DVD Burners...

[vgk1nka1dx]

I was wondering what type of DVD Burners everyone is using and if you are satisfied with them. I myself use two Lite-On 18X LH-18A1P. Quite happy with them so far. Only had them for about a month. Gets the job done.

[scuby109]

I use Sony and Samsung DVD burners. Both are very good burners and have not had a problem with them after a few months of use. I had 2 Lite-On Burners and worked fine for a few months. They burned fine,but started having problems reading disks. Check out NewEgg for great prices on DVD burners!!

[Gardian]

Plextor/Sony/Lite-on/LG would be my best bets. I am still using the first Plextor that came out, works great!
I hear the slot loader Plextors are not to good, I perfer to have the tray.

My first DVD with RAM was the LG, it read a bad scratched DVD that none of the others would.

Plextor's/Sony's/Lite-on's/Memorex's

I have had 2 Ext. drives, had problems with both, will not buy another.
Gardian <----OUT

[Big Al]

I use a Plextor PX-716A. It went bad after about 8 months, but they quickly replaced it free and it is working fine a year later. No worries.
I also have an HP litescribe 840B just for fun.

[dajo77]

I have a Lite-on EZ-Dub external, works great.

I am looking into the Samsung Superwrite-master with Lightscribe direct disc labeling. A buddy of mine has it and it looks pretty neat.

[d0p3y2k4]

i use NEC 7170A 18X DVD+-RW & love it

[GaPony]

These are the drives I have installed and they all work quite well. The Lite-On LH20A1H is the fastest, but my preferred reader is the BenQ 1655 and my favorite burner is the Samsung SH-S182D. The key is really using top quality media.

[N] MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9 2.FD (Usb)
[M] SONY DVD RW DRU-810A 2.0e (Usb)
[L] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A 1.02 (Scsi)
[K] SONY DVD RW DW-G120A MYR5 (Scsi)
[J] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (Scsi)
[I] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL05 (Scsi)
[H] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L SB01 (Scsi)
[G] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D SB04 (Ide)
[F] BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (Ide)

[vinman]

These are the drives I have installed and they all work quite well. The Lite-On LH20A1H is the fastest, but my preferred reader is the BenQ 1655 and my favorite burner is the Samsung SH-S182D. The key is really using top quality media.

[N] MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9 2.FD (Usb)
[M] SONY DVD RW DRU-810A 2.0e (Usb)
[L] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A 1.02 (Scsi)
[K] SONY DVD RW DW-G120A MYR5 (Scsi)
[J] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (Scsi)
[I] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL05 (Scsi)
[H] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L SB01 (Scsi)
[G] TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D SB04 (Ide)
[F] BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (Ide)

I totally agree use the best media verbatim or TY media and you cant go wrong

[Mike89]

I have three burners now (in my sig) that I just recently purchased. I really like all three. I chose them from reading various user comments to help me decide.

[McstylisT]

I use many burners but of late the LG H12 and H22 have been my most used. And from what i get my best burn results.

But as you can see in my sig, i love the benq drives too. :agree: :agree: ;)

[Abraracourcix]

I have LG, Samsung, Sony, Lite-On, Plextor and Pioneer (3 of them).

My favorite/most reliable are by far Pioneer and Plextor.

LG: doen't last long, not reliable with double layers.
Samsung: incompatible with most Double Layer medias
Sony: OK, but not a double layer.
Lite-on: Firmware issues - piece of crap
Plextor: Great... But $expensive$...
Pioneer: The best. Keep your firmware updated.

My friends have some BenQ = Stay away from that piece of crap... is their message.

My .02 cents

Abe

[aabbccdd]

Plextor is the best BUT are going to stop producing drives in the near future.

only problem with Pioneer is you can't booktype DVD+R media to DVD-ROM without hacked firmware

[KoRn]

I use Plextor PX 760 SA. I prefer Plextor. I think they have the best CD/DVD writers. I never had problems with Plextor.

[aabbccdd]

i use PX-716As and a Lite-On with no problems (per my sig)

to bad Plextor is going to stop making drives the PX-716A is the best drive ever made IMHO

[ETP]

The new SATA drives are doing very well so far.:clap:

[Johnc]

Partial to the NEC drives but have an old Sony 500 thats still working after all these years.:)

[saugmon]

My drives are listed in my sig- All with the philips chip sets except for the plexy!!!!!.

