what brand burner?

[Apokalipse]

my old 4x burner died (erased it from my list of "computer stats") and i am going to get it replaced, what brand would be the best to get? ive heard LiteOn are not too good for quality

 

[dethangel]

i know samsung is agreat brand

Samsung SW-252BEN 52x24x52 CDRW Bulk- OEM
Specifications: Data Transfer: Read CD : 52X (7,800 KB/sec),Record CD : 52X (7,800 KB/sec),Rewrite CD : 24X (3,600 KB/sec)
Burst Transfer Rate PIO Mode 4 (16.6MB/sec),UDMA Mode 2 (33.3MB/sec)
Buffer Memory 2MB
Interface EIDE/ATAPI
Average Access Time 110ms
Size: 148.2 x 42 x 184
OEM Bulk Package (see pics for details) -OEM


Item: N82E16827151020 Model# SW-252BEN
Price: $35.99 Shipping: Special FedEx Saver Shipping $5.00
Rating: 5 stars
(avg rating out of 4 voters) Stock: YES


this is from www.newegg.com

and $41 (usd) aint bad for a 52x cd burner (thats including shipping)

 

[Apokalipse]

my friend has an LG burner which isn't bad for quality, don't know about cost though; i will be going to a swap meet on Sunday so i guess I would put Samsung among the top of my "list" but i will just have to see if they sell them there

 

[dethangel]

im sure

they will have samsung burners, a fwe othe good brands are tdk, verbatim, digital research, memorex, norcent, pioneer, plextor, and sony, thats all i can think of

 

[þÄ®âÐÖx]

I like my Sony, AOpen and Lite-On burners, but I've had nothing but trouble with my Samsung. So speaking from personal experience, I'd reccommend.. pretty much anything but Samsung

 

[dethangel]

rofl

thanx for your support þÄ®âÐÖx, lmao j/k, i have never had a samsung, but i used to sell em @ Best Buy, and i never had any more complaints about em than any others (i NEVER had compaints about the sonys) ill see if ican find a cheap sony on newegg

 

[devlish96]

ive heard LiteOn are not too good for quality

not necessarily,.. but they may not be the best, but theyre good burners. i'd recommend sony, plextor and liteon

 

[dlittlebear]

I have had HP, Iomega, Yamaha and now Cendyne. All seemed good drives save for the Iomega, which IMO was just trash.

 

[Apokalipse]

well I want to get a burner with good reputation, what do you think are high quality: maybe put a list of best to least quality.

so far: Sony, LG, Pioneer, AOpen or Yamaha seem like good burners but i don't know what they are like in comparision with each other; I haven't heard much about Iomega, Cendyne, HP or Asus drives - Asus are about the same price as LiteOn

we got a 40 gig drive a bit less than a year ago now which is 7200 RPM so i will be able to burn @ 52x

 

[dlittlebear]

well I got this Cendyne drive as it was on sale with rebates to be 9.99$ works great so far. It is a 48x24x48 drive.