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| Thread ID: 86594 | 2008-01-21 23:42:00 | New DVD writer - Recommendations? | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 632671 | 2008-01-21 23:42:00 | I seem to remember that PCTech recommended Asus or Liteon brands. I have had a good run out of a Liteon one. Do you have suggestions as to where I could get one? There are none locally (that I can find), nor at my usual supplier Ascent (for the moment). Not sure when Ascent will have more supplies. Thanks for you help, of course! Cheers R.M. |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 632672 | 2008-01-21 23:45:00 | Asus are the brand to go with. OCZone are good to deal with. www.nzoczone.com If you have SATA on your motherboard, get a SATA DVD RW. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 632673 | 2008-01-22 00:07:00 | Go for an Asus. Ascent have those in stock. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 632674 | 2008-01-22 00:12:00 | Asus are the brand to go with. Why? It used to be that they were rebadged Pioneer but cheaper. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 632675 | 2008-01-22 00:20:00 | So, what if they are rebadged Pioneer burners? They're reliable. Actually some of the ASUS burners are around the same price as the Pioneers. And some are dearer. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 632676 | 2008-01-22 00:25:00 | Asus and Pioneer are good brands. Who carers. I never heard of Asus stuff being re-branded. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 632677 | 2008-01-22 00:27:00 | I've had a bad run with Liteon drives recently, really really loud compared to other drives. Their only saving grace is that the supply 3 different coloured face plates although i think other companies are starting to do this too. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 632678 | 2008-01-22 00:30:00 | Same here. Not a big fan of LiteOn, I have two at the moment, but don't really like them. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 632679 | 2008-01-22 00:32:00 | Why? It used to be that they were rebadged Pioneer but cheaper. And Pioneer were the brand to go for ages ago. I just could not afford one at that time. I have two ASUS DVD writers in my computer and one has Lightscribe. Neither has given any problem. The HP Lightscribe I had some time back was returned under warranty and replacement received. Both the original and replacement failed within weeks rather than years. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 632680 | 2008-01-22 01:39:00 | So, what if they are rebadged Pioneer burners? They're reliable . That's the point . They used to be based on Pioneer so the reliability was similar . That history is meaningless now . New Asus drives are their own design based on the same chip that Liteon use . |
PaulD (232) | ||
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