Posted by Atropos on 11/28/05 17:41

"come_mon_come_mon!" <come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask among below 3 DVD writer models
>
> BenQ DW1640
> NEC ND-3540A
> LG GSA-4163B
>

Bob will be here soon shouting about the NEC 3540 ;-)
The Benq is good - used internally.

I use an NEC 4550. Can't speak for the LG, ever considered the Pioneer 110?



> which performs best against below items ?
>
> 1. Ability to read from / write to various brands of DVD especially
> those cheap ones.

Pioneer 110/NEC good here. Benq a bit fussy


> 2. DVD buring failure rate.
> 3. DVD burning speed. DVD playback rate.

All perform fine.

> 4. Noise production during operation.
Well, it depends on speed. They'll all make noise the higher the speed.
Pioneer do have the quietdrive facility on the retail models.

> 5. Ease of installation & configuration.

All easy.

> 6. Driver support.
You don't need drivers, unless using non-XP/2000. NEC do have QSuite2

> 7. Compatibility with Windows OS (XP or above).

They're all compatible.

cdfreaks.com recently did a poll which put the Benq at the top, with the NEC
afterward. Bob will disagree. Anyway. All are great drives, you can't really
go wrong with any of them.

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