Posted by Cathy De Viney on 11/05/05 04:01

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:24:00 -0500, "Karen C."
> <karenscribes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>> Not really. A visit to CDFreaks forum will show you that it is crucial
>>> to match the media to burners. Lite-On has its own list of preferred
>>> media.
>
>>Good grief! I just took a look at the CDFreaks site. There's a
>>whole heck of a lot more to this DVD recording/playing stuff than
>>I'd ever dreamed there would be. Wish I'd known before I let DH
>>talk me into the Lite-On burner. Thanks for pointing me to that
>>site. I can see we have a whole lot of reading/research to do
>>before we get the equipment/software working the way we need it
>>to. Thanks, again!
>
> As posters to this and similar DVD forums know, I am a fan of the NEC
> 3540. I conducted an informal survey several months ago and the
> consensus was that the 3540 had the best overall performance plus the
> largest following, so you would never be alone. My son got one too,
> and we have not been disappointed. CDFreaks love that drive - there is
> very good hack firmware available that defeats Riplock and region
> codes called LD1.W5 (.7 is the latest, but I use .5).
>
> The BenQ 1640 is coming out of nowhere to become the latest fashion -
> CDFreaks are flipping over it. But then they have never met a burner
> they didn't love at first sight, so I am going to give it some time
> for them to discover the warts. But if you are adventuresome and have
> the money to risk on a relative newcomer to the spotlight, the 1640
> may be your ticket.
>
> But for my conservative money, the NEC 3540 is the way to go. The
> others, including Lite-On, LG, Pioneer, Plextor are credible. Do NOT,
> repeat DO NOT, ever touch anything branded by Sony. They are notorious
> screw job artists. Don't sucker for their name - they don't even
> support their own products. We had a Sony/Lite-On and got rid of it
> after making coasters all the time with a variety of different discs.
> Now we have about 100 more coasters as the discs we burnt with it are
> no longer readable after 6-12 months.
>
> For someone like you the NEC 3540 is your best bet. You can get one in
> your favorite color at either Directron or Newegg. I know Directron
> personally because I live about 8 miles from them. Newegg has been
> reported to be shipping defective drives. That may be a false rumor
> but they do resell returned merchandise.

Regarding you comment on Newegg...that is not my experience...they are among
the best email stores.

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