Which burner to buy?

[jm1647]

And many thanks to you for naming me. The nickname started to really grow on me, sort of like the hair.

At this rate we're gonna have competition for best user in a user name
It's a shame we can't get the Chewy avatar to roar!

[LT. Columbo]

And many thanks to you for naming me. The nickname started to really grow on me, sort of like the hair.

all part of a days work chewy, Han would be proud

[Floppy]

@Cambion7

Yes the Plextools pro v2.28 U can access pretty much where Nero left off... A quick firmware update to the latest version. and you have I hope as good a drive as it's IDE clone.

The only thing about this plextools pro or the XL version is that the drive can read/write CD-G (For karaoke CD's) but there is no included software or anything that allows users to go on a bender pretending theire Elvis straight out of the Box...

One of my favorite features is the hability to burn a CD and password lock it... without the right software (secure viewer) and the password good luck trying to hack into the Cd to see whats in there...

I have allways used the Ritek G-05 or now F1 and bloody hell does it zoooooooooooooooooooooom...

@Chewy

Happy Furry Friends nice....

[blutach]

@rbrtpl

Who the hell is chewy? And when did he become a moderator?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Regards

[jm1647]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I thought that was Chewy roaring for a minute

[Floppy]

More like DR Evil getting an Enema....

[jm1647]

More like DR Evil getting an Enema....

[Cambion7]

do you have any good 8x +r media?
some drives overburn at 16x or 12x
I just ordered 100 verb 16x dvd+r's for 35$ free shipping at newegg

I just picked up a spindle of 16x dvd+r verb from CompUSA, not even close to the deal you got! Skeleton Key burned in less than 7 minutes to the +R. I have been using DVD-R made by Memorex, but think I'll change over to the +R just because it seems that's what everyone else is using.

For what its worth, I burned two DL's, brand name Memorex and they play fine on my stand-alone Apex. But the Stand-Alone Pioneer DVR dislikes it! I think I'm going to have to end up getting another cheap Apex for the back bedroom. That Pioneer even skips and freeze-frames backed up movies that the Apex will play just fine.

Best Regards,
Cambion7

[Chewy]

"Skeleton Key burned in less than 7 minutes to the +R."

that's equivalent to a fast 8x or 12x internal burn

just to be safe never burn above 8x on even the best media

for the record here is one guy who got an EXTERNAL burner to
burn at rocket speeds(given it's firewire?)

way to go cambion

[Floppy]

Was that a Plextor I wonder?

[Chewy]

Yep,
I just picked up 100 verb 16x dvd+r(MCC 004) MIT, for 30$,
first test burn in LG 4136B(blu's drive) 4350MB 5 min 27 sec
newest nero

scanning in benq 1620 at 8x pif's started out bad QS went down to 93,
avg .03 and dropping pie's were low and started climbing at 3.5 G

almost a cdfreaks hall of fame burn

[Cambion7]

"Skeleton Key burned in less than 7 minutes to the +R."

that's equivalent to a fast 8x or 12x internal burn

just to be safe never burn above 8x on even the best media

for the record here is one guy who got an EXTERNAL burner to
burn at rocket speeds(given it's firewire?)

Thanks Chewy! Yes, I have it running off my Asus P4C800E Deluxe firewire port. Figured why not use what's available to me.

And Floppy, if your question was directed to me, yes it's a Plextor PX-716UF. It came with firmware 1.08 but I've since flashed it to the latest 1.09 just to be on the safe side.

The bonus for this burner, it will do Verbatim DVD+R/DL at 6X.

Best Regards,
Cambion

[Chewy]

That's a bear of a mobo to load, took me 2 tries and a lot of tweaks.
I felt stupid till an internet guru told me it took him 3 tries.