardless.
Of course Lite-On's are better. Quality/$ is hella better than Plextor. Would you rather have 3 lite-on burners with no rebate http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1003872, or 1 plextor burner only after rebate.
ive bought 3 lite-ons(all from rebate) and had zero problems...ive never owned a plex because of the higher $ amount...but i wont go and crap on them...my next burner will be dvdrw...we will quickly see the cdrw's go away when the dvdrw's get under $100
*sigh*
I've owned plenty of Plextors and Lite-Ons.
Quality goes to Plextor, reliabilty goes to Plextor, Price goes to Lite-On, performance goes to Lite-On
As someone has pointed out, try checking the cds you make and how many errors there are between a lite-on and plextor
Pothead, I wonder if you really think that performance goes to Lite-on. I have a Lite-on (real one, bought retail) 40X, and it never burned at 40X regardless of what I burned -- data, music, etc (and I used good CD-Rs). At best it was about 24X-28X. And many review sites point to the same problem with Lite-on. On the other hand, my new Plextor (thanks, lepper boy!) burns a full CD in less than 3 min with all the lead-in, lead-out, preparation, and overhead. Not to mention two more things: Plextor allows overburn up to 99 min (with adequate CD-Rs), and Lite-ons seem to really hate Taiyo-Yuden CD-Rs. $65 for this Plextor is a steal (free shipping and no taxes to boot)! The one I got turned out to be made in Japan, too (fairly rare these days).
i've run both plexies and lite-ons.... BIG difference in quality... not gonna re-hash, but this is an amazing deal
anyone whose on the fence-> BUY this drive, you'll never regret it.
anyone whose on the fence-> BUY this drive, you'll never regret it.
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