Posted by Okilee Dokilee on 08/28/05 10:22

"Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d7ad1fef396473798b389@news.individual.net...
>
> I`m debating getting a DVD writer, and my choice of vendor from previous
> good experience would probably be SVP...
>
> Anyone got any comments on particular models ? (further to the one in
> the other thread about some NEC drives being weak for reading damaged
> discs)
>
> Pioneer DVR-110D
> Philips Lightscribe PBDV16LSB
> HP LightScribe
> LG GSA-4163B
> NEC 3540
>
> (i`m not particularly arsed about paying over the odds for lightscribe
> discs when a marker will usually do at 1/4 of the cost...)
>
> There appears to be a few brands of discs that the Pioneer firmware
> isn`t happy with at present, which is why i`m slightly hesitant at just
> buying that - I would have grabbed the older 109 but they`re not in
> stock any more...
>
> I`m happy enough to stick with slower burn speeds - do all DVD burners
> have the equivalent of "burn proof" now, if for some reason the computer
> can`t buffer the data fast enough ?
>
> TIA :-}

Of course they all have burn proofing.

I have the LG and it's very good. I haven't tested it with a variety of
different disks, only Riteks. The LG has the advantage of being able to burn
DVD RAM disks as well as + & - and is only �30, which makes it a few quid
cheaper than some, if not most, of the rivals.

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