What's The Best Cheap Burner?

[Hideous_Hog]

I'm looking to upgrade my old 6/4/24 Ricoh. Not looking for the fastest one out there, but would like to get one that has all the bells and whistles for backing up the latest software, as well as burning music at a decent speed.

I thought I heard that some of the recent burners had crippled BIOS's (to support types of copy protection). Is there a nice burner out there that has all the latest burning options/abilities?

 

[limsandy]

Lite-On 24/10/40

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< Lite-On 24/10/40 >>

or a cendyne 24/10/40, same drive

 

[mulciber]

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[LXi]

I dont think the AOpen 24x10x40 is any worse than the Lite-On.

 

[neutralizer]

Lite-on is by far the cheapest and best performance for a budget burner.

 

[bonkers325]

<< I'm looking to upgrade my old 6/4/24 Ricoh. Not looking for the fastest one out there, but would like to get one that has all the bells and whistles for backing up the latest software, as well as burning music at a decent speed.

I thought I heard that some of the recent burners had crippled BIOS's (to support types of copy protection). Is there a nice burner out there that has all the latest burning options/abilities? >>



Lite-On 24/10/40

 

[Bovinicus]

Not only is the Lite-On burner cheap, but it is a really good quality burner anyway. The Yamaha burner is the only one with features that really surpass that of Lite-On. The Plextor drives are always good, but they are really not any more innovative than the Lite-On drives.

 

[Utterman]

Lite-On, only $85 shipped from newegg

 

[Hideous_Hog]

Did somebody say "Lite-on"? LOL!

Thanks all.

 

[BIGGDOG]

Lite-On 24X
This is the best after Plextor of course.

 

[anime]

lite-on cdr-w for sure. Other good ones are Yamaha or plextor.

 

[jaytone]

I would get a Liteon 24x, my second choice would be a Liteon24x and my third choice would be a Liteon 24x. Hope that helps

 

[Hideous_Hog]

Checked Pricewatch and it looks like Newegg does have the best deal, $85 shipped fast. Also includes Nero 5 (!).

Also looks like the Centdyne and Aopen models are identical hardware (remarked).

BTW, who is the OEM for the burner?

 

[Shack70]

I think I read somewhere on one the forums here at Anandtech, that the Lite-On were actually rebagged Plextors. I also think I read that the newer Plextors were actually not made by Plextor, but were made by Sanyo!
Hope this helps or confuses you even more....

 

[AlucardBelmont]

I love my AOPEN, but all of the site I know recommend LiteOn ,so I think Liteon will be my first choice if I want to buy a cdrw, and AOPEN will be my second choice.

 

[RoninRXN]

Is this even a question? LiteOn 24x10x40. No question.

 

[NoReMoRsE]

You can't lose with the Lite-On 24/10/40! I got it and it can't be beat! Performance-wise and price-wise, especially if you're a Canadian like myself!

 

[Train]

I just bought the LG-ELectronics CDRW-DVD combo drive for $128 at Mwave.com probably not the greatest drive, but it beats getting a seperate burner and DVD drive, IMO

 

[Cheep]

Lite-Ons are made by Lite-On. They're not rebadged.

 

[billyjak]

Just got my Lite On 24x Today, retail 87.00 shipped