After booktyping the plus format media to dvd-rom,good luck on finding any players that won't recognize the backups from them.


My friends have some BenQ = Stay away from that piece of crap... is their message.

Which model #'s?

On the fly,1 coaster every 500+ backups,backups play anywhere that is desired,and I can't even kill any of my Q's. Almost 4000 on my original 1620A and still holding strong.

[rmtich]

:agree: I hve a Toshiba and I've had no problems

[jeff]

I was wondering what type of DVD Burners everyone is using and if you are satisfied with them. I myself use two Lite-On 18X LH-18A1P. Quite happy with them so far. Only had them for about a month. Gets the job done.

I agree with most of the stuff here, I use Plextor's as my first choice in builds, but also Liteon , Samsung and Pioneer when I am in a hurry.

What I have to add is that the FIRMWARE is readily upgradeable for many units and I would not use one that doesn't have this facility, always use this if its available especially if failures are becoming apparent, sometimes its a new method used in manufacturing the discs that the old firmware can't handle. I have one Plextor that has been going for years, its firmware has taken any upgrade offered and it still burns well, slow(x2), but well.
Also Plextor seems expensive but the units carry a very good warranty, the few times that I have used it I have had a replacement by the next working day.

Jeff :0)

[rayals]

I use a Plextor 760a and a Samsung H552b. Both work great. The Plextor is primary. A good price to, only $70.

[uhall]

Plextor 755SA ,Pioneer DVR111D, Hp lightscribe 640, plextor 716( it died but was good while it lasted)

[cudaowner]

I am not an techie type expert by any means. I have had great luck since purchasing my first Plextor 706 years ago. Lasted a long time mainly due to great support (firmware updates)
I was anxious to start burning DL, so I ended up buying the Plextor 760 a couple of months ago. Working awesome so far.

Of course...I use good media, burn at half rated speed of media, and use an Oppo dvd player (not that it really matters).

[sharpness]

*****(5 STARS)
LG SuperMulti GSA-H22L lightscribe WORKS VERY FAST "GREAT" Now I just have to figure out how to use the Lightscibe.

****(4 STARS)
HP DVD940i Super-Multi Just got and only copied a few but works fast and well.

*(1 STAR)
Aopen DVD 1648L 16X DVD-ROM Drive I replaced this drive with the LG this one did not work well at all.

****(4 STARS)
LiteOn SHW-1635S 16xDVD Burner I had 2 of these and were very dependable. I gave these to my bro and he is enjoying them.
:clap: :clap:

[ncvoyager]

NEC, Philips, and Samsung. I've had 2 Sony burners and had problems with both.

[looker]

I like the nec burners

[M&M Blues]

I use a three year old ASUS 1604P, which is a re-badged Pioneer 108. This unit has burned roughly 500 disks so far and it still runs rock solid. Over those years, I've only experienced two coasters and that was because the lens needed cleaning. I just love this drive!

I use only Verbatim or TY media exclusively.

I use CloneDVD with AnyDVD to rip and burn with Ashampoo 6.

[TPLAT]

I`ll never buy another Plextor burner, I have been through three replacement 760A drives from Plextor all with the same problem and that was if the Verbatim DVD+RW disc was lightly scratched it either wouldnt burn to it or if it did burn to it it would make the disc unrecognisable and useless. I can take the same lightly scratched +RW disc that the 760A wouldnt burn to and have no problems burning it in of my other 8 dvd burners including a Plextor 716SA.

[Androo79]

I am probably the only one here but the Sony burner in my Inspiron has worked great for me for over a year now. I currently mostly burn dual layer discs. I probably use it 5-10 times a week.

[85thor]

First one was a Pioneer A06. When the disks went from 4X to 8X, it quit working right.
Second one was a Plextor 712A. It worked flawless on MANY burns. Wore it out.
Third one was a Sony DRU-720A several years ago and still works but only with DVDs. Quit using it.
Fourth one was a Lite-On SOHW-1693S. It worked well and then began burning with errors.
Fifth one was an NEC ND-3550A. After 4 months it quit reading DVDs but still burns very well.
Sixth one was a BenQ DW-1650. It also started burning with errors in about 3 months.

