DVD Writers for the PC?

[The Divide]

Currently happy with the PC setup at the

Im going to ditch running a DVD-R and CDR and just run one decent DVD-R and possibly run 3 Hard drives,

The DVD writer I am currently running isnt very good, when I burn something off I find it doesnt always open on other peoples DVD players. Its like the data is corrupt and I get a cyclic redundancy checks or something

Any suggestions on one that will last? Getting sick of replacing CDR drives I DVD drives last longer as they cost a lot of $$

[tocsin]

I've had good results with the Sony Double Layer, dual standard model. At what speed does your DVD burn disks? If you're getting those errors, it probably means you just need to drop the burn speed, assuming you didn't think of that.

[dan the acid man]

the dual layer nec ones are the best around at the minute

[FILTERZ]

your kinda in the wrong forum

[The Divide]

bah :P Le Ze Mingle wont mind

I have tried all the obvious things with this drive, i only burn on the bottom speed which is x2

Ouch

I will try and get some lens cleaner for it if not I will look up these NEC ones

It is a cheap and nasty drive tho, when I got it at first I thought it was counterfeit goods

[The Divide]

Thank again

Danny

[Evil G]

the dual layer nec ones are the best around at the minute

i'll second that. get one with nero bundled with it.

[slavestudios]

i got a NEC3500a for about £40 and it hasnt skipped a beat yet..

over 6 months old & hasnt lost a disc yet.

[dan the acid man]

i got a NEC3500a for about £40 and it hasnt skipped a beat yet..

over 6 months old & hasnt lost a disc yet.

yeah theyv'e come right down in price nowadays, around the £40 mark is a good price

[Barely Human]

Get a plextor. I cant big these drives up enough. They are the best on the market bar none imo...

[The Divide]

I heard you could burn data onto a piece of dog shit and it still works with plexors

[dan the acid man]

I heard you could burn data onto a piece of dog shit and it still works with plexors

oh yeah, just dont forget to shut the door on the drive, otherwise it gets everywhere when it spins up

[RDR]

Get a plextor. I cant big these drives up enough. They are the best on the market bar none imo...

Agreed.

Samsung arent too bad either, i have a 10year old CD burner that still works...