DVD writer

[knightrider]

Hi every one, iam planning to buy a DVD write to burn home videos.
I have no idea about it. Which one do i buy... i found 2 options.
1.Samsung and 2. Sony.

Any other brand you like to suggest..

thanks in advance

 

[Cawchy87]

NEC 3501

 

[bacillus]

NEC 3540

 

[knightrider]

NEC 3501 and NEC 3540 ????

 

[Dr X]

Pioneer DVDR-109a

 

[Cawchy87]

Originally posted by: bacillus
NEC 3540

Get that one, I didn't eve know that NEC had came out with a new one! I have the 2405 and love it. I assume that the 35xx series is just as good but faster. I haven't heard any complaints about it.

 

[ginfest]

I would recomend the Plextor 716A, bought it a few months ago and it has been rock-solid.

Mike G

 

[powerMarkymark]

My Pioneer DVDR-108 has worked quite well but I hear they replaced it with the Pioneer DVDR-109.

 

[gsellis]

Pioneer or NEC. Pioneer tends to be the most reliable. The NEC is the most flexible (allows DVD+R Booktype change to DVD-ROM after installing a 3rd party BIOS). Speeds are swapping back and forth between the two. I have a Pioneer 108 and a NEC 3500a in my main burner. Nero will also allow me to write to both at the same time at 8x for DVD-R media from ISO files.

Note that the leapfrogging right now is dual-layer burn speeds. 16x is the max record rate, but media in almost impossible to find. Burning faster than recommended media speeds can lead to settop player incompatibilities.

 

[ty1er]

NEC, or if you feel like spending twice as much... plextor.

 

[Oyeve]

Pioneer.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I like my pioneer. I picked it up a Frys for $100. Frys is also the only place i can occassionally find 16x media at. and only in Memorex. a 50pack was $20. Next time i find it a i guess i should pick up a few spindles.