SATA DVDRW $25 shipped

[Elstupido]

I have two Lite on drives, one just a year old and the other about 6 months. I used the first one to burn A LOT of movie DVD's, and just now is failing to read DVD dual layers occasionally. The Liteons do perform very well, but I think this one is on it's last leg. Therefore my search for another brand to replace the Liteon. I am torn between the Samsung, Acer, or another Liteon.

Sometimes I think that all these optical drives are disposable, for the price they are at, just like everything else anymore. Buy it use it and when it fails buy another.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Elstupido
Sometimes I think that all these optical drives are disposable, for the price they are at, just like everything else anymore. Buy it use it and when it fails buy another.

Yeah, I think you're right. Just like those under $100 laser printers that cost the same or less than a replacement toner cartridge (of course I use $10 Ebay refills).

 

[bf1942]

I got the samsung drive yesterday for $25,
and was suprised to see that it did come with Nero, F.Y.I

 

[nycdude]

Originally posted by: bf1942
I got the samsung drive yesterday for $25,
and was suprised to see that it did come with Nero, F.Y.I

that seems to be from which warehouse it left from so YMMV. When I got mine, I got nada.

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: bf1942
I got the samsung drive yesterday for $25,
and was suprised to see that it did come with Nero, F.Y.I

i would not expect anything to be included that is not shown in the picture

 

[queequeg99]

Every drive with a lot of reviews on Newegg is going to have a fair amount of negative reviews because the quality of DVD burners across the board has becoming really hit-or-miss. This is what happens when drive manufacturers have to hit a $25 price point to get drives out the door. It's sort of like hard drives. Everyone has had a bad experience with one brand or the other so you may as well just buy the cheapest (with a decent warranty) and hope for the best.

I recently bought a new Lite On SATA burner from Newegg and ran into problems (CD burn errors, DVD reading errors, taking forever to read my Crysis disk). The errors were intermittent. I had put the older IDE burner it replaced in my wife's machine and it didn't experience the same problems (i.e. I would take a DVD that the new burner choked on, put it in my wife's machine, and using the exact same ripping program have no troubles at all). I recently had to reinstall windows on my machine and the Lite On got about halfway through the process and then decided it didn't want to read some of the files from the install CD. Install failed.

So I opened up a brand new IDE HP burner I had purchased last year as an X-mas present that I never gave. It got substantially further in the install process but eventually stopped reading files as well. So I took my older IDE burner out of my wife's machine, reinstalled it in mine, and now things are fine again. The install disk is in perfect condition (it's been in a drive fewer than a dozen times). Fortunately, these drives are so cheap that if you get something that doesn't work you won't get too badly burned (no pun intended).

I would really like to get a good SATA burner for my machine. I started this process (replacing my functional IDE burner) because my new 8800GT card is so long it blocks one of my IDE connectors and I have a Linux setup on a hard disk that is connected to the other IDE connector. If I can't find a decent SATA burner, I'll have to figure out how I can connect both the hard drive and burner to the same IDE cable (I'll probably need an adapter to fit a hard drive in a 5.25" bay.

 

[jjmIII]

I have two of these, and the Sammy with LS.....all three came with Nero. Still havn't got this next one yet, so not sure there.

 

[Pats2005]

Jumped on this for my new build. 3 day free ship but arrived in 1 day. Nothing came with the drive.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: clandren

Originally posted by: bf1942
was suprised to see that it did come with Nero

i would not expect anything to be included that is not shown in the picture

I wouldn't expect it either, but... BITD the Samsung drives "officially" came with Nero. It was in the pictures and in the description. However, as now, some people got Nero and some didn't. I ordered two and didn't. I complained to Newegg and they gave me a $10 credit and told me to use that to buy the software. Then, soon after, the description and pictures changed.

See this thread and search for my post on 11/13/2006 02:24 PM.

Originally posted by: queequeg99
This is what happens when [] manufacturers have to hit a $25 price point to get [product] out the door. It's sort of like hard drives. Everyone has had a bad experience with one brand or the other so you may as well just buy the cheapest (with a decent warranty) and hope for the best.

Edited. I think this is happening to some degree in any industry. Penny pinching, cost cutting...

 

[queequeg99]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: queequeg99
This is what happens when [] manufacturers have to hit a $25 price point to get [product] out the door. It's sort of like hard drives. Everyone has had a bad experience with one brand or the other so you may as well just buy the cheapest (with a decent warranty) and hope for the best.

Edited. I think this is happening to some degree in any industry. Penny pinching, cost cutting...

True, but in many (if not most) industries, there is generally some option to pay a higher price for better quality. I don't know that this is the case with DVD burners. Even Plextors (which used to be the gold standard) are now more often than not rebadged crap (just sold with the old Plextor premium price). Even in the hard drive industry (where you can buy more expensive "enterprise" drives), there are empirical studies (like Google's) that show that the price premiums rarely translate into a longer lasting drive. I would willingly pay 2-3 times the cost of this Sammy drive if I knew the drive would work.

 

[country2]

Great timing, my liteon just died. I ordered the samsung.

 

[Cheezeit]

thanks zap, just got in on one.

 

[Texun]

Up for one as well. I hope it lasts longer than my LG did.

 

[Zap]

Heh, I finally ordered... two of them. I don't see them getting much cheaper anytime soon, so they're just as spares right now.

 

[papaschtroumpf]

thanks, in for one, I have been trying to burn media DVDs (homemade movies) and my DVDs don't seem to be readable by any DVD player.
I'm using quality media and have tried different types, so I suspect he burner or the burning software. I tried bth Imageburn and InfraRecorder with no luck, so maybe it's the burner.

 

[goobee]

I got rippped. I just picked this up at Micro Center for $29.99 + tax. :disgust:

 

[allies]

Dang it... no longer on sale.. :\

 

[Buckminster]

Picked 1 up last night - still shows 24.99 and free ship for me!

 

[allies]

Hmm.. what the heck. It show's $26.99+ ~$6.50 to ship.

 

[Buckminster]

yup dead, must have been my browser cache.

 

[Texun]

I ordered one Sunday and then another Tuesday around 1PM Central Time. Both arrived today via standard UPS stop-drop-n-roll delivery and so far both are working perfectly. :Q

There is another deal at NE for basically the same drive but with PATA for $3 less, including shipping of course. While it's not SATA it's a fair deal for someone willing or needing the same burner with PATA for $30 delivered, but I think it would have to be a need. SATA is the way to go for those who have the option and can find a good drive. My LG's PATA ended up being a PITA.

Compare them here.

 

[RallyMaster]

Hmm...am I ready to move to a SATA optical drive yet...

Not yet...because I'm out of SATA ports on my mobo lol...next build I'll consider it considering the prices are so low

 

[JSLIM]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Hmm...am I ready to move to a SATA optical drive yet...

Not yet...because I'm out of SATA ports on my mobo lol...next build I'll consider it considering the prices are so low

dang!, same issue, i forgot my mobo only had 2 sata ports, now i'm stuck with the sata drive. lol

 

[2Dead]

The 20x drive in the OP is $29.99 +shipping now however this one is a 22x Samsung drive for $28.99 with free shipping.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: 2Dead
The 20x drive in the OP is $29.99 +shipping now however this one is a 22x Samsung drive for $28.99 with free shipping.

Must have changed the price after your post or something b/c the one the OP links is showing up as $26.99 Free Shipping. I think I am going to order it.