My older CDRW drive has finally died, it was supplied with this DELL and
frankly I thought it was too finicky when it was working. Anywho, now it is
to be replaced {out of warranty so I can pick my own, and it is NOT my
money...}.
Kinda want a DVD/CDRW or maybe even a DVD R? HELP !!
So, it used to be that Plextor had the good drives. Anyone got a
recommendation (or a website with real reviews?). all I know is I want a
GOOD one.
Thanks...
Sony and NEC has DVD drives that can burn both formats
(DVD-R,DVD+R,DVD-RW,DVD+RW). Make sure you don't get a drive that can only
burn one of the formats, as we don't know who is going to win the format
war.
Sony is more expensive so it might be the GOOD one. :) Sony DRU-510 or
something like that.
--
Jone Tytlandsvik
http://tytlandsvik.no
> > So, it used to be that Plextor had the good drives. Anyone got a
> > recommendation (or a website with real reviews?). all I know is I want a
> > GOOD one.
> Sony and NEC has DVD drives that can burn both formats
> (DVD-R,DVD+R,DVD-RW,DVD+RW). Make sure you don't get a drive that can only
> burn one of the formats, as we don't know who is going to win the format
> war.
> Sony is more expensive so it might be the GOOD one. :) Sony DRU-510 or
> something like that.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
Unfortunately I had to order this puppy before I got the later reply
(George), I was planning on the Pioneer, & I looked at jone's Sony idea,
seemed just too dang high. Im am hoping I was able to SKATE through the
prices with the NEC 1300. I couldn't justify much over 110 bucks after they
started to bug me about "why I though I needed DVD R RW" capabilities...
All I could do saw say "future" and that it should burn CD's good. If I had
ran to the Wal-Mart I would have plunked down a minimum of 90 for whatever
crappy CDRW in stock, or at Office Max, so this should be good enough I
hope.
> > > So, it used to be that Plextor had the good drives. Anyone got a
> > > recommendation (or a website with real reviews?). all I know is I
want a
> > > GOOD one.
> > Sony and NEC has DVD drives that can burn both formats
> > (DVD-R,DVD+R,DVD-RW,DVD+RW). Make sure you don't get a drive that can
only
> > burn one of the formats, as we don't know who is going to win the format
> > war.
> > Sony is more expensive so it might be the GOOD one. :) Sony DRU-510 or
> > something like that.
> Jone's comment about getting a burner that supports both formats are
> spot on, however, +/- burners are being released right left and center
> and there's no need to pay through your nose, MSI had a decent one
> that's just been released and looks pretty good for the money, the
> DR4-A, which according to pricewatch can be found for less than 150 in
> retail packaging with software, comes with Nero I believe
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"
> http://www.theuspits.com
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
It will record in all formats (CDR, CDRW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, etc...) so you
don't have to worry about the format wars.
I have the original version, the DRU-500A, and it has worked perfectly.
About $299.
-Larry
-Larry
> > > So, it used to be that Plextor had the good drives. Anyone got a
> > > recommendation (or a website with real reviews?). all I know is I
want a
> > > GOOD one.
> > Sony and NEC has DVD drives that can burn both formats
> > (DVD-R,DVD+R,DVD-RW,DVD+RW). Make sure you don't get a drive that can
only
> > burn one of the formats, as we don't know who is going to win the format
> > war.
> > Sony is more expensive so it might be the GOOD one. :) Sony DRU-510 or
> > something like that.
> Jone's comment about getting a burner that supports both formats are
> spot on, however, +/- burners are being released right left and center
> and there's no need to pay through your nose, MSI had a decent one
> that's just been released and looks pretty good for the money, the
> DR4-A, which according to pricewatch can be found for less than 150 in
> retail packaging with software, comes with Nero I believe
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"
> http://www.theuspits.com
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
> Thanks for the help...
> Unfortunately I had to order this puppy before I got the later reply
> (George), I was planning on the Pioneer, & I looked at jone's Sony idea,
> seemed just too dang high. Im am hoping I was able to SKATE through the
> prices with the NEC 1300. I couldn't justify much over 110 bucks after they
> started to bug me about "why I though I needed DVD R RW" capabilities...
> All I could do saw say "future" and that it should burn CD's good. If I had
> ran to the Wal-Mart I would have plunked down a minimum of 90 for whatever
> crappy CDRW in stock, or at Office Max, so this should be good enough I
> hope.
That's a good performer I believe, my brother has one of those, but it's
damn picky on what brand of DVD's it will accept, my brother has updated
the firmware on his several times already and it's now much better than
it used to be
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
