Knuckledragger Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 My Lite-On DVD/CD recording drive is on its lasts legs. It still reads and writes okay, but the drawer only opens one time in 20. I suppose I should not complain much, as it was about $30, 3 years ago. Recommend to me a new DVD recorder. It must be internal, IDE, and preferably in stock at newegg. I have been perusing different models here [i am not sure this link will work for other users], and I notice with some distress that most such units cost $20 or so, which leads me to doubt their reliability. I see a couple Pioneer units that are around $40. It used to be that Pioneer made excellent DVD drives, but that was years ago, and I understand they are crap now. The last Pioneer I had died far too early (just out of warranty, what a shock). Are there any optical drives that aren't disposable pieces of crap? I hope the $300+ Blu-Ray ones aren't, but I'm also not interested in those right now. What I want is a drive that will burn data DVDs and audio CDs reliably, and last more than a year. A friend recommended Samsung to me. I like Samsung TVs, but I don't know anything about their computer hardware. What do you know, O Head-Casers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 they're only $20 so don't expect them to have much long-term reliability. you could always pay a ton more and get something from plextor but i've had pretty good luck with stuff from lite-on and lg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 they're only $20 so don't expect them to have much long-term reliability. you could always pay a ton more and get something from plextor but i've had pretty good luck with stuff from lite-on and lg. DGMS on the P-Word. I used to use their burning drives exclusively, going back to my first 4x SCSI CD recorder. I had two of their IDE DVD burners, both of which died just a few months past warranty (which is 1 year) and I swore them off completely. I still have a 12x IDE CD recorder of theirs that worked the last time I used it. As a bonus, it gave the most consistent results ripping CDs with EAC that I've ever seen, but I digress... I suppose you are right, the market now dictates that optical drives be disposable $20 pieces of shit. I should order two and have a spare ready when the first one inevitably kicks the bucket. Consumer culture is fucking sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I'm going to be zero help here, but: I like LightScribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordgtlover Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I've had a range of drives in different machines over the past few years from Lite-On, LG, Pioneer and my current drive is a Samsung. They all seem to work fine. DVD burners are mature technology so they should all pretty much work OK. I think they are mostly disposable these days. Here's a link to a recent poll over at cdfreaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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