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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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| 632681 | 2008-01-22 01:45:00 | 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. Ah no, from what I've read some more recent ASUS burners are (not were) rebadged Pioneers. Including the 2 I'm using. (1814BL). Which looks like its a rebadged Pioneer DVR-112. And the 1608P (Pioneer DVR-109). And the 1608PS3, which maybe a rebadged Pioneer or Liteon. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 632682 | 2008-01-22 02:21:00 | pioneer (and therefore asus I guess), benq and NEC generally have the best quality burns, but the burn quality also depends on the media. | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 632683 | 2008-01-22 02:26:00 | 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. So PaulD. What do you use and why? My drives work and they are Asus. Personally I do not care about what chip or firmware so long as the drives work under my O/S. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 632684 | 2008-01-22 02:51:00 | Ah no, from what I've read some more recent ASUS burners are (not were) rebadged Pioneers. Including the 2 I'm using. (1814BL). Which looks like its a rebadged Pioneer DVR-112. Your recent are already old :) The 1814BLT (sata) wasn't based on Pioneer, I haven't seen anything that suggests 1814BL version was. Edit. I bought a Liteon 165P6S because Liteons can easily be reset if there are any zone changing problems rather than having to use non standard firmware or other software. It hasn't had any problems or make more noise than expected. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 632685 | 2008-01-22 05:19:00 | What area do you live in? | nzjab06 (101) | ||
| 632686 | 2008-01-22 05:29:00 | Me?? Very south! | R.M. (561) | ||
| 632687 | 2008-01-22 20:22:00 | I have an Asus 1814BLT and a Pioneer 212. Both burn discs just fine. The Pioneer is a hell of a lot quicker to pick up discs that have been inserted though, so that makes it a winner over the Asus for me. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 632688 | 2008-01-22 21:59:00 | Personally I do not care about what chip or firmware so long as the drives work under my O/S. The chip and firmware affects the burn quality. Just because the disc is not a coaster, or the fact it can be read back does not mean it is a quality burn. Poor burns read slower, read poorly in other drives, or will read poorly after several years. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 632689 | 2008-01-23 02:36:00 | utopian201 is correct, its for that reason why I'll burn only at 4-6x... Add another vote for Asus. Ive played with a LOT of burners and brands (Have about 6 DVD burners in the house), and Im happiest with the Asus one, thou LiteOn would be my 2nd choice :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 632690 | 2008-01-23 03:53:00 | utopian201 is correct, its for that reason why I'll burn only at 4-6x... Add another vote for Asus. Ive played with a LOT of burners and brands (Have about 6 DVD burners in the house), and Im happiest with the Asus one, thou LiteOn would be my 2nd choice :) The burn speed affects quality, but does not mean better. It doesn't make sense (for cds at least): I burned two cds on the same night, one at 8x, another at 16x; the 16x had fewer PI errors (PI errors are recoverable errors, while several PI failures/PIFs will result in a disc that will read back slowly or not at all). I always thought a slower burn would give the laser longer to burn a cleaner groove into the dye, but evidently not... |
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