What CD-R drive to buy ? I don't want a cheap crappy one ! :-)

[Thor_Sevan]

What CD-R drive to buy ? I don't want a cheap crappy one !

Yeah, I want a CD-R drive and I don't know wich one to choose.
Any suggestions from experience ?
I want something fast but reliable !


Thanks !
Thor !
P.S.: Just finished 2 Lab reports and it is now... wow. 2:04 AM !!! great ! Time to sleep now !

 

[sohcrates]

plextor 12x. VERY nice

 

[MagusG]

One word, Plextor.
-Mag

 

[Shooters]

Plextor or one of the TDKs with BURN Proof. I have one of those and it's great. Haven't used the JustLink one, so I can't comment about that.

 

[WhiteKnight]

Does the HP 9700i series come with burnproof stuff?

 

[Shooters]

I don't believe any of the HPs have BURN Proof.

 

[GKar]

Just-Link is marginally superior to Burn-Proof, not an issue atm, but as read speeds continue to ramp up, it may become one.

 

[nekote]

Just got new (crappy) Pacific Digital (aka LiteOn) 12x10x32 for ~100 on Staples deal. It has "BurnProof". So far (5 CDRs), perfect. Fingers are crossed.

edit: PS: LiteOn's PR says they are an ISO9000 shop. Don't *really* know what that means, other than everybody is supposed to be impressed that they are "quality".

 

[StrangeRanger]

Keep and open mind, don't get sucked in and believe that Plextor is the only brand burner to own. Yes, they are very good drives, but over priced. Yamaha, TDK, Richo and Sanyon are all also very good drives. Check out CDR Info or CD-RW Central for good reviews and info.
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BTW, ISO9000 doesn't mean the company makes a great product. ISO is just insurance regulations regarding the company's paper trail and operating techniques. Yes, they may have good documentation and follow proper manufacturing techniques, but that doesn't tell you if they use sh!t components or not. Just food for thought.

 

[julianf]

plextor plextor plextor three words

 

[RossMAN]

(resists the urge to jump on the Plextor bandwagon express)

I would seriously consider the Creative Blaster 12x/10x/32x CD-RW for $99 which has Burn Proof Technology and comes with Nero software.

 

[julianf]

plextor or yamaha!!! i've had my scsi plewriter px412 for 4 years now and it burn as well as it did when it was new....

 

[metallibloke]

Plextor!!!

 

[DoOLiE11]

i've had my 8x plextor now for like three years

they rule!

 

[bernse]

Agreed with the ISO spec. It just basically shows that they payed some swedish company to verify they leave a paper trail. They can still make the crappiest product on the planet though. As a matter of a fact, they document it!!!

RE the Burner. I think one of the more underrated drives out there are TEACs. My 8x8x32 TEAC is 7 months old and I have yet to make a coaster... even with my cheap generic 700MB CDRs that I use at times. I am very impressed with that drive.

 

[Thor_Sevan]

Is the prices at newegg.com in US or CAN $ ?

Thanks !

Thor !

 

[Duvie]

Don't listen to the plextor fanboys... How about buy a 12x aopen cd-rw that beat the plextor 12x in reviews (www.storagereview.com) and finished 2nd in the entire roundup behind two drives...both of them being 16x drives that will cost 75-100 dollars more...

At newegg (which is us dollars and I believe they don't ship to canada) it is 100 dollars shipped with a full retail box with nero 5.0 fully upgradeable to 5.5 for free...along with a host of other disc and software and cables...

Or pay more for unnoticeable plextor difference because a bunch of people who really haven't tried anything different and can say "hey I burned 50 cds no problem" told you so...Trust the reviews, they are the ones that really try a whole bunch of them...

 

[randomlinh]

newegg is US$. SCSI plex, that's what i have to say

 

[AmdEmAll]

I would get the Aopen 12x10x32x w/justlink at newegg for $100 in a retail box to!

I heard it was a rebadged Ricoh drive :Q

 

[Thor_Sevan]

Thanks !!!

Now, if I have to choose, should I get the CREATIVE CDRW 12X10X32 or the Aopen 12x10x32 CD Rewriter ? The creative is only 10 $ more.
Oh yeah, and what is NERO ?
hehe !

THOR !

 

[RossMAN]

Do a search in this forum and the software forum for Nero, it's the best CD-RW software there is.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Have to say Plextor. Haven't heard any bad things about them yet.

 

[Thor_Sevan]

Hey, a friend of mine is telling me that IDE drives sucks because you have to leave the computer totally alone while making CD's. Otherwise, it will make bad ones.
He propose SCSI drives. Is it really necesarry ?

Thanks

THor

 

[kylef]

Thor_Sevan: The friend of yours is full of it. Get a drive with so-called "Burn Proof" or "Just Link" technology and you will not burn coasters. Testing has consistently shown (at least with BurnProof) that you can absolutely stress your system to the limit without worrying about the CD burning going on in the background.

I would recommend either the Aopen 12X or the Lite-on 12X from Newegg. The Aopen comes with Nero 5, and you can upgrade it to 5.5 supposedly online. The Lite-on comes with Adaptec 4.x. Generally speaking, Adaptec's software is easier to use but less capable (and configurable) than Nero.

RossMAN: the Creative drive that you've linked comes with NTI CD Maker, not Nero. NTI sucks.

 

[Thor_Sevan]

hehe !!!
So it will be aopen then !!!

Thanks alot !

Thor !