ok ultraknowledgable people, I gotta put in my $.02 worth of questions here...
I have been burning and copying cdroms for ~1.5 years now and I'm looking to upgrade my HP 8110i 4/2/24 burner to something faster and more modern. I need a drive that copies music cds, PC games, and PSX games. ideally, I want to copy anything and everything out there. thus, what is the best overall drive available today? speed is not nearly as important as compatability...
here are the relevant Hot Deals choices, all of which are 8/4/32 drives:
Iomega 31025 from Buy.com : ~$94 [$153.95 - $30 rebate - $30 off 150 coupon]
HP 9110 from Staples.com : ~$70 [$99.95 - $30 rebate]
Plextor PX-W8432TI from Buy.com : ~$117 [$146.95 - $30 off 150 coupon]
Sony CRX140E from Buy.com : ~$99 [$153.95 - $30 rebate - $30 off 150 coupon]
all 4 of these burners are compatable with CloneCD, which I haven't yet tried. I am familiar with Nero, CDRWin, DiscJuggler and BlindRead/Write. from reading this post, the Iomega is good for backing up SD2.0 protected cdroms, but doesn't do well with PSX games. as I don't currently have any SD2.0 games, but I do have a PSX, I don't think this is the drive for me.
thoughts? comments? is there a perfect burner?
I have been burning and copying cdroms for ~1.5 years now and I'm looking to upgrade my HP 8110i 4/2/24 burner to something faster and more modern. I need a drive that copies music cds, PC games, and PSX games. ideally, I want to copy anything and everything out there. thus, what is the best overall drive available today? speed is not nearly as important as compatability...
here are the relevant Hot Deals choices, all of which are 8/4/32 drives:
Iomega 31025 from Buy.com : ~$94 [$153.95 - $30 rebate - $30 off 150 coupon]
HP 9110 from Staples.com : ~$70 [$99.95 - $30 rebate]
Plextor PX-W8432TI from Buy.com : ~$117 [$146.95 - $30 off 150 coupon]
Sony CRX140E from Buy.com : ~$99 [$153.95 - $30 rebate - $30 off 150 coupon]
all 4 of these burners are compatable with CloneCD, which I haven't yet tried. I am familiar with Nero, CDRWin, DiscJuggler and BlindRead/Write. from reading this post, the Iomega is good for backing up SD2.0 protected cdroms, but doesn't do well with PSX games. as I don't currently have any SD2.0 games, but I do have a PSX, I don't think this is the drive for me.
thoughts? comments? is there a perfect burner?