| geek_treynolds | August 27, 2008, 7:04 pm | #1 |
| Best internal DVD writerneed to replace my ASUS 1608W piece of crappola (my old Pioneer 107D does all the work and never misses a beat - the ASUS is just total junk). What's the best writer on the market these days? I've lost track of it all. I want something reliable for 'backing up' my DVDs... |
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| geek_badcam | August 27, 2008, 7:07 pm | #2 |
| It's funny really. I have an ASUS Dvd burner, but it's in my laptop. It burns everything. You win some, you lose some. |
| geek_barmanmyk | August 27, 2008, 7:35 pm | #3 |
| Sony, LiteOn jump to mind have both here and no problems at all in 4 years. |
| geek_vtecintegra | August 27, 2008, 8:49 pm | #4 |
| Asus DRW-1608P3S here - no complain of product |
| geek_pcfix4u | August 27, 2008, 9:20 pm | #5 |
| Chip as chips these days with a years warranty. Never had a problem with ASUS, if you use them heaps they wear out, if you use dirty scratched disk they wear out faster. |
| geek_flewy | August 27, 2008, 9:31 pm | #6 |
| I like Asus drive last like McDonalds Cheesburgers. |
| geek_nzmu | August 27, 2008, 10:23 pm | #7 |
| JmtcwLG, never had one fail yet. |
| geek__sexylady_ | August 27, 2008, 10:25 pm | #8 |
| Lite-On have used many brands - but always go back to Lite-on. |
| geek_drcspy | August 27, 2008, 10:28 pm | #9 |
| Same as in my desktop never had probs in about three years.....works without fault..I do believe that those drives are pioneer rebranded however.....but I am a bit of an Asus 'fanboy' I DO like their stuff......(just bought an Asus laptop) got an Asus mobo in my desktop and vid card and dvd drive and Asus wireless router......all very reliable |
| geek_vtecintegra | August 27, 2008, 10:33 pm | #10 |
| I'll add I've ripped my entire, very scratched CD collection with this drive - has sometimes taken up to 4 hours of reading for some of the worst discs. That's got to be hard on the drive, despite EACs features to periodically pause and let the drive cool. |
| geek_treynolds | August 27, 2008, 10:49 pm | #11 |
| Early Lite-On stuff was junk (CD)but then so were Hyundai carsmight just take a punt on it. I want another drive that will copy anything like the ancient Pioneer. |
| geek_swivel | August 27, 2008, 10:53 pm | #12 |
| I sell Lite-on. Have one in the Library computer since 2005, and still burning (backing up). Never had any come back due to fault, |
| geek_treynolds | August 27, 2008, 11:02 pm | #13 |
| I'm talking about the abilityto cope with copy protection instead of falling over with cyclic redundancy check errors, not merely burning data to a DVD for sharing or backup - I have a 500GB external HDD and a couple of 16GB USB drives for those menial tasks. |
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