What dvd burner to buy

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  • Dr Klovernutz
    Platinum Member
    Platinum Member
    • Jul 2005
    • 198

    What dvd burner to buy

    I have been experiencing some problems with my burner
    see:

    Hi I have a NEC 1100 A updated to firmware NEC 1300A (with region reset and +/- capabilities) x2.4 x4 Recently (within the same spindel of DVD+Rs verbatim 8x) I got a few random bad burns, NOW all of a sudden it will not burn faster than 2.4. In Nero it says its burning at 4x , near the end the time remaining resets itsself


    And since I cannot seem to be able to find out what the problem is, and I really don't have tons of time to dedicate to fixing it.

    I looked at some burners people were talking about and I was wondering what would be the best burner (based on most reliable burns/ scans / best firmware, etc). for under $100.

    I was looking into the benq 1650 or NEC 3550

    any other suggestions

    I am running a
    Dell 4600 2.6gHz 800mHz FSB
    P4 HT
    1G dual channel DDR SDRAM
    my current drives are:
    HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B
    _NEC DVD__RW ND-1300A

    (i'll be losing the NEC)
  • tigerman8u
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Aug 2003
    • 2122

    #2
    I like Nec. good price for a good burner

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    • Chewy
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 18971

      #3
      for 100$ I'd buy both.
      Benq good burner, scanner, slower accurate reader
      Nec good burner, fair scanner, fast as heck reader/ripper

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      • NightTran
        King of Digital Video
        King of Digital Video
        • Aug 2005
        • 4224

        #4
        Originally Posted by Chewy
        for 100$ I'd buy both.
        Benq good burner, scanner, slower accurate reader
        Nec good burner, fair scanner, fast as heck reader/ripper
        Rip with Nec write with Benq, then you can cross scan if burn go bad
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        • Chewy
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 18971

          #5
          Actually I rip with my benq 1650 on old stuff, rip with nec on new disks.
          Burn with nec, scan with benq, the 3550 burns just as good as the benq
          and I have a hunch will hold up a little longer.

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          • MikeyBK
            Digital Video Maniac
            • Feb 2006
            • 1131

            #6
            The BenQs are definitely fast writers, the NEC I can't offer an opinion because I've never had one but everyone that owns one only praises its ability.

            I'm sure you could get both for less than $100 like Chewy says from Newegg.com. ( less than $100 combined).
            MBK

            Antec 900 ATX Mid Tower
            Antec True Power Trio 650W PSU
            ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel Motherboard
            Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz CPU (Overclocking @ 2.9GHz)
            XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 Video Card
            Patriot eXtreme Performance (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM
            Seagate Barracuda(Perpendicular Recording) 320GB SATA 3.0Gb

            *SAMSUNG 18X LightScribe SATA SH-S183L DVD±R
            *Sony DRU-810A IDE DVD±R
            *BenQ LS DW1655 IDE DVD±R

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