Some choices please

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Directive · #1 Post by **Directive** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:31 am

My AOpen DUW1616L-13 combo drive craped out a while ago. I know the URL is Netherlands but it seems the www.aopen.com site wont open. That Netherlands site had the same drive. At first I figured I would save the money and use my wifes laptop. Well, she now has it so full of "stuff" that I can only copy one DVD at a time. So, if I could get some suggestions on another drive, at least 2 choices per person or your best manufacturer. Looking forward to what you have to look at.

#2 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:53 pm

By 'combo drive' I was thinking you wanted a CD Burner with DVD-ROM reading capabilities, because they call those combo drives.. But ok

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827129007
This one looks like your best bet. But if you can, try and find this one somewhere:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827152058

Directive · #3 Post by **Directive** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:04 pm

OK, out of the 2 you posted or one of these...
http://www.buy.com/prod/12x-super-allwr ... 15374.html
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 2bdvd1040i

which one do you think is best for the buck?

I am also interested in this light scribe thing, is it any good?

#4 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:28 pm

Well I won't even consider w/e that "Allwrite" is, makes me think of the Optorite brand. Sure it was founded by some guys that used to work in one of the bigger brands, but I bet they didn't leave. No, they were fired. For good reason. That drive died years ago. The HP costs more than my two options while adding the Lightscribe feature (and a little up in the burn speeds).

The last I heard of Lightscribe was that it took FOREVER to print a disk. And for color disks, the colors aren't vivid, like from what I saw it resembled something more like the old Technicolor except washed out.

Directive · #5 Post by **Directive** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:24 pm

OK so I am torn between the NEC and HP drives. I know it takes a while to scribe. I also know It take a whole lot shorter time to scribe a simple black and white song list on a disk then a photo whether it be color or B&W. I like the faster speeds. How does NEC rate compared to HP? HP makes some decent peripherals but I don't think I ever owned anything NEC. Does anyone else have any input or do all bow to the hardware wizard palmboy.
I just searched for the NEC drive and the cheapest I found is...
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/dvd-r ... h=ND-3550A

2005 · #6 Post by **2005** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:14 pm

I would go with the Pioneer drive, simply because they are the best.

If you want a second choice, I'd get the NEC.

I have and still use to this day the NEC ND 2510A which was NEC's first DL writer and its going strong after 500+ DVD-R writes. I got my moneys worth out of it for sure.

Directive · #7 Post by **Directive** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:00 pm

OK, with Pioneer in mind, how much better is the SATA drives then EIDE?
I found this for a few dollars more...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827129009

2005 · #8 Post by **2005** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:27 pm

SATA is acutally better with some forms of game protection, starforce if I remember correctly.

Otherwise its only nice to have SATA optical drives when you only have a single IDE channel.

Directive · #9 Post by **Directive** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:42 pm

My HDD is SATA so right now the only things hooked to IDE are my 2 CD drives. The dead DVD writer and my, still working, CD writer (52x24x52). I just figured I would get better data transfer using SATA. I know I have a BIG difference when I got this Seagate SATA HDD. I'm thinking for about $5 more I can get the SATA. Wouldn't you?

2005 · #10 Post by **2005** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:19 am

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think IDE can support anything a dvd writer can put out. So jumping to SATA should have no difference in a DVD writer.

It might in a hard drive though.

Directive · #11 Post by **Directive** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:33 am

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r185514 ... ATA-vs-IDE

http://www.ozhardware.com.au/content/view/45/26/

ok, so unless there are any objections, Ill go with the Pioneer SATA drive....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827129009

#12 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:56 pm

But but... The Pioneer has more 1 eggs than 5 eggs!