Decent External DL Burner

[Metrock]

on my 16x i never get a steady speed its always bouncing from about 8x-12x

[Chewy]

http://3btech.net/exsadula18xd.html

here's the fastest cheapest option I could find

[Metrock]

the way they talk about it in the description it doesnt sound like its new

[Chewy]

it's a an oem(not open box) burner they put in a retail enclosure

your comstar link was for usb2 only(cheap) and an open box with 15 day doa

the burner sells for 40$ at new egg, a decent usb2/firewire enclosure 30-40$

[Metrock]

so at newegg u gotta buy the hook ups?

[Chewy]

better enclosures come with sets of cables

[Metrock]

what do you think about this burner?
CLICK HERE


And question on the firewire thing can i just unplug my usb2 cord and hook up the firewire cord that came with it and get faster speeds?

[Chewy]

that's a rebrand, memorex doesn't make burners so you have no idea what's in it? bad firmware support and probably won't be able to bitsett dvd+r's

can i just unplug my usb2 cord and hook up the firewire cord that came with it and get faster speeds?

that's what I already said

[Metrock]

that's a rebrand, memorex doesn't make burners so you have no idea what's in it? bad firmware support and probably won't be able to bitsett dvd+r's



that's what I already said

Oh ok I didnt understand you sorry bout that, somebody told me i needed a firewire card or something before so that got me confused

And how do you know when they are a rebrand?

And do you have any other suggestions for burners what ever the cost is?

[Chewy]

if you don't have firewire on your computer then you would need a card,
why don't you just get an internal burner

[Metrock]

i have a 8x internal burner and a 16x external burner and i just pluged up the firewire cable and its burning a little bit faster

Thoughts on this burner? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106036

[Budreaux]

I'm using this one as an external...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136098

So far it has been very reliable.
I've not run any tests on it, but I haven;t had any coasters..which is mot important to me.
Doing a fast burn isn't really my concern..I'm happy with 8X.....
I have 2 internals and this one for a backup or to carry along with me, if the need should arise.

Budreaux

[Metrock]

I'm using this one as an external...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136098

So far it has been very reliable.
I've not run any tests on it, but I haven;t had any coasters..which is mot important to me.
Doing a fast burn isn't really my concern..I'm happy with 8X.....
I have 2 internals and this one for a backup or to carry along with me, if the need should arise.

Budreaux

i use my 8x internal for quality and my 16x external for speed and i am looking for another 16x external

[doctorhardware]

Liteon are good drives I always had good luck with their drives CD and DVD. I put 2 Liteon drives in my son's computer.

[Metrock]

my internal is a liteon