[Tfug] OT DVD burners

[Brian Masur]

I definitely agree with you, stay away from lite-on.  Ever since the first 
time I heard of them I've never had any extended period of time where I 
could work with them without running into a busted or flaky drive I'd either 
have to RMA or file.  Any kind of optical drive, not just burners.

-- Brian

>From: "Brad Becker" <investmgmt at s91195370.onlinehome.us>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] OT DVD burners
>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:52:19 -0700
>
>Based on personal experience and those of friends I'll just add that the
>brand to *stay away* from is Lite-on.  They use to make a great CD
>reader/burner but their DVDRW units have really tanked.
>
> > I know this is a tad old but I wanted to put my $0.02 in.
> >
> > www.3btech.net has a nice LG DVD+/-RW DL for $32, and it's beige too.
> >
> > I've had plenty of Plextors go through my hands and I've never seen any
> > evidence of them being better in any way...
> >
> > Just about all drives have DL capability and are not any more expensive
> > than
> > without DL.  I still have yet to burn a DL disc but it will be nice for
> > the
> > xbox360 games ;)
> >
> > Have a wonderful day.
> >
> >> From: "Matt Jacob" <matt.jacob at gmail.com>
> >> Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
> >> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Tfug] OT DVD burners
> >> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:33:23 -0700
> >>
> >> Most of the drives coming out these days are at least +/-RW, and some
> >> are DL (dual-layer). You can easily find a drive like that for < $40,
> >> but if quality is important to you (or your friend), I would go with a
> >> Plextor drive, which will set you back $70-100.
> >>
> >> In my opinion, it's not worth it to go out of your way to get a DL
> >> drive because the cost of DL media is still pretty high. If the drive
> >> you're looking at happens to have DL capabilities, then go for it, but
> >> the last time I checked, DL discs were ~ $2/ea., and SL discs came out
> >> to ~ $0.30/ea. Your choice, though. ;-)
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> On 8/25/06, Steven Bowers <steveb7 at bblabs.net> wrote:
> >> > A friend of mine came to me looking for advice on a DVD burner. He
> >> wants
> >> > to make home movies and put them on DVD. I've not looked into this in
> >> a
> >> > while and a quick perusal was information overload - +R, -R, single
> >> > layer or dual, etc.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone bought one recently that can give me a basic rundown of
> >> what
> >> > to look for, and maybe any advice on what to avoid?
> >> >
> >> > Steve
>
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