Posted by Boris on 02/17/07 23:15

"*Neck & Red*" <nekkid@spam.com> wrote in
news:u9LBh.2618$x74.1836@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:

>
> <Boris> wrote in message
> news:QbedncYQbt26xUrYnZ2dnUVZ_o-knZ2d@comcast.com...
>> I'm running WinXP Home with a Plextor 708A burner. It's been working
>> fine for about two years.
>>
>> Today, I went to view a DVD movie, and it played the movie fine.
>>
>> I then inserted a store bought audio CD, but the drive wouldn't even
>> recognize it. I tried a CD with data on it (my router set up cd),
>> and the Plextor wouldn't recognize it either.
>
> This actually seems common for Plextor drives (it happened to every
> single one I ever had). The only way to fix it is to replace it...with
> a better quality drive...like Pioneer.
>
>
Hmmm...does seem common:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=151956

I burned over 400 CDs last year while converting vinyl albums to CD. I'd
burn 5 to 10 at a sitting, and joked to myself that I was probably going
to burn out the CD burner. Maybe this sort of started it's demise.

Any Pioneer recommendations? I don't particularly need speed, just
consistent, quality burns, both CD and DVD.

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