Posted by Clockmeister on 04/27/06 11:02

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Looking at adding another one to my current Pioneer 109,
> mainly so I have one in each of the main PCs.
>
> Makes sense to have more than one brand/model.
>
> I only care about what will burn almost any media, even
> cheap and nasty media. I dont care much about burn
> speeds, what I care about is a reliable burn on any
> media without having to fart around doing test burns.
>
> So that basically means a brand/model that has
> decent firmware support into the future, and decent
> performance with the current firmware too.
>
> I mostly burn RWs, but do care about the R performance too.
>
> What do people like currently, particularly
> those with the same criteria ?
>

I'm happy with my Pioneer 111 so far, but I only use decent quality media
and haven't tried anything iffy. It did fall over on one particular dual
layer burn which was a little disappointing but since I don't use DL media
as a rule it really doesn't matter that much to me.

No probs with RW media.

I was very happy with my 4KUS (Lite-On) burner which has been uber-reliable
and still works great, but I don't what the newer ones are like.

Was going to go with the LG but I've had bad experiences with LG products in
the past so chose to give them a miss though others swear by them.

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