burner quality

[Dan]

Don't feel bad, I remember this happening on a thread several months ago. If I recall, someone bought a few but was able to cancel the order,lol.

[jblitz277]

Chewy i see u have both which do u prefer
nec 3450a or nec 3550a

[Chewy]

Moot point, since both are no longer available, samsung and liteon are about the best choices left if you also want to do disk quality scans and bitsett
w/o crossflashing.

[jblitz277]

I just bought a 3550a just wondering

[Dan]

You going to try some modded firmware?

[jblitz277]

Yes I know it's a gamble but hopefully i can count on u guys to help my rookie but

[jblitz277]

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2157

of course i am no advanced user

[Dan]

Shouldn't be a problem if you take your time, flash safe mode, no disc in drive.

I used Liggy and Dee 1Y6 firmware until the new 1.07 came out. Been using Liggy and Dee's version of 1.07 (bitsetting) for about a month now, no problems.

http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/NEC-ND-3550A/

My 3550 has a ton of burns on it but keep on chugging.

[jblitz277]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=80483

found this

[jblitz277]

had bad experience with ebay but a guy has 3 left and 30 day return policy if u guys r gamblers

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-NEC-ND-3550A-16x-DVD-RW-8x-Dual-Layer-Burner_W0QQitemZ190110627570QQihZ009QQcategoryZ51068QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Dan]

Yep, I decided to be the guinea pig but as it turned out it was a good move.

The main reason for the modded firmware is for bitsetting. But you will also noticed more burn speed options on some media.

[Dan]

had bad experience with ebay but a guy has 3 left and 30 day return policy if u guys r gamblers
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-NEC-ND-3550A...QQcmdZViewItem

Definitely have to be careful on there, $33 plus shipping = $40 + not sure if it's worth that much. 2 year old burner?

Bought my Samsung OEM for $30 CDN, NEC 3550A OEM for about $40-45 CDN (year and a half ago) if I remember right.

[jblitz277]

well i'm still gonna get another burner but this is all new to me so i'm experimenting and i see all u guys have benq and these necs and u guys seem to know ur **** so i'll give it a go hopefully i'll learn something new in the process

[Dan]

I missed the benq boat as I didn't have a clue that burners were so different. (I got the NEC to go with my LG at the time, thx to Chewy)

Never had a Lite-On but heard nothing but good stuff from several regular members on here.

[Chewy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151145

32$ to the door with nero