What are the top 3 CDRW burners right now?

[EmoshBZ]

like the topic says what are the best in all areas!!! don't worry about price...just the best.....list the best as 1 and 2 as second and so on
I am hoping to narrow my search down for a new burner....

cheers....

 

[Aosh]

Not sure if it's a top 3 burner, but I just recently bought a TDK VeloCD 24/10/40 after reading some good reviews on it.

 

[bacillus]

top 2 would be the liteon x24 & plextor x24 models.
mind you the x32 write models are just around the corner!

 

[Demonicon]

Plextor is always good
Lite-on is super affordable and very popular
Not really sure on another(TDK?)

 

[wasamicron]

what bacillus said

 

[ace31216]

!.) PLextor
2.) Lite-on
3.) Yamaha

 

[DaveK]

Plextor (if you can afford it)
Lite-On (Cheaper version of the above)

DaveK

 

[LukFilm]

How about Teac? People in Europe swear up and down about it. But I don't think it's too popular in the USA for some reason.

 

[pay]

1. Plextor
2. Lite-on
3. TDK

 

[John]

<< 1. Plextor
2. Lite-on
3. TDK >>

 

[Kurupshin]

TDK would be good if it supported subchannel DATA.

My 8x works great, but when I got the 16x version i was disapointed that it didn't support subchannel data, so I promptly returned it.

 

[dawks]

This might be a good page to check out.

 

[Kurupshin]

Actually the best place to check out is this site.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/

 

[Bovinicus]

At this point in the game I don't think it matters much which CD-RW drive you choose. Lite-on seems to be popular because they are cheap and do the job. Plextor is supposed to be of the highest quality, but I can't see much of a difference between the two manufacturers. I have an HP CD-RW. I have written at least 100 CD's with it and it has never burned a coaster. I am very pleased with the drive. I would just go with the cheapest one, or if one has a particular software bundle that comes with it that interests you then maybe you should purchase that one.

 

[wasamicron]

What about NEC?? I have an 8x in my Micron 'puter. Haven't heard much if anything about them. Possibly, it's rebadged. Works fine with CloneCD.

 

[DCFife]

I have an HP 9110i (8x4x32), a HP 9900ci (12x10x32+DVD-ROM), and the Lite-On 24x10x40. I've burned hundreds (at least 400) CD's between all three of these drives and I've never had a coaster that wasn't my own fault. I think it's to the point now where you should be okay as long as you stick with one of the larger names. It's probably more important to make sure that your setup is correct more than anything...doesn't do you anygood if you are trying to burn a copy of a cd on a 24x burner (at 24x) from an 8x CD-ROM!

 

[Goi]

Hmmn, what about the Iomea 24x10x40x? I heard its a re-packaged Lite-On or Plextor(apparently there are 2 models of it), and the general consensus seems to be that both Lite-On and Plextor 24x10x40x drives are excellent. I can currently trade in my old CD-ROM drive for the Iomega and pay slightly less than $100 for the Iomega, is that a good deal?

 

[dionx]

like someone may have stated earlier but possible in a different order

1. TDK VeloCD 24x10x40
2. Plextor 24x (tied, but the good thing is the brandname)
2. Lite-On 24x (tied, but the good thing is the price)

 

[Nack]

Right NOW?

1. Lite-on 24X (cheap, fast, will back up nearly anything, low coaster rate, POSSIBLY (will get good arguments on both sides) better drive than the Plex, for half the price. Did I mention cheap? - as in $90 shipped in a retail box with latest version of Nero).
2. Plextor 24X - (great drive, fast, low coaster rate, will back up nearly anything, you get an IDE cable included for your extra $70-$90, expensive).
3. Close call. Several nice drives I would buy third, including several rebadged Lite-ons (Cendyne comes to mind), and the new TDK 24X.

Between the Lite-on and the Plexy, it would be a hard decision to choose between them (if I couldn't sell it) if someone was going to give me one. I might take the Plex simply because of their long standing and well earned reputation for reliability and the better CD-RW reading performance (and I can always use an extra IDE cable). Would I even THINK about paying almost double for the Plextor? No.

In 180 days? (a guess)

1. Lite-on 32X (supposed to be released sometime in December, available in quantities in January, will probably be RELEASED at well BELOW $150).
2. Plextor 32X (if available).
3. Your guess is as good as mine.

Nack

 

[ed21x]

pardon me for being ignorant, but aren't tdk and plextor drives both made by plextor, 'cept tdk with nero and a blue tray? yeah, that was kinda what i've always thought.... and with burnproof now standard on all decently fast drives (except yamaha), pretty much all >12x drives out there are pretty reliable.

 

[Aosh]

<< TDK would be good if it supported subchannel DATA.

My 8x works great, but when I got the 16x version i was disapointed that it didn't support subchannel data, so I promptly returned it. >>



What's subchannel data?



<< pardon me for being ignorant, but aren't tdk and plextor drives both made by plextor, 'cept tdk with nero and a blue tray? yeah, that was kinda what i've always thought.... and with burnproof now standard on all decently fast drives (except yamaha), pretty much all >12x drives out there are pretty reliable. >>



Really? TDK=Plextor w/ diff appearance? I don't think they're identical since I've read that the Plextor 24/10/40 lag behind in speed in comparison to most competing 24X burners

 

[TripleJ]

So where does makes such as Ricoh, Sony, Acer, etc fit in?

 

[Macro2]

RE:"So where does makes such as Ricoh, Sony, Acer, etc fit in? "


Don't know much about Acer but Ricoh and Sony are OK...Some of the Sonys don't support burnproof but I see now Sony has their own version of Buffer underrun protection.

Mac

 

[Boonesmi]

plex is always my first choice

 

[Goldfish]

Plextor is the best but you pay tons more for BURNproof over something just as good with a Lite-On or NEC which uses JustLink.