Help choosing a DVD-RW drive

[Mess]

Howdy,

I know nothing of DVD drives but I want one! So this is where you have to help me. I want a relatively good one, preferably a reputable make. I'd be prepared to pay about £70 max.

Any help with the matter would be much appreciated!

 

[Bullseye]

70 pounds.. thats pretty damn much.. I got my BenQ DVD-RW for euro's..
anyway.. if you give us a list of drives to chose from i'm sure we should be able to find one that suits you best

 

[Mess]

Sorry but I really have no idea about DVD writers so dont even know where to start looking. I hope you can still help, I just want something that will do everything at a decent quality.

-- Mess

 

[Bullseye]

supposing you're from UK since you're using pounds.. try searching through some online hardware shops. you should get loads of info there..

tip: the speed isn't really of that much importance just get a DVD writer that can write both DVD+R and DVD-R (yes there's a difference, don't ask me what it is cause I honostly don't know) and ofcource also write re-writebles..

good luck!

 

[charybdis]

I have had great experience with my NEC 3500A drive. It is a 16x dvd-r/dvd+r, 4x dvd+r9, and burns cdr at 48x. I have only had a couple of coasters and that has been because of my stupidity or because of a bad disc. Don't take my word for it though, here are some reviews.

http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2260&p=5
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20041102/dvd_burners-05.html

 

[Gorgon]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/DVD_RW_Drives.html

Pioneer DVR-108 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter

the best and cheap

 

[Mess]

I had found the NEC3500 earlier tonight and am planning to buy it! Thanks for your help...

-- Mess

 

[Gorgon]

NEC3500 , is excellent as well.

I would give NEC3500 9/10
I would give Pioneer DVR-108 10/10

its your chioce