Which DVD drive is best?

[PCResources]

<< they're quite bad at reading cheapo CD-R's and scratched/dirty CD ROM's >>



Hmmm, the main reason i always use my SCSI 32X Pioneer CDROM is because it reads anything that i put in it, it even reads old scratched cdroms that any other cdrom readers i have tested them in will not...

And ALL of my CDR's from the old days were cheapo, now they are all scratched and dirty to, my Plextor CDRW will not read them, but my Pioneer will...

Patrick Palm

PC Resources

 

[fishingeek]

Another vote fot the Toshiba 1502 here. As far as on the fly, my CDR will only write at 10x but and my toshiba is always waiting fot it to catch up. My guess is that it would do fine at 12X.

 

[thorin]

Of those 3 I'd say go with the Panasonic. However if you ask around here or read some older posts then you'll find that above all people recommend Pioneer (or AOpen.....which are remarked Pioneers).

I have a AOpen (remarked Pioneer) tray load 10x/40x and I love it, I use it with all kinds of DVDs, CDRs, CDRWs, etc... I've never come across a disc that it wouldn't read. (Assuming it was readable in some drive)

Thorin