So now I have gone to the Samsung SH-S182D and think it is the better one of all, so far. It supposedly was not as good with the -R disks as with the +R ones but I honestly can't tell any difference. As for speed and quality, it is the better one I have had. I bought a second one recently and the costs of the two together was less than the cost of the first one, second one and the third one when I bought each of them.

DVD media - Premium TY-G02 and Sony

Custom built PC
Ultra-X Blaster mid tower case
Xion 600W v2.0 power supply
Abit AW9D-MAX motherboard
Intel core2 duo 2.4GHz E6600 (OC at 3.0GHz)
Corsair 2 GB kit XMS2-6400 Xtreme memory
2-Chaintech GeForce 7600GS video cards
2-Samsung SATA 320 gig hard drives
2-Samsung SH-S182D burners

[satrat]

I like the nec burners

I love nec burners too:agree: still running 3500,5170,7170,and a benq 1655;)

[bjproc]

i'm using a

pioneer 108

benq 1650

[khlb]

For my burning needs only Plextor delivers. I have a PX-712A for DVD-burning and a PlexWriter 48/24/48A for anything else. The 2 year warranty with On-Site Collect&Return Service is unmatched by the rival competitors.

:)

[hiro1030]

I'm using...

1). Reader...Lite-On SH-16A7S SATA & BenQ DW1655

2). Burner...Pioneer 111D (TYG02 & YUDEN000T02) & LG H22L, H42N (MCC004)

3). LightScribe...BenQ DW1655 & LG H22L

4). Scanner...Lite-On SH-16A7S SATA

[Kipper]

I'm using...

1). Reader...Lite-On SH-16A7S SATA & BenQ DW1655

2). Burner...Pioneer 111D (TYG02 & YUDEN000T02) & LG H22L, H42N (MCC004)

3). LightScribe...BenQ DW1655 & LG H22L

4). Scanner...Lite-On SH-16A7S SATA


Sure hope you remember what you did to get your 16A7S to read pressed discs; when you do remember please PM me here or you know where.

Kip

[jvc]

I use a LiteOn 1633s, and like it a lot. :)

[Androo79]

i use PX-716As and a Lite-On with no problems (per my sig)

to bad Plextor is going to stop making drives the PX-716A is the best drive ever made IMHO

The PX-716A does not seem to be available to purchase anymore? Is there a newer model number with similar performance?

[Clams]

I was wondering what type of DVD Burners everyone is using and if you are satisfied with them. I myself use two Lite-On 18X LH-18A1P. Quite happy with them so far. Only had them for about a month. Gets the job done.

I've got a Sony that's over a year old now and has well over 600 burns on it with no problem. I only use it for burning, not rippping or playback.

-W

[khlb]

The PX-716A does not seem to be available to purchase anymore? Is there a newer model number with similar performance?

Yes Plextor released last year the PX-760:
http://www.plextor.be/products/px-760a.asp?choice=PX-760A

A very good review of this unit by cdfreaks.com:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Plextor-PX-760A-DVD-Burner-Review

[Houdini]

Here's a guide that some of you might find helpful:

http://www.dvd-recorders-guide.com/index.html

Houdini

[customshopkv1]

Sony VRD-VC20
Samsung SE-S184M
LG GSA-E30L
Sony DRU-720A
Sony DRX-810UL
HP 840

[Bunnyrip2]

As for myself, I am a Loyal LG user. I have GSA-4167B Burners, GDR-8164B readers, and I just bought an 18x LG GSA-H22NB. I haven't tried that one yet, but all my LG drive have performed flwalessly. I ahve 1 that has at least 1000 burns and still works like New.:agree:

[oldjoe]

I am currently using a Plextor 716AS, Nec3550A, NEC 3440, and two Lite-On 160P's. I have used others in the past but NEC (w/hacked firmware) are still my favorites. I still have a working Lite-On 811S (w/well over 400 burns) that still works flawlessly.

[madmax]

I have the following dvd writers the BENQ 1640 and the NEC 3500 are in my second rig the other three are in my new one..
BENQ 1640
BENQ 1650
NEC 3500
PIONEER 111
LITEON SHM-165H6S